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Bomb explodes next to Yemen ruling party building (Reuters)

November 11th, 2010

Reuters - A bomb exploded next to the headquarters of Yemen’s ruling party in the south of the country Thursday, a local official said, but it was unclear who was…

Myanmar army-backed party sweeps election (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Election officials work at a vote counting centre in Yangon November 7, 2010. Myanmar's main pro-democracy parties conceded defeat on Tuesday in the country's first election in 20 years after the biggest military-backed party said it had won up to 80 percent of seats that were up for grabs. REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunReuters - Myanmar’s biggest military-backed party won the country’s first election in 20 years by a landslide on Tuesday after a carefully choreographed vote denounced by pro-democracy parties as rigged…

Myanmar army-backed party to sweep poll: party official (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - Myanmar’s biggest military-backed party expects to sweep the country’s first election in 20 years, picking up as many as 80 percent of seats in parliament, a senior party…

Ruling party candidate leads in Athens region (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Reuters - A candidate for the ruling party PASOK is ahead in the key wider Athens region, a survey for private television Mega TV by the pollster GPO showed after…

Obama in India: A Solemn Arrival Spoils the Local Party? (Time.com)

November 6th, 2010

Time.com - The President began his Asia trip by paying tribute to the victims of the Mumbai massacre, but locals weren’t happy that his arrival spoiled holiday festivities– and business

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Mexico: 13 dead in massacre at Ciudad Juarez party (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Mexican federal police officers stand outside a home after the exterior gate was covered with a plastic tarp in the northern city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, late Friday Oct. 22, 2010. At least 13 young people were shot dead and 15 wounded in an attack on this house during a party in Ciudad Juarez, the second such massacre in less than a week in the violent border city. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP - Gunmen stormed two neighboring homes and massacred 13 young people at a birthday party in the latest large-scale attack in this violent border city, even as a new…

Gunmen kill 13 in massacre at a party in Mexico (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Mexican federal police officers stand outside a home after the exterior gate was covered with a plastic tarp in the northern city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, late Friday Oct. 22, 2010. At least 13 young people were shot dead and 15 wounded in an attack on this house during a party in Ciudad Juarez, the second such massacre in less than a week in the violent border city. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP - Gunmen stormed two neighboring homes and massacred 13 young people at a birthday party in the latest large-scale attack in this violent border city, even as a new…

Mexico: 12 dead in massacre at Ciudad Juarez party (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Mexican federal police officers stand outside a home after the exterior gate was covered with a plastic tarp in the northern city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, late Friday Oct. 22, 2010. At least 13 young people were shot dead and 15 wounded in an attack on this house during a party in Ciudad Juarez, the second such massacre in less than a week in the violent border city. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP - At least 13 young people were shot dead and 15 wounded in an attack on a house party in Ciudad Juarez, the second such massacre in less than…

Son of NKorean leader elected to party leadership (AP)

September 28th, 2010

A South Korean newspaper bearing photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, and his late father Kim Il Sung, left, and a photo South Korean media says of Kim's youngest son Kim Jong Un, is displayed at a news stand in Seoul,  South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. North Korea's Kim Jong Il made his elusive youngest son a four-star general in a major promotion seen Tuesday as confirmation that he is slated to become the country's next leader. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was elected to his first leadership roles in the ruling Workers’ Party, state media said early Wednesday, putting…

Ed Miliband elected new leader of UK Labour Party (AP)

September 25th, 2010

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF MILIBAND ** FILE - British Labour leadership candidates David Miliband, left, his brother Ed Miliband at a trades union congress in Southport, England, Monday, June 7, 2010. Britain's brother-versus-brother fight for the soul — and leadership — of the opposition Labour Party comes to an end Saturday Sept 25 2010, promising to determine whether the organization keeps the centrist philosophy of Tony Blair or returns to its working class roots. (AP Photo/Tim Hales, file)AP - Britain’s opposition Labour Party elected young lawmaker Ed Miliband as its surprise new leader Saturday, after he narrowly defeated his elder and better-known brother in a close run…