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S.Sudan could snub north, hold own freedom vote (AP)

October 7th, 2010

Southern Sudanese police perform training exercises during a visit to the Rajaf police training academy by ranking southern officials and a delegation from the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The United Nations Mission in Sudan has devoted significant resources to training police services in the lead up to an independence referendum scheduled for Jan. 9, 2011. The vote will determine if southern Sudan secedes from the north to form an independent country. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)AP - Southern Sudan’s president told members of the U.N. Security Council that if the Khartoum-based north tries to delay a January independence referendum the south will hold the vote…

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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Rousseff leads in Brazil vote, but runoff likely (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 - A one-time Marxist guerrilla chosen by Brazil’s beloved leader to succeed him took a wide lead in Sunday’s presidential election, but a second-round vote seemed likely, an exit…

Brazil exit poll: Rousseff with wide lead in 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 - A one-time Marxist guerrilla chosen by Brazil’s most popular leader in history to succeed him took a wide lead in Sunday’s presidential election, but a second-round vote was…

Chavez allies win congressional majority in vote (AP)

September 27th, 2010

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez prepares to cast his ballot during congressional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Leonardo Ramirez)AP - President Hugo Chavez’s opponents blocked him from capturing an overwhelming majority in Venezuela’s congressional election, making gains that could challenge the firebrand leader’s iron grip on power.


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Chavez fights for control in congressional vote (AP)

September 26th, 2010

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez prepares to cast his ballot during congressional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Leonardo Ramirez)AP - Opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tried to break his long-standing monopoly on power Sunday in congressional elections, while the firebrand leader rallied his supporters urging them to…

Chavez aiming to keep control in legislative vote (AP)

September 26th, 2010

A poster of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez covers the side of a phone booth where a man uses a public phone in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. Venezuela will hold legislative elections on Sunday. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - President Hugo Chavez was seeking to hold on to his dominant control of Venezuela’s congress on Sunday in elections that put his popularity to a critical test.


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Chavez fights to keep control in legislative vote (AP)

September 26th, 2010

Accompanied by parliaments candidates of his party Freddy Bernal, left, and Cilia Flores, right, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, salutes as he campaigns in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010.  Venezuela will hold legislative elections on Sept. 26. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Going into Sunday’s legislative elections, President Hugo Chavez pitched his candidates like a salesman, promising Venezuelans he will give them low-interest credit cards and discounted appliances from washing…

Church prays for Sudan peace before freedom vote (AP)

September 21st, 2010

Sister Cecilia Sierra Salcido, left, and a member of her congregation prepare for the launch of the Catholic Archdiocese's '101 Day of Prayer for Peace'  at Kator Cathedral in Juba, sourthern Sudan, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. The Catholic Church is launching a country-wide peace campaign in Sudan amid political tensions 3½ months until a scheduled referendum on southern independence. Southern Sudan is scheduled to vote on independence Jan. 9, but preparations for the vote are behind schedule. The Obama administration has said it is 'inevitable' the south will declare independence, but given the south's substantial oil resources, many here worry the north may not accept an independent south.  (AP Photo/Maggie Fick)AP - The Catholic Church on Tuesday launched a countrywide campaign in Sudan to pray for peace ahead of a scheduled referendum on southern independence that some fear may lead…

Afghan vote observers: Fraud must be investigated (AP)

September 20th, 2010

Workers dismantle posters of election candidates a day after parliamentary election in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)AP - Afghan election observers urged President Hamid Karzai’s government on Monday to allow an independent investigation into reports of widespread fraud during last weekend’s parliamentary elections, including intimidation of…