On Sunday, Ukrainians will be voting for a new President. This election is the first of its kind since the 2004 Orange Revolution. However, political analysts do not expect an outright winner after Sunday’s polls.
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Moldova presidential vote fails
December 7th, 2009 |
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Moldova’s parliament has failed to elect the Western-leaning coalition’s candidate as president, Reuters reported today. The news agency said, quoting the chairman of parliament’s electoral commission, that the opposition communists staged a walk-out.
Moldova presidential vote fails
December 7th, 2009 |
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Moldova’s parliament has failed to elect the Western-leaning coalition’s candidate as president, Reuters reported today. The news agency said, quoting the chairman of parliament’s electoral commission, that the opposition communists staged a walk-out.
Romanians vote in presidential run-off
December 6th, 2009 |
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Voting is under way in Romania in the second round of the country’s presidential election. Centre-right President Traian Basescu ended the first round narrowly ahead of the leader of the Social Democratic Party, Mircea Geoana.
Putin “to think about” presidential bid
December 3rd, 2009 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said he will think about running for president again in 2012. “I will think about it,” said Putin during an annual Q&A session with Russian citizens. He served as Russia’s president from 2000 to 2008.
Af nudged by US to resolve political cris The political crisis in Afghanistan that has been marred by possible rigging, come to a point of being pressured by the International community with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pushed for a word from the Afghan President Hamid Karzai on further situation on Tuesday. As a UN-backed panel threw out nearly a third of Hamid Karzai’s votes from the August Presidential polls, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the Afghan President will “set the stage†for resolving the political crisis by announcing his intentions on Tuesday. Clinton also hoped that the crisis in the war-torn country would be resolved soon. “He is going to announce his intentions. I am going to let him do that, but I am encouraged at the direction the situation is moving,†Clinton told reporters at the State Department after meeting with Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki. She was responding to questions about the political crisis in Afghanistan in the wake of a UN-backed panel deciding to cut Karzai’s share of the vote to 48 per cent, below the threshold for an outright win. “I am very hopeful that we will see a resolution in line with the constitutional order in the next several days,†Clinton said. “But I don’t want to pre-empt in any way President Karzai’s statement, which will set the stage for how we go forward in the next stage of this,†she said, when asked whether Karzai has decided to accept the findings of a UN- backed fraud.is
October 20th, 2009 |
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The political crisis in Afghanistan that has been marred by possible rigging, come to a point of being pressured by the International community with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pushed for a word from the Afghan President Hamid Karzai on further situation on Tuesday.
As a UN-backed panel threw out nearly a third of [...]
Lanka to hold early presidential, parliamentary polls
October 14th, 2009 |
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Sri Lanka will hold early presidential and general elections, the government said on Tuesday, hoping to cash in on the popular support it was enjoying after vanquishing the Tamil Tigers.
A declaration for staging the elections in April next year will be made at the session of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party on 15th [...]
Presidential Internet Kill Switch May Still Be Alive
September 20th, 2009 |
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Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Olympia Snowe originally introduced the Cybersecurity Bill of 2009 to howls of protest over a provision in the legislation that would give the president the unprecedented authority to shut down the Internet for national security reasons. Rockefeller and Snowe retreated and redrafted but still left the issue much in doubt.
– For a bill that has yet to have a public hearing, much less faced a single vote, the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S. 773) remains the most controversial technology-related legislation before the current Congress.
Introduced by Sens. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, in April and …
Putin hints at presidential bid
September 12th, 2009 |
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Russian PM Vladimir Putin has given the clearest indication yet that he might run again for the Russian presidency. Putin did not commit himself, but hinted that he is thinking of coming back in 2012 when President Dmitry Medvedev’s current term expires.
Aquino’s son declares Philippines presidential run
September 9th, 2009 |
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Benigno Aquino called on Wednesday for another round of Philippines people power as he announced he would run for president to continue the work of his famed mother who overthrew dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Vowing to fight against corruption that pervades the impoverished Southeast
Swine flu kills head of Ecuador’s presidential guard
September 8th, 2009 |
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Ecuadoran President Rafael Corrrea’s chief of security died after battling the swine flu for weeks, officials said on Monday. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel John Merino was first hospitalised with a case of the A(H1N1) virus on August 10, and died late Sunday in the Hospital Militar, according
Poll: Could a Third-Party Presidential Candidate Win in 2012?
August 24th, 2009 |
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Some analysts believe that a third-party candidate could win the 2012 presidential election.I’ve got a poll on the right asking if you agree.Update: Here are the final results:1. Yes. 153 (39%) 2. No. 87 (22%) 3. It Depends on Who It Is. 107 …
Presidential Hobbies: Test Your Knowledge! (QUIZ, PHOTOS)
July 19th, 2009 |
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Although they worked hard as the Commanders-in-Chief, these men can also be looked to as leaders in leisure.
Who painted and who played piano? Who collected stamps and who cleared brush? Test your knowledge below.
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Spinewatch: Can Link Journalism Change How the Media Covers the Presidential Election Campaign?
September 15th, 2008 |
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Jay Rosen of PressThink has started a meme called “spinewatch,” which he’s pursuing on Twitter with the #spinewatch tag and on the Publish2 Spinewatch Newsgroup that he created, where he offers this description:
Spinewatch is a newsgroup and link bank for campaign 2008 stories of a certain narrowly-defined type. Here, we keep track of reporting from [...]