ELECTION popularity and ELECTION trends

Israeli analysts are bracing for the prospect of a less-friendly Egypt, especially if Mohamed Morsi, the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, is elected president.

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CAIRO — Egypt’s revolutionaries did not take to the streets to replace Hosni Mubarak with another military strongman or to put an Islamist ideologue in charge, but that is the choice they woke up to after a first-round vote for the presidency. The youths who put national pride before religion when they protested against Mr. ...

CAMPAIGNING AT the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on Thursday night, US president Barack Obama delivered his sharpest attack yet against his presumed Republican opponent in the November election.

A top Mitt Romney campaign adviser on Friday disavowed conspiracy theories pushed by Donald Trump, one of Romney's most high-profile supporters. The adviser said the campaign could not be held responsible for everything that Romney supporters say. Trump is a birther. He clings to the notion that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya, not the United States, despite the fact that this theory h...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- The ex-president of Senegal won praise from around the world earlier this year when he gracefully conceded defeat, even picking up the phone to congratulate his longtime rival, a move that momentarily erased the memories of a violent election season....

gollum123 writes with this excerpt from the NY Times: "For more than a decade, almost all processed foods in the United States — cereals, snack foods, salad dressings — have contained ingredients from plants whose DNA was manipulated in a laboratory. Regulators and many scientists say these pose no danger. But as Americans ask more pointed questions about what they are eating, popular suspicion...

PRELIMINARY results from Egypt's presidential election show Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi and former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq have won the top two spots and advanced to next month's runoff.

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness said President Michael D. Higgins who defeated him in last year’s presidential election campaign was “doing a good job”.

France's Left will comfortably beat the conservative UMP party in next month's parliamentary election, a new poll has shown, as rivalries triggered by Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential defeat splitting the Right-wing vote.

ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan is to proceed for de-seating Farah Nawaz Ispahani, upon the arrival of Supreme Court’s final judgement, following same legal course but different Constitutional provisions it is to follow on the probable disqualification of the Prime Minister. The Supreme Court on Friday suspended the Parliamentary membership, till the court’s final ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some current and former members of the House are trying to make the step up to the Senate this election year. But they are finding themselves on the defensive about experience that traditionally has been an asset....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A left-wing party that opposes Greece's international bailout agreements has extended its lead ahead of next month's election, according to a new poll published Friday....

The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence is condeming Tucker Carlson after his conservative website The Daily Caller announced it would give away guns manufactured by Jim Pontillo, who has made racist statements about President Obama. "That Tucker Carlson and the Daily Caller would promote a man like firearms manufacturer Jim Pontillo to their readers is a testament to how far the American Conservati...

The candidate of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a run-off in the presidential election, according to partial results Friday.

White House signs PR contract to tout ObamaCare, as senator asks if funds will be used as PR blitz in election yearVIDEO: White House Really 'Strangling' Catholic Church?

'Now Egyptians will have to choose between the revolution and the counter-revolution. The next vote will be equivalent to holding a referendum on the revolution'

Early results from Egypt's presidential election point to a bruising runoff race that threatens to squeeze Egypt's fragile democracy between two deeply antagonistic opposing ideologies.

The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood candidate for president is likely to face former PM Ahmed Shafiq in a run-off, after Egypt's first free presidential election.

• Latest results suggest error in early exit polls• Morsi first, but Leftist Sabahy pushes Shafiq into third• Free Syrian Army shuns al-Qaida in Syria1.11pm: Hamdeen Sabahy jumped into second place after Ahram's election tally added results from the port city of Alexandria where he enjoys big support, explains Jack Shenker in audio update from Cairo.There is a lot of confusion. We are not yet s...

CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate appeared likely to face off against either a former prime minister who served under ousted president Hosni Mubarak or a leftist contender whose popularity surged at the end of the race, according to predictions Friday by political parties based on preliminary results in Egypt’s first free presidential election. Read full article >>

A guide to Lesotho's unpredictable and tense election

Mohammed Morsi will face off against either a former PM and a leftist in a run-off vote to be held June 16-17, with a victor to be announced June 21

Mohammed Morsi will face off against either a former PM and a leftist in a run-off vote to be held June 16-17, with a victor to be announced June 21

Mohamed Morsi is said to be ahead in early counting in a result that will pit him against Ahmed Shafiq, a former military man, in the second round

Vote counting has begun in Egypt's landmark election, which pitted stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's rule.

The Islamist candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Morsi, will face Ahmed Shafik, former President Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, in a runoff to become Egypt’s first freely elected president.

Counting begins after two days of voting in Egypt's first free presidential election, as Muslim Brotherhood claims lead.

The Muslim Brotherhood said today its candidate was leading the early count in Egypt's first free presidential election that exposed a rift in the nation between supporters of Islamists and backers of men who served deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

Egyptians, choosing their leader freely for the first time in thousands of years of recorded history, voted for a second day yesterday in an election that is the fruit of last year's popular revolt against Hosni Mubarak.

Both parties foresee an election lift in quick action on Bush-era tax legislation.

The voting in Egypt's historic presidential election is over, but tensions are still running high at the Egyptian Consulate in New York.

Soon after arriving from Delhi, Virbhadra accused BJP of misusing official machinery for the municipal polls."We have lost trust in the state election commission as our complaints before are not being addressed, he said.

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are slugging it out over the economy, but the world may have a trick or two up its sleeve.

The Times: For the first time in their 5000-year history, Egyptians do not know who their new leader will be. This week's landmark presidential election, run over two days on Wednesday and yesterday, is the culmination of an extraordinary struggle that swept aside Hosni Mubarak, the ''big man'' who ruled Egypt with an iron fist for three decades.

"You can call me the next head of the Histadrut," Cabel says despite losing vote to rival Ofer Eini by wide margin.

If David Cameron is opposed to a European financial transaction tax, as he claims, he should abolish the one he levies at home - stamp duty.

A court ruling that ousted the controversial president of Angola's national electoral commission has been hailed by the country's opposition parties.

BUNER - Buner Cricket Association president Syed Nabi Bacha has appealed to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Provincial Sports Department to take steps for utilizing cricket talent of Buner and hold election under its supervision for District Cricket Association. In a press statement, District Cricket Association president Syed Nabi Bacha said: “There are total 40 clubs active in ...

BUNER - Buner Cricket Association president Syed Nabi Bacha has appealed to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Provincial Sports Department to take steps for utilizing cricket talent of Buner and hold election under its supervision for District Cricket Association. In a press statement, District Cricket Association president Syed Nabi Bacha said: “There are total 40 clubs active in ...

The election will probably be determined by the power of incumbency and the trend in unemployment., but ,in the meantime, let’s talk about every silly thing we can, including Bain Capital, says Darrell Delamaide.

New polls give President Obama narrow leads in three states that may well decide the 2012 election: Ohio, Florida, and Virginia.

Ils se pressent à nouveau dans les bureaux de vote, les Egyptiens, pour la deuxième et dernière journée d'une élection présidentielle historique,…

Can Congress resist a juicy Facebook IPO hearing? (Of course not -- it's an Election year, people!)

THE ACCELERATING investigation into the 2010 election campaign of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray has produced titillating revelations of bogus money orders, shredded records, a hidden wire and now, it appears, bald-faced lies to the FBI. But at the heart of the federal investigation is something precious and important: the integrity of the electoral process. What happened in 2010, as U.S. Attorney...

Mamata's Trinamool Congress appears not to want to precipitate a crisis with a knee-jerk response on the eve of the presidential election and then the Lok Sabha polls.

SIMON HEFFER: Without the inconvenience of a general election, Dr Cable would be back in power, possibly as deputy prime minister, and sitting in Cabinet with people whose politics are his.

Cabel: Vote counters are corrupt, election stolen.

