By Jim Malone Washington 29 February 2008 Tuesday's primaries in the delegate-rich states of Texas and Ohio could be decisive in the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. One of tho

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Republican Senator John McCain has chosen a first-term governor from the state of Alaska to run as his vice presidential candidate in the November elections. VOA's Brian Wagner reports, Governor Sarah Palin bolsters McCain's message of reform. Sen.

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By Nico Colombant Zaria, Nigeria 20 April 2007 Even as the main opposition presidential candidates in Nigeria say they will take part in Saturday's elections, other opposition leaders and their supporters remain unconvinced about the usefulness of pa

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By Kari Barber Dakar 30 August 2007 Sierra Leone's police are urging leaders of the two political parties in the presidential runoff to take control of their supporters to avoid the kind of unrest that broke out earlier in the week. Sunday and Monday

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 11 January 2008 South Korea's newly-elected president is signaling new policy directions with regard to North Korea and the United States. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the incoming Lee Myung-bak administration hopes for

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By Kari Barber Dakar 25 March 2007 Mauritanians are choosing their president at the ballot box in the country's first presidential runoff. The polls pit former minister Sidi Ould Sheik Abdallahi against longtime opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah. K

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Guinea's military ruler may run for president in elections that he has postponed until next year. Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (File Photo) When Army Captain Moussa Camara took power in a coup last December, he told Guineans that no one in his ruling

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By Jim Malone Washington 16 November 2007 The leading Democratic presidential contender, Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, is getting more aggressive in countering attacks from her rivals for the party nomination. VOA National correspondent Jim Ma

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Top Arab satellite television stations, from North Africa to the Gulf, are devoting a large portion of their coverage to President Barack Obama's visit. The tone is mostly positive and commentators appear optimistic. US President Barack Obama walks

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 22 November 2007 South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki is due to meet leaders of Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition as part of a nine-month effort to mediate an end to the Zimbabwean crisis. The meetings come as parties

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By Jim Malone Washington 01 December 2007 The Democrats running for president spoke to party officials in Virginia Friday and generally agreed on a need to take the United States in a new direction and to end the war in Iraq. What they disagreed on w

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By Meredith Buel Bedford, New Hampshire 09 January 2008 New York Senator Hillary Clinton and Arizona Senator John McCain have won the Democratic and Republican primaries in the northeastern state of New Hampshire -- the first state in the nation wher

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By Jim Malone Washington 22 February 2008 Democratic presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are focusing their efforts on the large, delegate-rich states of Texas and Ohio over the next several days. Obama and Clinton are headed for wha

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 15 July 2007 Israel's elder statesman, Shimon Peres, 83, was sworn in Sunday as his country's ninth president, a largely ceremonial post that has come under a cloud of scandal in recent years. VOA's Jim Teeple also reports fro

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By Cindy Saine Washington 04 March 2008 Record turnouts are expected in the U.S. presidential race as primary voters go to the polls in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont. The latest public opinion polls show Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton an

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Guinea-Bissau's new interim president is calling on his people to help restore stability to the nation, a day after the assassination of President Joao Bernardo Vieira. National Assembly speaker Raimundo Perreira took the oath of office as president

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By David Gollust State Department 02 April 2008 The United States Wednesday pressed Zimbabwe's electoral commission to release results of country's presidential election without further delay. The State Department said presidential returns reflecting

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By Greg Flakus Houston, Texas 10 February 2008 Illinois Senator Barack Obama swept up more delegates Saturday in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, winning the day's two caucuses and one primary. On the Republican side, former Arkans

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By Jim Malone Washington 13 February 2007 Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is the latest Republican to join the race for president in 2008. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone has details from Washington. Mitt Romney announced his candidac

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By Kari Barber Dakar 20 September 2007 Former Sierra Leone opposition leader Ernest Koroma was sworn in as president earlier this week. Analysts say the success of the elections and the smooth handover of power are signs that the war-scarred nation m

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