Delegates from Nigeria's ruling party are gathering in the capital for a convention to choose their presidential nominee. Politicians will decide the fate of regional power-sharing in Nigeria. Nigeria's ruling party has won the last three presidentia...
A U.S. Congresswoman is in critical condition and six people are dead after a gunman opened fire in an Arizona parking lot where Representative Gabrielle Giffords was meeting with constituents. The dead include a federal judge. More than a dozen peop...
Widely viewed as an emerging world power, Brazil chooses a new leader October 3. If pre-election polls are accurate, outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's hand-picked nominee is favored to succeed him and become Brazil's first female leader....
1. President Barack Obama is challenging voters to stick with Democrats, saying Republicans can only hope Americans forget, which party brought them what he calls a lost decade. President closed a four-day campaign swing at a rally in Minneapolis for...
MADRID, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Spain chose film Tambien la Lluvia (Even the Rain) on Tuesday as the country's candidate（候选人） for an Oscar next year in the category（种类,分类） Best non-English Language Film.Tambien la Lluvia held off s...
One small village in the northeast U.S. state of New York is making a big change in selecting its leaders after being charged with voting discrimination in 2006. The new cumulative voting system is intended to bring minorities into the government. Th...
Senator Arlen Specter gives his concession speech to supporters on stage with his wife Joan Specter, center, and son Shanin Specter, right, in Philadelphia, 18 May 2010 American voters appear to have taken out their anger and frustration at Washingto...
Steve Herman | New Delhi 08 February 2010 Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate and former army chief Sarath Fonseka addresses reporters in Colombo, 08 Feb 2010 The former Army commander who recently lost Sri Lanka's presidential election has b...
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[1] More than a week after the quake, relief workers are warning that Haitians are dying of injuries for lack of medical care. Meantime, looting continues in the capital. Throngs of people climbed into shattered buildings and tossed goods to friends...