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - The North Carolina jury deciding whether former U.S. Senator John Edwards violated federal election laws during his 2008 presidential bid entered its fourth day of deliberations on Wednesday after it requested a closer look at some evidence.

In the most historic event the country has seen since the Arab Spring revolution began last year, vast queues built up outside 13000 polling stations across as eager voters prepared to choose their next president.

INTERVIEW - En affirmant que son parti pourrait soutenir des candidats UMP ou PS aux législatives, élection traditionnellement difficile pour le FN, Marine Le Pen cherche à rassurer son nouvel électorat tout en attisant les tensions à droite.Articles en rapportLégislatives : un scénario rose ou «rose vif» ?Le Nouveau Centre au bord de la ruptureLe médecin officiel d'Hollande est un sarkozyste p...

As you may already be aware from my previous posts, The Guardian U.S. and NYU’s Studio 20 journalism lab have teamed up to push a project called The Citizens’ Agenda into the media discourse surrounding the U.S. presidential 2012 election. The idea: find out what you–the citizens–want the candidates to be discussing over the next [...]

As the U.S. presidential election campaigns heat up, the economic debate is dominated by bailouts, austerity and, inevitably, taxation. Now a new study published in Symbolic Interaction asks why tax is such an important issue to voters and explores the moral ideas which underpin their views.

Trillions in looming tax hikes and spending cuts. Washington saber-rattling over the debt ceiling. A slowdown in the world's second largest economy.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians began voting freely on Wednesday for the first time to pick their president in a wide open election that pits Islamists against men who served under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak.

The bank's trading loss has stoked frustration among Republicans—who haven't forgotten that it donated mostly to Democrats last election cycle.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which helped Republicans make big gains in the 2010 congressional elections, is planning its most aggressive push yet to send business-friendly lawmakers to Washington in the November 6 election.

Describing it as a "milestone" achievement, the United Nations envoy to Libya today welcomed the successful conclusion of voter registration ahead of the country’s legislative election scheduled for next month.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Amid signs that the effort to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker is losing ground, Wisconsin Democrats and union leaders are preparing a fundraising and get-out-the-vote push to regain momentum in the final weeks before the June recall election....

There was no "Faustian pact" between Labour and News International before the 1997 general election, Lord Mandelson tells the Leveson Inquiry.

Patriotism has been long been a key factor in international sports—athletes aren’t just competing for their own satisfaction but for the glory of their country. And this uneasy relationship isn’t just a modern affair, politics has had a huge role in sports since the ancient Olympic Games

An independent voter explains why President Obama is better positioned for the November election than Mitt Romney.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood showed off its ability to rally support with choreographed campaign events throughout the nation on Sunday in a final push to clinch victory for its candidate in this week's presidential election.

BOB Katter has admitted he made a mistake when his party ran an anti-gay marriage ad in the Queensland election campaign.

Sunday’s runoff election pitted President Boris Tadic, the pro-Western incumbent, against Tomislav Nikolic, a nationalist who wants closer ties with Russia.

The former prime minister is preparing a new push to re-enter British politics alongside current Labour leader Ed Miliband, who recently suggested space could be found for Mr Blair on his team.

Conservative ministers have held meetings with executives from Google once a month on average since the General Election, it has been disclosed.

Political advertisers are going to flock to FB this year There’s certainly money in politics, and Facebook knows it. The company, now under pressure to to justify its enormous $104 billion IPO, is trying to hire someone to maximize political advertising sales during the 2012 election season in the U.S.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- A winner has been chosen by a coin toss in a Texas city council election....

It's all but over for John Edwards! His campaign finance trial has concluded so now he can only sit and wait to find out whether the jury finds him innocent or guilty as they begin deliberations today. If found guilty of the six charges that include conspiracy to violate the Federal Election Campaign Act, accepting contributions that [...]

