CNN:
The Iraqi parliament passed an amended election law Monday, but it failed to address concerns of the country's Sunni Arab vice president. That raised doubts about whether nationwide elections will take place as constitutionally required in January.
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New York Times:
Romania’s centrist president will face a socialist former foreign minister in a Dec. 6 runoff election, partial results showed Monday.
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The Globe and Mail - Front Page News:
Bodies found after dozens of gunmen hijacked convoy of politicians, supporters filing their nominations for next year's elections
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World News from Times Online:
More than 20 people, including at least 13 women, have been executed in the southern Philippines in an outbreak of brutal political violence in the run-up to next year’s national elections. (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah has dissolved parliament halfway through its four-year term and called for early elections, state television reported Monday.
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www.ft.com:
It is worth stepping outside the hothouse of Middle East politics for a minute to examine whether the US president will be content to see his ambitious strategy of reconciliation with the Arab and Muslim worlds held hostage by the obdurate obstruction of the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, says David Gardner. (Read More)
National Review Online:
Harry Reid scored a victory Saturday night. And part of the line of argument from those urging that senators vote against the motion to proceed Saturday night was: The bill is not likely to get better from here on in. So is it over? Abortion, high costs -- is it all now a given? National Review Online asked a group of exper (Read More)
The Sydney Morning Herald World Headlines:
Israel has not yet reached a prisoner-swap deal with Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday as efforts for the release of soldier Gilad Shalit appeared to gather pace. (Read More)
The Guardian:
Thousands take to streets in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to denounce Iranian president's record on rights and IsraelProtests greeted Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Brazil at the start of a South American tour intended to bolster the Iranian president's legitimacy and ease his country's international isolation.Thousands of demonstr (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Labour has good progressive policies but they need to be delivered with convictionIt's 10pm on 6 May 2010 and the polls have just closed on election night.The news begins with a sensational item. Nick Robinson says that a BBC exit poll shows that a last-minute surge by Labour has left the result in the balance. If the exit (Read More)
Reuters Video: Top News:
Nov 22 - Honduras gets ready to vote for a new president on November 29 in an election overshadowed by a military coup that toppled elected president Manuel Zelaya and plunged the impoverished nation into political turmoil.
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The Guardian:
Deal appears to be attempt by Hamas to prevent another descent into conflictHamas has won an agreement from other militant groups in Gaza to halt rocket fire into Israel for the first time in almost a year, a move that could signal progress on a deal to release a captured Israeli soldier.The agreement, announced late yester (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
WASHINGTON — Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say. The chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is always fair game for criticism and second-guessing, usuall (Read More)
The Guardian:
Mohammad Ali Abtahi jailed for six years after being accused of fomenting unrest after disputed June election in IranA former vice president has been jailed for six years after being accused of fomenting unrest to overthrow the Iranian government, his lawyer said today .Mohammad Ali Abtahi is the most senior reformer to be (Read More)