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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 сентября 2013, 16:27

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their coalition partners are set to win enough votes to again govern Europe's top economy after elections in seven weeks' time.

• 03 августа 2013, 10:01

The United States voiced concern on Tuesday at charges of potential vote-rigging as Zimbabwe goes to the polls to elect a president.

• 31 июля 2013, 18:59

Mali voted on Sunday for a new president in a bid to usher in peace and stability in the first election since a military coup helped plunge the country into chaos.

• 29 июля 2013, 16:20

Two best logos have been selected through the online voting for EXPO-2017 logos that have finished on July 23.

• 23 июля 2013, 16:01

Mexico's ruling party and the conservative opposition each declared victory in a key race for governor on Sunday after regional elections in 14 states that saw acts of violence and accusations of misdeeds.

• 08 июля 2013, 11:54

Wales will become the first country in the United Kingdom to adopt an organ and tissue donation scheme based on presumed consent after assembly members voted in favour of a bill.

• 04 июля 2013, 10:42

In a vote hailed by US President Barack Obama, the Senate on Thursday passed comprehensive immigration reform that would put 11 million undocumented people on a path to earning citizenship.

• 29 июня 2013, 10:38

Albanians go to the polls on Sunday for a crucial vote that could determine whether one of Europe's poorest country has a chance of joining the European Union in the foreseeable future.

• 21 июня 2013, 12:12

US President Barack Obama said that Iran's election result showed the country's people wanted to back away from confrontation with the outside world but ruled out for the moment lifting economic sanctions on Tehran.

• 18 июня 2013, 10:03

Iran began voting on Friday to elect the successor of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

• 14 июня 2013, 18:13

The Swiss will vote Sunday on whether to approve an emergency tightening of the country's asylum law in a bid to stem the influx of refugees to the wealthy Alpine nation.

• 06 июня 2013, 10:01

Voters in the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan will begin electing their second ever government this week, five years after the country's Buddhist "dragon kings" gave way to democracy.

• 29 мая 2013, 11:03

Italians voted in local polls on Sunday that will test political parties three months from a general election that left no clear winner and a month after the start of a fragile coalition cabinet.

• 27 мая 2013, 18:23

An independent panel of experts on Wednesday recommended US approval of a new Merck sleeping pill called suvorexant, but expressed concerns over the highest dosage and risks of drowsy daytime driving.

• 23 мая 2013, 16:35

British Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalise gay marriage returns to Parliament Monday.

• 20 мая 2013, 14:16

Saima Ali had a message for Pakistan's women as the country went to the polls: ignore the Taliban threats and vote.

• 11 мая 2013, 15:35

A bomb blast targeting an election candidate wounded at least 12 people in Pakistan's commercial hub of Karachi as historic elections got underway on Saturday.

• 11 мая 2013, 14:35

Armenia's ruling party has comfortably won a mayoral election in the capital Yerevan.

• 06 мая 2013, 17:18

Libya's General National Congress, under pressure from militiamen, on Sunday voted through a controversial law to exclude former regime officials from public posts in a move that could see the premier removed from office.

• 06 мая 2013, 16:24