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©REUTERS Palestinians head to polls in first vote since 2006 Palestinians in the West Bank will head to the polls on Saturday for the first time in nearly seven years, casting their ballots in local elections.
21 October 2012
Portraits of ETA prisoners and their logo. ©REUTERS Bodyguard-free, ex ETA target enjoys new life For 11 years, town councillor Joseba Markaida lived with a bodyguard, for fear of Basque separatists who hurled petrol bombs at his home and poisoned his dog.
20 October 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 October 2012
Aggressive Obama puts Romney on back foot in fiery debate A combative Barack Obama landed telling blows on challenger Mitt Romney Tuesday as naked dislike boiled over between the White House foes in a tense debate three weeks from election day.
17 October 2012
Israeli parliament dissolved, elections in January Israel's parliament voted overnight to dissolve itself and hold early elections on January 22, officials said Tuesday.
16 October 2012
Obama team hits back hard at Romney over Libya Top Democrats accused Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney on Sunday of "cravenly" politicizing the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi to further his presidential ambitions.
15 October 2012
Romney surges as White House race narrows Inviting supporters to taunt Barack Obama with chants of "four more weeks," rival Mitt Romney surged into the lead in US opinion polls Tuesday, his reward for beating the president in their first head-to-head debate.
11 October 2012
Afghan government could collapse, new report says The Afghan government could fall apart after NATO troops pull out in 2014, particularly if presidential elections that year are fraudulent.
08 October 2012
Chavez wins another six-year term in Venezuela Venezuela's Hugo Chavez shrugged off cancer and a unified opposition on Sunday to triumph yet again at the ballot box and win another six-year mandate to pursue his oil-funded socialist revolution.
08 October 2012
Obama plays catch-up after lethargic debate President Barack Obama on Thursday landed the verbal blows he missed the previous night in his debate with Mitt Romney, clawing at his Republican foe to stop him gaining a boost in the polls.
06 October 2012
Romney turns in strong debate performance Republican challenger Mitt Romney performed strongly Wednesday in his first presidential debate, putting Barack Obama on the back foot as he reignited hope in his flagging campaign.
05 October 2012
Zimbabwe vote body seeks $104 mn for referendum Cash-strapped Zimbabwe's electoral commission needs $104 million to organise a referendum on a new constitution that would pave way for a vote on a successor to the country's shaky coalition government.
04 October 2012
©REUTERS US court blocks controversial voter ID law In a win for President Barack Obama's Democrats, a judge in Pennsylvania ordered state officials Tuesday not to enforce a controversial voter ID law in the coming presidential election.
03 October 2012
Americans set to measure Obama and Romney in key debate Barack Obama and his Republican foe Mitt Romney clash Wednesday in the first of a trio of debates, a test of nerve, temperament and presidential mettle before tens of millions of viewers.
02 October 2012
Surging Capriles threatens Venezuela's Chavez Hundreds of thousands of backers of opposition candidate Henrique Capriles have thronged the streets in Venezuela's capital, echoing his rising threat to President Hugo Chavez's re-election.
02 October 2012
US president Barack Obama and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Photo courtesy of homocreativus.es Venezuela's Chavez would 'vote for Obama' Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says that if he were a US citizen, he would vote for President Barack Obama in the November 6 presidential election -- and if Obama were Venezuelan, he'd vote for Chavez.
01 October 2012
Romney attacks Obama's 'dangerous' Mideast policy US Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney attacked President Barack Obama's Middle East policy late Sunday, stepping up the pressure after a wave of anti-US protests in the Islamic world.
01 October 2012
Widening Obama lead piles pressure on Romney A flurry of polls showing widening leads for President Barack Obama Wednesday heaped pressure on Mitt Romney to use their first head-to-head debate next week to launch a major comeback bid.
28 September 2012
Obama eyes US voters in Arab Spring defense President Barack Obama delivered an unapologetic defense of American values and his under-fire Arab Spring policy, speaking to US voters from a world stage at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.
27 September 2012
S.Korea warns North against election meddling South Korea on Wednesday threatened a strong military response to any provocative act by North Korea aimed at influencing the South's presidential election in December.
27 September 2012

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