Georgia tensions rise after close-run polls Georgia on Tuesday awaited the outcome of hard-fought parliamentary polls as the opposition threatened a dramatic victory over President Mikheil Saakashvili's long-dominant ruling party.
02 October 2012 11:35
Japan PM to reshuffle cabinet 'to cool China row' Japan's unpopular prime minister will use a cabinet reshuffle Monday to try to mend fences with China and to boost his flagging popularity ahead of an expected general election.
01 October 2012 10:24
Blair could have prevented Iraq war: Annan Former British prime minister Tony Blair was the only person capable of turning George Bush against the 2003 Iraq invasion, ex-United Nations chief Kofi Annan claimed.
29 September 2012 18:02
Republican women more feminine than Democrats: study Female Republican politicians look more feminine than their Democratic counterparts, according to a study published Thursday based on facial features of US women lawmakers.
29 September 2012 10:50
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 18:29
Saakashvili battles billionaire in Georgia poll showdown Georgia votes in parliamentary polls Monday with President Mikheil Saakashvili's party facing a billionaire-led opposition in a test of the ex-Soviet state's democracy overshadowed by a torture scandal.
27 September 2012 16:51
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.
Belarus opposition ridicules 'falsified' polls Belarus on Monday boasted of a massive turnout in parliamentary polls won by supporters of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko but the opposition ridiculed the results as brazenly rigged.
24 September 2012 18:27
Unasur observers prepare for Venezuela election Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his rival Henrique Capriles are satisfied with logistical preparations ahead of the arrival of election monitors from the Union of South American Nations.
24 September 2012 15:57
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.
US honors Suu Kyi, ends sanctions on Myanmar leaders The US lifted sanctions on two of Myanmar's top leaders on Wednesday, as the Congress hailed Aung San Suu Kyi as a hero of democracy in a lavish ceremony unthinkable only months ago.
21 September 2012 12:51
Beijing seeks to balance anger and control: analysts A sudden decline in anti-Japan protests in China reflects the government's need to tread carefully between harnessing nationalist zeal and letting popular fury spiral out of control.
20 September 2012 11:15
Obama raps Romney on 'victims' comment Barack Obama said Tuesday presidents must represent all of America, not just their own core voters, capitalizing on Mitt Romney's gaffe that 47 percent of his countrymen were tax-dodging "victims."
19 September 2012 14:00
Karzai won't try to stay in office: former US envoy Afghan President Hamid Karzai is unlikely to try to bend the rules to stay in office once his term ends in 2014, former US ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, said.
18 September 2012 17:40
Canada to stop opposing asbestos hazard listing Canada dropped Friday its longtime opposition to global restrictions on asbestos, dealing a blow to the country's dying mining industry of the fire-resistant substance.
15 September 2012 11:39
Romney hit from all sides for Egypt attack remarks Republicans and Democrats alike came down hard on Mitt Romney Wednesday for an act of political opportunism when the White House hopeful said the Obama administration "sympathized" with attackers in Egypt.
15 September 2012 09:50
US, Morocco launch first strategic dialogue Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the United States was looking to Morocco "to be a leader and a model" in the region as the two countries launched their first ever strategic dialogue.
