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Strong Merkel starts final vote drive wary of allies' woes German Chancellor Angela Merkel launches a final week of election campaigning Monday with the wind at her back after a resounding victory for her conservatives in a Bavarian state poll.
16 September 2013
De Blasio wins New York mayoral primary for Democrats New York's public advocate Bill De Blasio has won the Democratic mayoral primary, unofficial results showed Tuesday, a springboard to becoming the next mayor of the city.
11 September 2013
New Australian PM to stick with PNG boatpeople policy Australia's new prime minister Tuesday said he will stand by a policy to send boatpeople to Papua New Guinea, but insisted a military-led response will remain his main focus.
10 September 2013
Voting starts in Norway, centre-right win predicted Norwegians started voting Monday in legislative elections likely to lead to a centre-right victory and a government of Conservatives and anti-immigration populists.
09 September 2013
Putin ally wins tight Moscow poll, Navalny vows protests Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday warned of protests after narrowly failing to push Moscow's pro-Kremlin mayor into a run-off in tight elections he claimed were marred by falsifications.
09 September 2013
Australia votes with Abbott set for landslide win Millions of Australians voted in national elections Saturday with conservative challenger Tony Abbott heading for a thumping victory over Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
08 September 2013
Moscow polls expose growing xenophobia in Russia Bathed in the rosy dusk of late Russian summer, Alexei Navalny paced the stage as thousands of hopeful young Muscovites waved balloons and clapped at his promises to make a stand against corruption.
06 September 2013
Australian election clock ticks down on divisive campaign A poisonous Australian election campaign reaches its climax on Saturday with conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott on track to become the nation's next prime minister at the expense of Labor's Kevin Rudd.
05 September 2013
Russia's opposition leader and anti-graft blogger Alexei Navalny. ©REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Top Putin critic takes on Kremlin rival in Moscow polls Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday takes on a Kremlin-backed incumbent in a hotly contested Moscow mayoral poll.
05 September 2013
Russia's opposition leader and anti-graft blogger Alexei Navalny. ©REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin Russian opposition leader Navalny briefly detained Russian police on Sunday briefly detained top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after a campaign rally for the Moscow mayoral election he is contesting next month.
26 August 2013
Karzai calls for head-to-head race in Afghan election Afghan President Hamid Karzai called for next year's crucial election to be a US-style head-to-head contest between two candidates, and named three possible runners in the wide-open race.
25 August 2013
Assange blames Manning, Snowden for WikiLeaks Party chaos Julian Assange on Thursday took responsibility for the resignation of a key candidate from his WikiLeaks Party running in Australian elections, blaming his focus on Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning.
22 August 2013
Australian PM says he is far from 'dead and buried' Embattled Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned Thursday he was nowhere near being "dead and buried" after a debate.
22 August 2013
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev. ©REUTERS/David W Cerny Thousands join rare opposition rally in Azerbaijan Thousands of Azerbaijani opposition supporters held a rare authorised rally Sunday to demand a free-and-fair presidential election scheduled for October in the tightly controlled ex-Soviet state.
19 August 2013
Australian PM's support slumps ahead of election A defiant Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned Monday not to write him off as a new poll showed his popularity slumping barely three weeks away from elections.
19 August 2013
Mali's newly-elected president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita Keita wins Mali presidential vote by a landslide Mali announced Ibrahim Boubacar Keita as its new leader after confirming that the ex-prime minister had won a landslide victory in a presidential poll.
16 August 2013
Germany's Merkel launches whirlwind election campaign German Chancellor Angela Merkel chose a picturesque small town to launch into full campaign mode for an election in which she is seen likely to stay at the helm of Europe's biggest economy.
15 August 2013
'No place' for sexism in Australia: PM Rudd Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Wednesday said there was "no place" for sexism, racism or homophobia in Australia as election rival Tony Abbott laughed off his touting of a candidate's sex appeal.
14 August 2013
Malians pick new president in crucial run-off Malians voted Sunday in a presidential election run-off expected to usher in a new dawn of peace and stability in the conflict-scarred nation, but heavy downpours hampered early turnout.
12 August 2013
Latino candidate for NY mayor hopes to stir 'sleeping giant' If Adolfo Carrion's math is correct, all he needs to become the next mayor of New York is for half the city's Hispanic voters to turn out on election day.
10 August 2013
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