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Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are doing a lot of traveling this weekend. One day after Santorum wrapped up his visit to Puerto Rico, Romney arrived on the island ahead of tomorrow's primary there. NPR's David Welna reports from San Juan that Romney h
Venezuelas Opposition to Step Up Street Protests after Referendum Venezuelas opposition leaders called for more street protests Monday. The call for action came after more than seven million Venezuelans voted in an unofficial referendum at more than
South African Parliament Names Ramaphosa President South Africas parliament has chosen Cyril Ramaphosa as the countrys new president. Ramaphosa was elected by the parliament without a vote in Cape Town, the legislative capital. South Africas chief ju
The recent legislative and municipal elections in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea were a chance for the government there to live up to the goal of widening the country's democratic space; a goal that was the focus of Equatorial Guinea's celebrated
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 28 December 2007 Kenya's vice president and a number of cabinet ministers have lost their parliamentary seats according to first results from Kenyan elections on Thursday. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, presidential ch
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 25 January 2006 Palestinians are voting in their first parliamentary elections in ten years to select a new 132-seat Legislative Council. Thousands of Palestinian police have b
By Phuong Tran Dakar 14 August 2007 Voters in in Sierra Leone are anxiously awaiting more election results after a small percentage of the count was announced on Monday. Officials counseled patience while they increased patrols around the country and
The United States on Monday cut off funding to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, after the body voted to accept a bid for full membership by the Palestinians. State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland ca
By Michael Bowman Lima 09 April 2006 Electoral workers carry voting boxes to a poll station in Lima, Saturday, April 8, 2006 Peruvians head to the polls Sunday for presidential and legislative electio
Supreme Court Helps Define One Person, One Vote 美国最高法院释放一人一票 One person, one vote is a guiding principle of American democracy. But its exact meaning continues to be debated. The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided one dispute
By Nico Colombant Dakar 19 November 2006 Supporters stand by a poster of Islamist Moderate Party candidate Jamil Mansour during a late meeting, in Nouakchott, November, 17 2006 Mauritanians are voting heavily in post-coup legislative and municipal e
By Scott Stearns White House 28 January 2006 President Bush and Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito pose for photographs in front of the Oval Office (file photo) In his weekly radio address Saturday
Indonesians voted Thursday in legislative elections across the vast nation of islands. Results are not yet in, but opinion polls show President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party may be the big winner. Indonesian woman casts ballot at polli
By Scott Stearns Dakar 23 October 2009 Preliminary results from legislative elections in Niger indicate a big win for the ruling party in a vote boycotted by the opposition. West African leaders suspended the country from its regional economic bloc,
By Phuong Tran 15 August 2007 Partial results from Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission show opposition candidate Ernest Koroma leading the presidential race. About 20 percent of the ballots from Saturday's election have been officially relea
By Kari Barber Dakar 16 August 2007 As vote tallies continue to roll in for Sierra Leone's presidential and parliamentary elections, it appears more likely there will be a presidential runoff. The opposition All People's Congress is claiming victory
US Congressional Vote On Syria Faces Tough Road CAPITOL HILL The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has begun considering whether to authorize U.S. military force against Syria in response to last month's chemical attack t
Well, lots of developments happening there in Ukraine. A quickly changing story. And we cant forget of course the upcoming presidential vote on May 25th -- now just one month away. A controversial ballot, early elections called by the interim governm
By Phuong Tran Dakar 15 October 2007 In Togo, vote counting is under way after Sunday's legislative election, the first major challenge to the ruling party. Observers say election day was mostly problem free, except for a shortage of voting supplies.
奥巴马敦促加快移民改革立法 WASHINGTON, March 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised Democratic effort and urged Republicans in Congress to speed up legislation on a comprehensive immigration reform that would pro