Oval Office 12:35 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Well, it is my great pleasure to welcome President Hollande to the United States, to the Oval Office, and this evening to Camp David.  We all watched the remarkable election, and I offered him hardy congratulations and assured him that the friendship and alliance between the United States and France is not only of extraordinary importance to ...

There will be no calling them Mitt "CD" Romney or Barack "Standing" Obama. No one will be cooler than the other side of the pillow.

Once more unto polling booth, O Greeks! Almost inevitably, given results of election held earlier this month.

The leader of a left-wing party in Greece, Alexis Tsipras, looks likely to do best in next month's election and there is increasing speculation that Greece could be forced out of the euro if his party wins.

L'indice vedette de Wall Street, le Dow Jones Industrial Average, changeait de direction et passait en territoire négatif mercredi, un climat d'extrême tension en Europe au lendemain de l'annonce de nouvelles élection en Grèce éclipsant de bons chiffres économiques américains.histoires liéesGrèce : les Européens réitèrent leurs exigences mais adoucissent leur discoursSmic: les syndicats veulent...

Country’s political leaders pick senior judge Panagiotis Pikramenos; election to held June 17

Greece is to hold a second election after its squabbling politicians failed to put together a ruling coalition following the last inconclusive poll.

As Greece headed for a fresh election after the last attempt to form a government failed in Athens, new French President Francois Hollande and German chancellor Angela Merkel have voiced their support for the debt-stricken nation to remain in the euro zone.

THE Australian dollar has traded in a narrow range after falling sharply overnight on news Greece will face fresh elections.

GREECE has been told the euro can survive without it as Athens prepared for another election that could end its membership of the single currency.

Greek coalition talks collapse over bailout terms; German SPD won't back fiscal pact without growth measures.

Talks on coalition government end without agreement; new election likely for Greece.

The German Pirate Party has taken seats in the fourth consecutive regional election, this time in North Rhine-Westphalia, where it received 7.5% of the vote, which will likely translate to 18 seats. These state-level elections are being viewed in part as a referendum on austerity and other Merkel doctrines, and there's a growing tide of [...]

Les indices européens ne parviennent pas à se redresser en début d'après-midi. La tendance est affectée par la situation d'impasse politique en Grèce, la hausse des coûts de refinancement de l'Espagne et un échec de la chancelière Angela Merkel dans une élection régionale ce week-end. A New York, les indices sont attendus en baisse. Vers 14h30, le Cac 40 perd un peu plus de 2%, à 3.060,80 points.

When Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was first argued before the Supreme Court, on March 24, 2009, it seemed like a case of modest importance. The issue before the Justices was a narrow one. The McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law prohibited corporations from running television commercials for or against . . .

Les électeurs de Rhénanie du Nord-Westphalie (NRW), l’Etat allemand le plus peuplé, ont commencé à voter ce dimanche matin lors d’un scrutin test pour la coalition...lire la suite

Greece's president met party leaders on Sunday in a final bid to cobble together a coalition and avert a repeat election.

SENIOR Labor figures believe the Gillard government should cut ties with the Greens and call an early election if parliament becomes unworkable.

In a world weary of war and economic crises, and concerned about global climate change, the consensus is that Barack Obama has not lived up to the lofty expectations that surrounded his 2008 election and Nobel Peace Prize a year later.

Fotis Kouvelis, le chef de file du parti de la Gauche démocratique, a indiqué qu'il ne participerait pas à un gouvernement de coalition. Une décision qui rend de plus en plus probable l'organisation de nouvelles élection à la mi-juin au plus tard.

Tweet Widget Facebook Like US President Barack Obama and Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller should be commended for their statements during their election campaigns on behalf of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people. (New York) – US President Barack Obama and Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller should ...

As news of President Barack Obama’s support of gay marriage was broadcast, advocates across the country cheered a statement that many said was long overdue.

