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Armenia leader cruising to election victory Armenia votes in presidential polls Monday with incumbent leader Serzh Sarkisian set for victory in an election watched closely.
16 February 2013
Maldives' former President Mohamed Nasheed. ©REUTERS Maldives to hold first polls since president toppled The Maldives is to hold presidential polls on September 7, the first since the archipelago's first democratically elected leader was toppled in what he called a coup.
07 February 2013
Berlusconi vows to refund money from unpopular tax Former premier Silvio Berlusconi vowed Sunday to refund the money Italians have had to fork out for an unpopular property tax if his coalition wins this month's elections.
04 February 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 February 2013
©REUTERS Austerity carnival mocks Italy's elections Carnival workers in central Italy dusted off their Silvio Berlusconi masks and put the finishing touches to an anti-austerity float.
31 January 2013
Australia to go to the polls on September 14: PM Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday broke with tradition and announced the nation would go to the polls on September 14, saying she wanted to give "shape and order" to the year.
31 January 2013
Photo courtesy of topnews.ae Philips returns to profit, sells entertainment business Electronics giant Philips on Tuesday reported 2012 net profits of 231 million euros (311 million dollars), after losses of 1.29 billion euros in 2011, and announced the sale of its entertainment business to focus further on health products.
31 January 2013
Clinton says can't predict her future, as 2016 looms With only days left until she steps down as America's top diplomat, Hillary Clinton left the door open Sunday to a possible future run in the 2016 presidential elections.
28 January 2013
Age counts as ex-Communist, aristocrat eye Czech presidency Milos Zeman, a bold veteran of the Czech left, takes on eccentric Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg on Friday and Saturday in the tight round-two battle of the republic's first direct presidential election.
26 January 2013
Berlusconi closing in with month to go to Italy vote Former premier Silvio Berlusconi's zealous campaigning is closing the gap between the centre-right and left a month before the Italian general elections.
25 January 2013
©REUTERS Bulgaria to hold referendum on new nuclear plant Polls indicate that Bulgarians will on Sunday vote "yes" to a second nuclear power plant in a referendum, in a closely watched contest between the government and the opposition ahead of elections in July.
25 January 2013
Netanyahu wins but weakened by centrist newcomer Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to remain in power despite the poor showing by his Likud-Beitenu list, which will push him into an alliance with the centrist Yesh Atid, the surprise winner of Tuesday's vote.
24 January 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 January 2013
Israelis vote in elections seen swinging to the right Polls opened on Tuesday in Israel's general election, which is expected to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to power at the head of a government of hardline right-wing and religious parties.
22 January 2013
Merkel to huddle with party after bitter loss in state poll German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be forced to size up her election year strategy Monday after a bitter defeat to the centre-left opposition in a cliffhanger state poll.
21 January 2013
Palestinians brace for new rightwing Israeli govt The Palestinians are bracing for a new right-wing government that Israel's election is expected to produce, hoping that international and domestic moves will strengthen their position.
19 January 2013
German poll kicks off do-or-die year for Merkel alliance German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces her first test at the polls in a general election year Sunday with a state vote that could prove even more decisive for her flailing coalition partners.
18 January 2013
Czechs vote to replace eurosceptic president Klaus Austerity-weary Czechs vote Friday and Saturday in the country's first-ever direct presidential election.
12 January 2013
Czechs to vote in first direct presidential election Czechs vote Friday and Saturday in their country's first direct presidential election, with recession, austerity and graft weighing heavily on the nation as it turns the page on a decade under ardent eurosceptic Vaclav Klaus.
09 January 2013
Venezuela assembly meets amid Chavez health crisis Venezuela's National Assembly meets Saturday to elect its leadership in a session that also is expected to thrash out the country's political future as President Hugo Chavez battles cancer in Cuba.
06 January 2013
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