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Haiti Protesters Blame U.N. for Cholera; Presidential Election at Risk? (Time.com)

November 16th, 2010

Time.com - Haitians demonstrate and riot as they blame U.N. troops from Nepal for the cholera outbreak. Is there a scheme to disrupt the Nov. 28 presidential vote?

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Race tightens in Guinea presidential run-off (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Guinea presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in the Dixinn neighborhood of Conakry, November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Joseph PenneyReuters - Guinea’s former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo held a small lead on Saturday in the West African state’s presidential election, but results so far showed his rival making…

Guineans vote peacefully in presidential run-off (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Presidential candidate Alpha Conde (R), leader for Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinea (RPG), and fellow candidate Cellou Dallein Diallo from Reuters - Guineans voted peacefully on Sunday in a presidential run-off aimed at returning the country to civilian rule, though worries remained over the potential for ethnically-driven violence once the…

NÉstor Kirchner (1950-2010): Half of Argentina’s Presidential Duo (Time.com)

October 28th, 2010

Time.com - Former president Kirchner and his wife Cristina FernÁndez, the current President, were expected to be the two to tango through the country’s presidency for years. Now that dream…

Brazil’s Rousseff lead steady in presidential race (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

Brazil's presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff of the Workers' Party talks during a television debate in Sao Paulo October 25, 2010. Brazilian ruling party candidate Rousseff maintained her comfortable lead over opposition challenger Serra ahead of a presidential runoff vote on Sunday, according to an opinion poll. REUTERS/Nacho DoceReuters - Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff maintained her lead over opposition challenger Jose Serra ahead of a presidential runoff election on October 31, an opinion poll showed on…

Brazil’s Rousseff facing runoff presidential vote (AP)

October 3rd, 2010

Dilma Rousseff, presidential candidate for the Workers Party, right, is kissed by Tarso Genro, candidate for Governor of Rio Grande do Sul, next to an electronic ballot box after voting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Brazilians vote Sunday in national elections that could see front-running candidate Dilma Rousseff become the country's first female president, succeeding her popular ally and mentor, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Official vote returns indicate Brazil’s leading presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff has been forced into a second-round runoff.


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Violence halts Guinea presidential campaigns (AP)

September 12th, 2010

AP - Presidential campaigns in Guinea have been temporarily suspended after violence between rival campaign supporters left one person dead, a government official said Sunday.

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Kenya: Sudan presidential visit ‘in our interest’ (AP)

August 29th, 2010

AP - Kenya’s government on Sunday defended its recent failure to arrest Sudan’s president on international charges of war crimes and genocide, citing Kenya’s strategic interest in the neighboring country.

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Wyclef Dumped From Haiti’s Presidential Ballot (Time.com)

August 21st, 2010

Time.com - As a result of his grace in defeat, Jean probably salvaged a role as a player not just in the presidential campaign ahead but also in the more…

Iran state TV denies presidential convoy attacked (AP)

August 4th, 2010

AP - Iranian state TV has denied reports that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faced an assassination attempt.

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