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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 31 March 2006 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, March 31, 2006 Sri Lanka's ruling party is heading for a sweeping victory in local elections,
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has returned to the country to lead her party in general elections, scheduled for December. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the polls are being held to restore democracy in the country, which
By Franz Wild Kinshasa 01 July 2007 Republic of Congo's President party has won nearly all the seats decided in the heavily criticized first round of last Sunday's parliamentary elections. As Franz Wild reports for VOA from Kinshasa opposition groups
Senator Hillary Clinton has urged millions of voters who supported her in the primaries to back presidential candidate Barack Obama. In a speech at the Democratic National Convention, Clinton called for party unity and said her one-time rival must b
Following Democrat Barack Obama's victory in last week's presidential election, Republicans have begun a period of self-reflection about what went wrong and how to improve their prospects in the future. Any discussion of the party's future has to in
Japan's prime minister is clearing the way for a new party, and a new leader, to set the nation's political agenda. The center-left opposition party that swept a nationwide legislative vote is now planning how to use its commanding majority to resha
In India, the ruling Congress Party got down to the job of choosing partners and forming a new government, a day after it beat forecasts to win a better-than-expected victory in general elections. The Congress Party-led alliance has won 261 seats in
Midwest Tea Party Activists Not Surprised by IRS Scrutiny Former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh, a Republican, has heard a lot about the IRS from his conservative supporters, and not just in the last several weeks. I had, during my two years in Congr
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: So France has given the world another election surprise - a stunning show in parliamentary elections by the brand-new party of the brand-new president, Emmanuel Macron. Here's NPR's Eleanor Beardsley in Paris. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHI
By Jim Malone Washington 16 June 2006 Opposition Democrats are counting on public disenchantment with the Iraq war to help them make gains in U.S. congressional elections in November. Democrats are divided over what to do about Iraq. ---------------
By Jim Malone Washington 20 December 2007 After listening to the candidates and their campaign promises for months, U.S. voters will get their first chance to weigh in on the 2008 presidential race January 3 in the Midwest state of Iowa. The Iowa cau
Ghana's ruling party wants to stop Friday's voting in a single constituency that could decide the nation's next president. Ghana's opposition candidate is holding a slight lead over his ruling-party rival. Ghana's opposition party candidate John Att
By Tom Rivers London 05 May 2007 In Britain, results from local elections Thursday show that Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party has suffered big losses, especially in Scotland. Tom Rivers reports from London that with Mr. Blair likely to leave
By Cindy Saine Washington 06 February 2008 Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are preparing for a long, state-by-state battle for delegates after splitting victories in the Super Tuesday contests for the Democratic presidential nomination. On
By Stefan Bos Budapest 17 November 2007 The people of Kosovo are voting Saturday for a new local government. All the main political parties in the Albanian-majority province have pledged to gain independence from Serbia. Kosovo's Serbian minority is
By Kurt Achin Seoul 11 January 2007 South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has gone on live television for the second time in three days to promote his constitutional proposal on changing the length of presidential terms. Although he says he will not r
By Gary Thomas London 08 September 2006 The front pages of some British national newspapers, Sept. 8, 2006, with headlines covering the reported turmoil within the leadership of the Labor Party British Prime Minister Tony Blair's pledge to step down
Turkey's ruling AK Party Thursday defended itself in the country's constitutional court against charges it is undermining the secular state. The party is facing dismantling, and dozens of its leaders, including the prime minister and president, a po
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 September 2007 Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists gather before central office in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 10 Sep 2007 In Bangladesh, political parties have reopened their offices after the government eased a ban on poli
In the latest sign of the divisions within Kenya's governing coalition, the country's largest party says the power-sharing agreement binding the two main political factions together should be renegotiated. Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki (l) and oppos