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Reuters - Foreign donors have held up preparations for a referendum on south Sudan’s independence by not transferring money to the organizers and wasting money on pointless grants, the head…

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…

Reuters - Disgruntled Greeks went to the polls in local elections on Sunday that could trigger a national vote if they fail to give the government support for austerity plans…

Reuters - Myanmar held its first election in 20 years on Sunday under tight security, a scripted vote that assures army-backed parties an easy win but brings a hint of…

Reuters - Local polls in Greece Sunday could trigger national elections in one of Europe’s most economically troubled countries if they fail to give Prime Minister George Papandreou support for…

AP - The French Senate, pushed into an early vote, approved on Friday a hotly contested bill raising the retirement age to 62, hours after riot police forced the reopening…

AP - To ensure an overwhelming vote for independence in an upcoming referendum, Southern Sudan officials are embracing rebel military commanders whose fighters killed southerners during a civil war between…

AP - Foreign journalists will not be allowed into Myanmar to cover the military-ruled country’s first election in 20 years, election officials said Monday, issuing the latest restriction for an…

AP - Polls opened in Kyrgyzstan for parliamentary elections Sunday to choose a new and empowered parliament that the government hopes will usher in a new era of democracy.

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AP - President Felipe Calderon said Thursday that a California ballot measure to legalize marijuana represents hypocrisy in U.S. drug policy for encouraging consumption while at the same time demanding…