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Mitt Romney Wins New Hampshire Primary

Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire primary, just one week after inching a victory over Rick Santorum in Iowa. The former governor of Massachusetts has enjoyed a blistering start…

January 11, 2012No CommentRead More

Michele Bachmann Pulls Out of Republican Presidential Race

Michele Bachmann has pulled out of the race to become the Republican nomination for President after a poor showing in the Iowa Caucus. The result was a disappointment for the…

January 4, 2012No CommentRead More

Mitt Romney Wins Republican Caucus in Iowa

Mitt Romney has secured a win at the psychologically important Republican Caucus in Iowa. Now the Republican front runner for United States President, Romney won by eight votes. The former…

January 4, 20121 CommentRead More

West Bristles Over South Ossetia Vote

The West is bristling over an election held at the weekend in South Ossetia. The vote comes just a few days after a high level negotiation team from NATO visited…

November 14, 2011No CommentRead More

President Johnson Sirleaf “Proudly Accepts” Another Term as President

The National Elections Commission of Liberia has announced preliminary results that indicate the incumbent President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has won another term in office. The other contender for the position, Winston…

November 12, 2011No CommentRead More

Liberia Goes to the Polls as UN Confirms Two Deaths

Liberia goes to the polls on 9th November 2011 to elect a new president for the West African nation. Nobel laureate and incumbent candidate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of the United…

November 8, 2011No CommentRead More

Polish President Opens Parliament and Warns Of Weakening European Project

The Polish President, Bronislaw Komorowski, made a speech at the opening of the Sejm on 8th November warning that government inefficiency, national low fertility and the weakening of the European…

November 8, 2011No CommentRead More

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Wins Re-election in Argentina

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has won re-election in Argentina, according to the National Electoral Interior Ministry. Nearly 54% of the 28 million voters supported the Alliance Front for Victory leader…

October 25, 2011No CommentRead More

Maoist Leader, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Sworn in as New Prime Minister of Nepal

Dr. Baburam Bhattarai has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal by the President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav at the President’s residence in Sital Niwa. Nepal’s Parliament…

August 29, 2011No CommentRead More

UN Envoy Meets Nepali Leaders to Urge Agreement Ahead of Constitution Deadlines

The United Nations has expresses concern over the tardy peace process of Nepal and urged the major political parties to arrive at a consensus without making any delay. As Nepal’s…

August 23, 2011No CommentRead More