Iraq is counting votes Monday, a day after millions braved threats of insurgent violence to participate in Iraq's second parliamentary election since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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