The Nazis in Greece, who over the weekend gained some seats in Parliament, are likely to continue to be a factor in a new election experts say will likely be held in about a month or so. These are the real deal ... apparently they self identify as Nazis but the party name is "Golden Dawn" and they have a record of violence and nastiness. They even do the Nazi salute and everything. Here's t...

Economics editor Stephanie Flanders and Liberal Democrat MEP Sharon Bowles on the impact of the French and Greek election results on the future of the Eurozone.

Complications foreseen on some unresolved issues

Socialism? Unrest in Greece? Euro zone on the brink? Big whoop. Stocks initially fell on Monday as news out of Europe looked dire — in France, the election of Socialist Francois Hollande raised concerns that the basic consensus in the  Euro zone could crumble. And an election in Greece dealt a strong rebuke to political [...]

Many companies investors would expect to do better under the socialists have underperformed since their victory seemed assured

China congratulates Francois Hollande over his French election victory, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei at a regular press briefing.

Stocks fell Monday in Europe and Asia as weekend election results in Greece and France added to the uncertainty created by last week’s disappointing jobs data in the United States.

The election results in France and Greece leave a crystal clear message to those grey elements controlling the European Union, a message from the people who they never bothered to consult as they imposed a failed super-state in an arrogant top-down approach. The Merkozy space is dead. R.I.P.

Sir Michael Somare, one of two men claiming the PM's role in Papua New Guinea, will not stand in the next election, says his daughter.

Ce ne fut pas mai 1981. Dans la région, des klaxons, mais pas de fête dans les rues d'Arras, Dunkerque, Boulogne ou Lens. En revanche, sur la grand-place de Lille, on a célébré en musique la victoire et l'espoir en François Hollande, mais aussi la défaite et le rejet de Nicolas Sarkozy.histoires liéesDéception chez les Jeunes Populaires qui visent désormais les législativesClameur de joie au QG...

FINANCIAL markets will likely be more worried about the outcome of the Greek election than Francois Hollande's winning the French presidency.

L'ancien Premier ministre socialiste Lionel Jospin a estimé dimanche soir...

La victoire enfin ! Trente ans après la première élection de François Mitterrand le 10 mai 1981, les socialistes français tiennent « leur » alter...lire la suite

FIVE years after the federal Labor government's election pledge to improve media freedom, progress has stalled, says the MEAA.

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EUROPE IS braced for change and uncertainty as the people of France and Greece cast judgment on their leaders this weekend, votes with potential to reshape the political landscape in the third year of the debt crisis.

Liberalization of Mexico's oil sector would not be the base case scenario if the PRI party wins the upcoming presidential election given the party's heterogeneity, Lisa Schineller, sovereign ratings d...

Quels sont les enjeux économiques de cette élection ? Chaque jour, un expert nous apporte son témoignage. Aujourd'hui, Gabriele Suder, professeur de commerce européen et international à Skema Business School.

Live coverage of the results of local elections and the London Mayoral race.

Achaque élection présidentielle, depuis une trentaine d'années, la France expérimente cette sensation étrange qu'un écrivain aujourd'hui presque oublié, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, avait baptisée « la torture par l'espérance ». Le grand rituel de la campagne sert à la fois à châtier celui qui n'a pas...Articles en rapportLes anachronismes d'une campagneLe candidat Hollande et l'euro, vus de Wall S...

President Jacob Zuma has stealthily started his election campaign by handing out tractors and homes.

François Hollande et Nicolas Sarkozy se sont retrouvés face-à-face hier soir lors d'un débat électrique, à J - 4 du dimanche décisif qui verra l'un d'eux remporter la neuvième élection présidentielle française.Articles en rapportLE VISAGEMonde en brefFrance en brefL´IMAGE DU JOUR - Roumanie : la statue de Trajan fait polémiqueL´HISTOIRE - Virus informatiques et pauvres pécheurs

It’s a bad, bad, bad economy – and an election year to boot. Poor Obama has his hands full. Domainers facing a lack of monetary liquidity still want to invest in domain names. Since money and credit are currently tight, resorting to the exchange or trade of goods and services is a viable solution. We [...]

