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Campaign to replace Chavez kicks off in Venezuela The presidential campaign to replace Venezuela's Hugo Chavez formally kicked off Tuesday, with his chosen successor vowing to carry on the deceased leader's socialist "revolution."
03 апреля 2013
©REUTERS/Jorge Silva Venezuela candidates torched in Easter effigy Venezuela's two presidential candidates were burnt in effigy Sunday in an Easter tradition that replaces the biblical Judas Iscariot with disliked public figures.
01 апреля 2013
Sex abuse victims list 'dirty dozen' papal candidates Clergy sex abuse victims listed a "dirty dozen" potential papal candidates Wednesday and urged the Roman Catholic Church to "get serious" about protecting children, helping victims and exposing corruption.
08 марта 2013
Will the next pope be Italian? After a Pole and a German, will the Roman Catholic Church revert to an Italian leader once again?
25 февраля 2013
Police officers work at the crime scene, where presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan was shot. ©REUTERS Armenian presidential candidate shot: police An Armenian presidential candidate was shot and wounded late Thursday by an unknown assailant in the capital Yerevan less than a month before election day.
01 февраля 2013
Czech 'Prince' goes punk in presidential bid Wearing badges depicting him as punk rocker, blue-blooded Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg is proving a serious contender in his country's first direct presidential election.
24 января 2013
Japan election candidates make final pitches Hundreds of candidates vying for a seat in Japan's parliament made their final pitches on Saturday in an election expected to see the return of the country's old guard.
15 декабря 2012
Ryokichi Kawashima. ©REUTERS Candidate, 94, uses funeral fund for Japan election A 94-year-old man who cashed in his funeral savings to use as an election deposit was out canvassing for votes Friday, just two days ahead of Japan's general election.
15 декабря 2012
Ghana's emergence put to test in tight presidential polls Ghanain voters head to the polls Friday, with two main presidential candidates vying to lead a booming economy in a country seeking to live up to its promise as a beacon of democracy in turbulent West Africa.
08 декабря 2012
No-hoper steals S. Korean presidential debate A far-left candidate polling at around one percent in South Korea's presidential candidate stole the campaign's first TV debate with a scathing attack on conservative front-runner Park Geun-Hye.
05 декабря 2012
Independent presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-Soo. Software mogul slams S. Korean presidential politics South Korean software mogul Ahn Cheol-Soo formally ended his popular independent presidential campaign Monday with a withering criticism of the country's entrenched left-right political divide.
05 декабря 2012
Photo courtesy of teraint.com Political standoff has US on path to 'fiscal cliff' As the US candidates battle it out in the final weeks of the campaign another showdown looms, with the world's largest economy coasting towards a potentially disastrous "fiscal cliff."
19 октября 2012
President of Google Brazil Fabio Jose Silva Coelho. Photo courtesy of midiamax.com Google Brazil president faces arrest order An arrest order has been issued against Google Brazil's president over his refusal to remove YouTube videos that "slander" a mayoral candidate.
27 сентября 2012
Park Geun-hye (C). ©REUTERS/Lee Jae Won S.Korean dictator's daughter apologises for abuses The ruling party candidate in South Korea's presidential election offered her "sincere apologies" Monday to victims of the repressive rule of her late father, military strongman Park Chung-Hee.
24 сентября 2012
Chavez woos voters by raising specter of chaos if he loses Never one to mince his words, President Hugo Chavez is warning of instability or even outright civil war in oil-rich Venezuela if he is not re-elected next month.
09 сентября 2012
Photo courtesy of freewebs.com US blacks fear lingering racism if Obama loses Liz Wills looks fearfully at the specter of his defeat by a Republican candidate she sees as gripped by the racist right.
04 сентября 2012
Dictator's daughter to run for S. Korea presidency South Korea's ruling party overwhelmingly voted for the daughter of an assassinated dictator to be its presidential candidate Monday, the first time a major party has chosen a woman to run for the post.
20 августа 2012
Opposition to appeal Mexico presidential vote results The party of the leftist candidate who came in second in Mexico's presidential election said Sunday it would challenge the results, which gave a win to Enrique Pena Nieto, in the Electoral Court.
09 июля 2012
Mexico runner-up demands presidential vote recount The runner-up in Mexico's presidential vote demanded a full recount of Sunday's balloting, raising fears he could lead disruptive mass protests like he did six years ago.
04 июля 2012
Tengrinews.kz stock photo Astana presented application for hosting EXPO-2017 Presentation of Astana's bid to host EXPO-2017 was held at the 151st General Assembly of the International Exhibitions Bureau in Paris.
13 июня 2012

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