Myanmar junta annuls election held 20 years ago

Myanmar's military government on Thursday officially annulled the results of the country's 1990 general election, a poll it chose to ignore at the time when the main opposition party won by a landslide. Read More

Partial Iraq Vote Results Expected by Thursday

Iraq’s electoral commission is expected to announce partial results of parliamentary elections by Thursday, a United Nations official said, offering an incomplete picture of the vote that will nevertheless provide the broad outlines of the country’s political landscape. Read More

Togo protesters march over disputed election

Riot police fired tear gas at more than 1,000 opposition protesters who gathered in the capital Tuesday, the fourth day of rising tensions since the son of the former dictator was announced victorious in a disputed presidential election. Read More

Expatriates vote in Iraq election

Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi expatriates have begun voting ahead of the main polling day for the country's general election on Sunday. Read More

Iraqi elections have high stakes, but low bar

The candidates include sitting judges and journalists who are covering the elections, but in Iraq, no one's complaining about conflicts of interest. Read More

Ford: Dems 'Bullied Me Out' of N.Y. Senate Race

In a New York Times op-ed, Harold Ford Jr., the former Tennessee congressman, said he believed he could have won but didn't want to risk a bitter primary that could help a Republican take the seat. Read More

Pro-gov't party leads Tajik elections; fraud cited

Preliminary results show Tajikistan's pro-government party winning weekend parliamentary elections by a landslide, officials said Monday, as international monitors and the opposition cited widespread fraud. Read More

Polls open in Tajikistan parliamentary elections

Polls opened Sunday in Tajikistan's parliamentary elections, expected to cement President Emomali Rakhmon's power and introduce his son as a possible successor. Read More

Colombia's Uribe blocked from re-election

A court blocked Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday from running for re-election, making his former defense minister the favorite to replace the U.S. ally in a May presidential election. Read More

Yanukovich sworn in as Ukrainian president

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich pledged Thursday to make his country "a bridge between East and West" after being sworn into office in Kiev. Read More