Parisian private equity executives are trying to establish whether and how their sector would change should France swing to the left

L’année 2007 a marqué un tournant dans la vision que la France a de l’écologie. L’écologie a tout d’un coup été placée au centre des débats. Nicolas Hulot faisait signer son pacte écologique, et l’élection présidentielle concentrait une partie des...

So it turned out that this was the week that both the Romney campaign and the Obama campaign decided that foreign policy was an important thing to talk about during election season.  Speaking personally, this is great!! I seem to have moved up in the Rolodex of those covering the campaign.  Expect lots of juicy quotes in the months to come, and readers are warmly encouraged to proffer useful m...

TONY Abbott has pledged that if elected prime minister he would call a double dissolution election over temporary protection visas for asylum seekers.

If Ford has his way in the next election, voters will call for subways, but what would that mean for construction underway?

In his address at the meeting Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that in Russian politics “the president is primarily a consolidating figure for all political forces and citizens.” He added that he considers it proper to resign as chairman of the United Russia party after his inauguration. However, he expressed confidence that he would continue to actively work with the party. “I count on your ...

The Obama 2008 campaign's pioneering technology use gave rise to a batch of Silicon Valley startups that are commercializing tools created for the campaign. This article is the first in a series, "America's Choice 2012: The Data Edge," covering those startups and the role they're playing in the 2012 presidential election.

Whoever wins France's presidential election in May will have to tackle some difficult problems in the country's efficient but hugely expensive health system. Kim Willsher reports from Paris.

A day after his comments on stalled economic reforms kicked up a political row the finance ministry’s chief economic adviser Kaushik Basu on Friday said his comments on the “possible European economic crisis of 2014” was wrongly compared to the Indian election in 2014.

PARIS (Reuters) - French polling institutes will not release exit polls or projected results for the presidential election on Sunday before voting ends at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT), the polling watchdog said on Friday.

Headline Title:  Mali urged to release top officials arbitrarily detained 18 April 2012 Soldiers in Mali have arbitrarily detained a group of at least eight key political figures and military officials, prompting Amnesty International to call for their release.Among those arre...

Sometimes the headline is so perfect that I don't need to read the entire story behind it. I don't need to know why Newt was near a penguin. (Maybe he IS The Penguin?) I don't need to know why that penguin got cunty with Newt. (Maybe it's a Romney-lover and was trying to push him out of the election exit door? Or maybe Newt tried to slip that sessy penguin his Skype number and it's taken by ano...

GENEVA (AP) -- Former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam's appeal against a life ban from soccer for allegedly bribing voters during his election challenge to Sepp Blatter opens Wednesday at sport's highest court....

A young Indian American has created history of sorts after winning the primaries in a school board election in the State of Maryland.

Rédacteur en chef adjoint ...lire la suite

The 480-page book is about a seemingly idyllic English town at war over a parish council election

A row involving one of Russia's biggest film stars tarnished a glitzy awards ceremony after the presenter accused her of making an election video for Vladimir Putin to protect her charitable fund.

BARACK Obama undoubtedly boosted support among Vulcans when a photo of him emerged flashing their signature Star Trek salute.

Burma votes on Sunday in its third election in half a century, a crucial test of its nascent reform credentials.

By Timothy GardnerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration proposed on Tuesday the first ever standards to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants, a move likely to be hotly contested by Republicans and industry in an election year.The Environmental Protection Agency proposed the long-delayed rules that limit emissions from all new U.S. [More]

The Obama administration will propose as soon as Tuesday the first ever standards to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants, sources involved in talks on the matter said — a move that is likely to be hotly contested by Republicans and industry in an election year.  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul faces its biggest court test next week, capping a legal battle that could reshape the powers of the U.S. government, redefine medical care for most Americans and transform the 2012 election campaign.

