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Ghana president dies after illness, successor sworn in
Ghana President John Atta Mills died suddenly Tuesday, hours after being taken ill and months before he was to seek re-election in a country seen as a bastion of democracy in west Africa.
25 July 2012
Liberals have the edge in Libya vote but no clear majority
Libya's liberal coalition outscored Islamist parties in preliminary results unveiled by the electoral commission Tuesday -- but it remained unclear who will dominate the next congress.
19 July 2012
Romney fights back on Bain, slams 'false' attacks
Republican Mitt Romney on Friday angrily blunted "false" attacks about his time at Bain Capital but did not cede to demands to release more tax returns that have dogged his White House bid.
15 July 2012
Romney, Obama clash over Chavez threat
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Wednesday clashed with President Barack Obama over how serious a security threat Iranian ally Venezuela poses to the US.
13 July 2012
Tunisia's ruling Islamist party in historic meeting
Tunisia's ruling Islamist party Ennahda holds its first congress at home in 24 years on Thursday, seeking to clarify its strategy against a backdrop of political and religious tensions in the country.
13 July 2012
Egypt parliament set to convene, defying military
Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament was set to convene on Tuesday in defiance of the powerful military following a decree by newly elected President Mohamed Morsi to reinstate the assembly.
11 July 2012
Suu Kyi makes Myanmar parliamentary debut
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi made her historic parliamentary debut Monday, marking a new phase in her near quarter century struggle to bring democracy to her army-dominated homeland.
10 July 2012
Russia accuses West of distorting Syria deal
Russia accused the West on Tuesday of seeking to distort an agreement for a political transition in Syria, after international peace envoy Kofi Annan said a ceasefire was imperative.
07 July 2012
Venezuela's Chavez warns of plot to deny reelection
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday claimed his political rivals have hatched a plot to deny him a victory in the upcoming October 7 presidential vote.
05 July 2012
South Korea opens controversial new mini-capital
South Korea Monday inaugurated a mini-capital to house much of the nation's government, ending a decade of wrangling over a project seen by critics as driven by politics.
03 July 2012
Russians are crazy about Abay's poetry
Book of poems, written by a great Kazakh poet Abay Qunanbayuli has sold out completely in Moscow.
29 June 2012
Nazarbayev and Putin taking relations to new level
Nursultan Nazarbayev and Vladimir Putin talked about relations between Kazakhstan and Russia at the extended meeting in Kazakhstan President's residence.
11 June 2012
Kazakhstan invested $1 billion in Kyrgyzstan in 6 years
Kazakhstan Minister of Economic Development and Trade met with Kyrgyzstan Minister of Economy and Anti-Monopoly Policy in Astana.
10 April 2012
Are religious parties possible in Kazakhstan?
Leaders of key religions in Kazakhstan do not support the idea of creation of religious parties.
13 February 2012
Customs Union sings free trade zone treaty with New Zealand by year end
Free trade zone treaty could be signed between the Customs Union (Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus) and New Zealand by the end of 2012.
30 January 2012
Kazakhstan eliminated Ministry of Communications and Information
Ministry of Communication and Information has been eliminated and its functions transferred to other ministries.
22 January 2012
Kazakhstan residents are promised millions meters of housing, 40-tenge petrol and zero VAT
Kazakhstan political parties addressed their voters during the TV-debates on Khabar channel.
13 January 2012
Bolat Abilov excluded from parliament race
Six candidates from four parties have been excluded from party lists of the upcoming Majilis elections
10 January 2012
Third countries will require a joint decision of CSTO to place military bases
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) states will take joint decisions on deployment of third countries' military bases at the CSTO territory.
21 December 2011
Absolute majority of Kazakhstan residents trust Nursultan Nazarbayev
The Institute of Political Solutions made an electoral rating of Kazakhstan political parties.
30 November 2011