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Greek Voters Give the Austerity Plan a Second Chance (Time.com)

November 8th, 2010

Time.com - Despite their anger over the government’s austerity measures, Greeks gave their support to George Papandreou’s ruling PASOK party in Sunday’s regional elections. Now the Prime Minister has to…

Rousseff ahead as Brazil rivals rally swing voters (Reuters)

October 30th, 2010

Brazil's presidential candidates, Dilma Rousseff (R) from the ruling party PT (Workers Party) shakes hands with Jose Serra of the PSDB party, before a television debate at the Globo TV studio in Rio de Janeiro October 29, 2010. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - Brazil’s presidential candidates rallied in the key swing state of Minas Gerais on Saturday in a last-ditch attempt to win over undecided voters before Sunday’s runoff election.


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Australian Voters Face Hung Parliament in Close Election (Time.com)

August 23rd, 2010

Time.com - Australia has its first hung Parliament in 70 years, with neither the conservative Liberal-National Coalition nor the Labor Party getting the requisite 76 seats to win the national…

Dutch voters lean right on economy, immigration (AP)

June 9th, 2010

Conservative VVD party leader Mark Rutte, leading in opinion surveys on a deficit-busting, tough-on-immigration platform, casts his ballot in general elections in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Voters go to the polls in election offering a choice between a Labor Party preaching traditional Dutch tolerance and a slew of right-leaning parties advocating a crackdown on immigration. The free-market VVD party leads polls thanks to its strong economic credentials, the anti-Islam Freedom Party and its leader Geert Wilders also hope to book large gains. (AP Photo/Evert-Jan Daniels)AP - Voters appeared likely to shift the Netherlands to the right in national elections Wednesday dominated by concerns over the rising national debt and discontent over immigration.


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Japan’s new leader faces test to win back voters (AP)

June 5th, 2010

Former Finance Minister Naoto Kan cheers lawmakers of his Democratic Party of Japan after being elected as its new leader at the party's election in Tokyo Friday, June 4, 2010. Kan was picked as the ruling party's new chief, virtually assuring that he will become the country's next prime minister. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Naoto Kan, the straight-talking populist named Japan’s new prime minister, faces a host of daunting tasks, from reviving the nation’s stagnant economy to cutting back its ballooning national…

Last chance to woo UK voters in final TV debate (AP)

April 29th, 2010

Representatives from a bookmakers walk with greyhound racing dogs and wear masks depicting the main political party leaders, from left to right, Britain's Prime Minister and leader of the Labour party Gordon Brown, the opposition Conservative party leader David Cameron and the Liberal Democrats party leader Nick Clegg, by the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, April 26, 2010. Britain will hold a national election on May 6. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Britain’s three main candidates in the neck-and-neck parliamentary election campaign will face off for the last time in a TV debate Thursday night, tackling the issue of how…

Iraqi voters undaunted by attacks that kill 36 (AP)

March 7th, 2010

Zahiya Kadim, who is blind, displays her inked finger after casting her vote in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Under a blanket of tight security designed to thwart insurgents attacks, Iraqis went to the polls on foot Sunday in an election testing the ability of the country's still-fragile democracy to move forward at a time of uncertainty over a looming U.S. troop drawdown and still jagged sectarian divisions. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Iraqis defied insurgents who lobbed hand grenades at voters and bombed a polling station Sunday in an attempt to intimidate those taking part in elections that will determine…

Iraqi voters head to polls for historic ballot (AP)

March 7th, 2010

Radical Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, attends a news conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 6, 2010. Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, in a surprise news conference on the eve of the Iraqi election, has urged his followers to turn out and vote. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Hamed Malekpour)AP - Under a blanket of tight security designed to thwart insurgent attacks, Iraqis went to the polls Sunday in an election testing the ability of the country’s still-fragile democracy…

Early results: Iceland voters reject debt deal (AP)

March 6th, 2010

Icelanders voting in a referendum in Reykjavik, Iceland, Saturday, March 6, 2010. Icelanders are voting in a nationwide referendum on approving the use of taxpayers' money to repay binternational/b debts. Opinion polls suggest that a majority of Icelanders will vote 'no' on Saturday to the $5.3 billion deal to compensate Britain and the Netherlands for deposits lost in a collapsed Icelandic bank. That is expected to complicate Iceland's effort to recover from a deep recession and a banking collapse. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti)AP - Still furious over the crippling aftermath of the global financial crisis, Iceland’s voters on Saturday resoundingly rejected a $5.3 billion plan to pay off Britain and the Netherlands…

17 killed in Baghdad blasts targeting voters (AP)

March 4th, 2010

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene where a blast killed seven people in the Hurriya neighborhood about 500 yards (meters) from a polling station, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010. A string of blasts across the capital killed 17 people Thursday, authorities said, ratcheting up fear in an already tense city as many Iraqis cast early ballots ahead of Sunday's nationwide parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A string of blasts ripped through Baghdad targeting early voters and killing 17 people Thursday, authorities said, raising tensions in an already nervous city as early ballots are…

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