L'Hexagone a attiré l'an dernier 698 projets d'investissements étangers, créateurs de 27.958 emplois sur le territoire. C'est moins qu'en 2010. La crise européenne et l' élection présidentielle ont pesé

East Timor goes to the polls this weekend for the first round of its presidential election, in a year that marks a decade of independence.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek voters will have a long list of parties to choose from in an election to be held by early May, as new groups spring up on the left and right, including one band of Internet-savvy "Pirates".

Tainted Congress is Turfed Out Driving in from the airport on the day of the election results, we passed caravans of pick-up trucks, cars, scooters and motorcycles. Draped in BJP colors, the caravans were celebrating the clear victory of the BJP in the recently-concluded Assembly elections. As they whizzed past towns and villages, people gathered on the edges of the highway, cheering them on...

In the words of Hollywood Elsewhere: “It’s doubtful, frankly, that Reese Witherspoon will luck into a role as good as Tracy Flick again"

This refers to recent comment of Chaudhry Nisar – Opposition Leader in National Assembly belonging to PML-N on private TV channel regarding majority based decision of Election Commission of Pakistan on Ms Waheeda Shah. I hereby strongly condemn Chaudhry Nisar for his objectionable comment on decision of the Commission by giving it ethnic colour to the dissidents’ two votes belonging ...

Morgan Stanley's Vincent Reinhart says central bank is apt to ease before election season hits high gear.

A Council of Europe committee has called on Fifa to investigate Fifa president Sepp Blatter's re-election as the governing body's head honcho.

The election results in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab will, of course, affect public policy at the Centre and the states.

Several analytics companies think so and are parsing data to see who'll win which states on Super Tuesday.

[[371223]] MOSCOU (AFP) : Les Russes ont commencé dimanche à se rendre aux urnes pour une présidentielle qui devrait ramener au Kremlin l'actuel Premier ministre et homme fort du pays, Vladimir Poutine, dans une atmosphère de contestation inédite depuis son arrivée au pouvoir il y a une...

There's a great scene toward the end of HBO's Game Change the controversial and shamelessly entertaining movie about Sarah Palin and the 2008 presidential campaign starring Julianne Moore as the Wasilla Windbag A few of John McCain's advisers hit the hotel bar on Election Eve drowning their sorrows cursing the

Shepard Fairey, the artist who created an iconic 2008 election poster of Barack Obama based on an Associated Press photo, pleaded guilty to criminal counts of destroying documents and manufacturing evidence.

Prime Minister David Cameron has responded to the resignation of Energy Secretary Chris Huhne

Nabil Elaraby, the secretary general of the Arab League, boiled down the case against military intervention in Syria to three obstacles: elections, money (or the lack of it), and a Syrian army with 300,000 troops. In an interview with CNN on Thursday, the former Egyptian foreign minister sought to reassure Russia that the Arab League quest to seek Security Council support for i...

Don't underestimate Stephen Colbert! The Comedy Central host's political action committee has raised $1.02 million, according to Federal Election Committee filings Tuesday....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stephen Colbert's sway in the presidential election might be a joke, but he's got some real financial muscle....

Trade tensions between China and the United States may be exacerbated by the global financial outlook and US election politics, economists said.

Live footage from thousands of Russian polling stations is to be streamed online in an attempt to make the country's forthcoming presidential election transparent.

Too many high-turnout landslides suggests ballot stuffing

Tired of long, less-than-zippy Republican debates? Struggling to stay awake for primary results? As the political season gets underway -- but before the general election begins in earnest -- it may be time to tap into the rich and varied canon of campaign-themed books, movies and television.We asked a group of journalists, pundits, historians and politicians -- people whose commentary you're li...

Congratulations to Barry Larkin, who was elected to the Hall of Fame on Monday with the credentials of everything you would want in an elite player. Larkin played every phase of the game well, redefined his position, shortstop, never had to change positions or change teams and boasted a healthy peak and longevity to his career. Joe Morgan, another Reds great, said it best when he remarked, "Bar...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Barry Larkin was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Monday with plenty of room to spare.

