Security is on the minds of voters in Israel as they cast ballots in national elections, Tuesday. The poll pits hardline former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party against Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni of the ruling centrist Kadima...
BBC Learning English People and Places Hany El Hamzawy William:Hello and welcome to People and Places the programme where you meet interesting people with interesting stories! My names William Kremer. Today, I thought wed practise some listening com...
In Maldives, a political activist who spent years in prison has won the country's first democratic presidential election. Mohamed Nasheed has defeated President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who led the country for three decades, but was widely criticized f...
By Tendai Maphosa London 16 June 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.S. President George Bush have condemned the ongoing pre-election violence in Zimbabwe and urged the government in Harrare to accept international election monitors. Tend...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 01 June 2008 Iranian lawmakers have picked former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani as the new speaker of parliament. He is seen as a key conservative rival to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and may use his post to launch a...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 24 May 2007 The United Nations General Assembly has elected former Macedonian foreign minister Srgjan Kerim as its president. He will take over when the 62nd session begins in September. From U.N. headquarters, VOA's...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 06 May 2007 Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore In Burkina Faso, voter turnout is described as low for legislative polls that the ruling party of Blaise Compaore is expected to dominate. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 29 March 2007 Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont says new elections will be held December 16 or December 23, to restore elected democratic government. As Ron Corben reports for VOA Mr. Surayud also rejected calls by the junta...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Banda Aceh 11 December 2006 Polls have closed in Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged province of Aceh after a Acehnese woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Banda Aceh, 11 Dec 2006 landmark vote for a provincial government....
By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 03 November 2006 watch Nicaragua Election Preview Former leftist Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega could return to power if he wins Sunday's presidential election. The opposition is divided and Ortega appears to hold a s...
