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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Haiti holds elections on Sunday for a new president and National Assembly. The nation has struggled with damage from the January earthquake -- and now a deadly outbreak of cholera. This election is seen as
Greg Flakus The Iowa caucuses held on Monday produced a big win for Massachusetts Senator John Kerry in the race for the Democratic party presidential nomination. Many analysts, however, say the real
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. This week, we look at the newest devices demonstrated at the recent International Consumer Electronics Show. The show offered a look at
By David Gollust State Department 08 November 2007 The United States Thursday welcomed Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili's announcement of early presidential elections in January. But U.S. officials are calling for a complete roll-back of emerge
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 04 April 2008 The politburo of Zimbabwe's ZANU PF party isgathered at party headquarters in Harare Friday, for an unscheduled meeting where leaders are expected to discuss last Saturday's election. Peta Thornycroft reports
By Greg Flakus Guatemala City 07 September 2007 In spite of violence that claimed some 50 lives, officials in Guatemala say they are prepared to carry out an efficient and secure electoral process on Sunday when voters go to the polls to elect a new
This is the last weekend of campaigning before Canada's general election Tuesday. As Craig McCulloch reports, the current world-wide financial crisis have made the economy the driving issue of the campaign. Stephen Harper When campaigning started in
By Edward Yeranian Beirut 25 September 2007 Lebanon's parliament has failed to attain the required two-thirds quorum to elect the country's next president, forcing a postponement of the electoral session to October 23. Edward Yeranian reports for the
The U.N.'s top envoy to Iraq says provincial elections scheduled for early next year are on track, but warned that violence could spike and spoilers could try to derail the vote. Meanwhile, the U.N. mandate authorizing U.S. forces to be in Iraq will
Thousands of Iranians have staged another rally against the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, defying a government ban on protests. Hundreds of thousands of Iranian supporters of defeated reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mous
By Nick Simeone Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is holding firm to his plans for the country's first free elections to happen in January. But U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says he doubts
By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 12 October 2007 There is growing concern in Zimbabwe that presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for next March will not live up to the expectations of the people. Peta Thornycroft reports that one of t
By Michael Bowman Buenos Aires 28 October 2007 Polls have closed in Argentina, where citizens voted for a new president, plus legislators and provincial governors. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Buenos Aires. More than 20 million Argentines are be
By Edward Yeranian Beirut 23 November 2007 Lebanese leaders and members of parliament have agreed to postpone Friday's scheduled session of parliament for a fifth time, leaving the country, at midnight, without a president. Edward Yeranian reports fo
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 22 December 2007 Voters in Thailand will cast ballots in a general election Sunday that is expected to return the kingdom to democratic rule following a military coup in 2006. It is a contentious race that pits voters for and
By Kurt Achin Seoul 21 February 2008 Independent investigators have cleared South Korea's president-elect of fraud and stock manipulation allegations. Lee Myung-bak has been relieved of what could have been a serious obstacle to his administration ju
By Gary Thomas Washington 20 March 2008 Loyalists of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were big winners in the recent parliamentary elections. With many reformists locked out of the electoral process, the contests were primarily between different faction
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 03 March 2006 Israel has expressed regret over talks in Moscow between Russian officials and the Islamic militant group Hamas, which swept to power in Palestinian parliament
Todd: Adrienne you have such interesting jewelry. I mean, it's just amazing. Where did you get all this stuff? Adrienne: Well, all over actually. I like to travel. I tend to travel a lot as does most of my family, so whenever I travel somewhere I lik
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 17 September 2007 Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has launched his bid for a second five-year term, with the creation of a new political alliance and the support of several of the country's most powerful political leaders. Nick W