(Reuters) - Former Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Parcells and 12-time Pro Bowl guard Will Shields are among 15 modern-era finalists in the running for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame next month, the Hall announced on Saturday.

Another election cycle, another threat to PBS. This time, the attack comes from Mitt Romney, who has called for an end to its federal fundin ...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and Congress are starting the election year locked in a tussle over a proposed 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas that will force the White House to make a politically risky choice between two key Democratic constituencies... from the Washington Post (Registration Required)

The English Football Association may have begun the long walk in from the international wilderness with the election of chairman David Bernstein to a Fifa committee.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A ballot initiative requiring Los Angeles porn actors to wear condoms has qualified to go before city voters in a presidential primary election in June, organizers said on Tuesday.

Jascha Franklin-Hodge--cofounder of Blue State Digital, which built Obama’s online social-networking tools--describes how the president-elect’s social-networking strategy made for a well-oiled Election Day effort. Franklin-Hodge also discusses the future of Obama’s e-mail database of "millions and millions" of supporters.

KARACHI - All-Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Central Senior Vice-President Dr Ghulam Mujtaba on Friday refuted Prime Minister Gilani’s claim that the army wanted to establish a “state within the state”, saying the was loyal to the country.Addressing a public meeting, the APML leader regretted the premier’s remarks against the army, and demanded early election to bring the country out of the pres...

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry said the court will have to move against Secretary of Election Commission, as he is delaying the preparation of electoral rolls.The preparation of electoral rolls is advertently being held up, the CJ Chaudhry remarked while heading a three-member bench hearing a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan seeking ...

TOBA TEK SINGH - Member of British Parliament Chaudhry Anas Sarwar, son of former British House of Commons member Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, has been felicitated on his election as deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party. –Reporter

One little problem, the normal distribution for this graph is NOT a Gaussian. Just Google for: LOGNORMAL election dsitribution. So the people were just mislead.

Former Soviet president Milkhail Gorbachev says recent disputed parliamentary elections should be scrapped and new elections held.

By this point in the 2008 presidential election, the small group of Republicans in Hollywood had begun to rally around their candidates -- that isn't happening this year.

Disgraced Asian football chief Mohammed Bin Hammam has appealed against a lifetime ban imposed by football's world governing body over corruption in the FIFA presidential election.

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - The chances of an AT&T-T-Mobile merger grow dimmer by the day, but there may yet be hope on the horizon for the telecommunications giants -- next year's election.

En Egypte, l'armée propose une élection avant fin juin 2012 mais les manifestants restent intransigeants. Les affrontements se sont poursuivis ce…

Filed under: non mobile Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wants to put underprivileged preteen kids to work as school janitors ... to help pull them out of poverty. Did he dig his own election grave -- or, maybe it's actually a smart plan?Plus, "Dirty Jobs" star Mike Rowe is getting sued by a prisoner named Mike Rowe because they s...

21 November 2011 -- Only one candidate has been proposed for the election of WHO Director-General. The candidate is Dr Margaret Chan, the current Director-General, whose name has been submitted by China.

Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre loses out in FA election after upsetting the Premier League hierarchy.

Nov 15 (Reuters) - Navistar International Corp reached a deal with activist investor Carl Icahn that could put its directors up for election each year.

A tough pipeline decision by the White House is pushed back after the election.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States may decide within weeks whether to pursue a new route for the Keystone XL Canada-to-Texas pipeline, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, a step that may delay a...

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal: Notes on some interesting domain news from around the world including a chance for European domainers to meet in Warsaw, a critical auDA Board election coming up in Australia and Canadians get their own domain forum.

His was the comeback story of the election: Reminiscent of the Energizer bunny, 60-year-old Jack Layton barnstormed from pep rally to town hall event, displaying energy levels that were impressive regardless of what you thought of his politics.

Novel voting technology will be used in a local government election.