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When I was in school I often used to see candidates contesting each & every election ranging from municipality to president, each time forfeiting their deposit. I often used to wonder what their motivating factor is till I came across an article...
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AP, Peshawar
A suicide car bomber killed four security forces and wounded passing schoolchildren Tuesday in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, where the government is under...
made popular May 5 2009
AP, Seoul
North Korea runs a cyber warfare unit that tries to hack into U.S. and South Korean military networks to gather confidential information and disrupt service, a news...
made popular May 5 2009
AP, Peshawar
A senior police official says a suicide car bomber has killed at least four paramilitary security forces in northwestern Pakistan.
made popular May 5 2009
AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked an engagement ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people. Two girls survived after the...
made popular May 5 2009
AP, Asuncion
A former dictatorship-era official considered a brutal torturer by human rights groups has made a surprise return to Paraguay, where he faces six pending trials for the...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Mexico City
Mexico announced a return to “normalcy” on Monday, preparing to reopen businesses and schools even as the virus sickened more than 1,200 people in 20...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 44 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 44 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Sao Paulo
The Southern Hemisphere has been mostly spared in the swine flu epidemic. That could change soon as winter sets in with no vaccine in place, leaving half the planet out...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Ankara
Turkey’s NTV television, citing authorities, says 41 people have been killed and three have been wounded in an attack on a wedding in the southeast.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Jakarta
The chief of Indonesia’s anti-corruption watchdog was arrested Monday and named a suspect in the murder of a prominent state company official, police and his...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Mexico City
Mexico’s president says universities will reopen Thursday and all other classes will resume nationwide next week, citing an ebb in the swine flu outbreak.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Ankara
Assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 20 others, new organizations...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, United Nations
Russia has invited Security Council ministers to a meeting next week to give “new impetus” to the Middle East peace process.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Ankara
Turkish media say at least 16 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in an attack on a wedding ceremony in the southeastern part of the country.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Baghdad
Iraq’s government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Kabul
President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Jerusalem
Israel dispatched top officials to the U.S. and Europe on Monday in a diplomatic offensive aimed at softening the hawkish image of Prime Minister Benjamin...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Paris
The French are living up to their image as lovers of food and can add a new love to the mix, sleep, according to a survey released Monday. In fact, the French excel at...
made popular May 4 2009
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With just under two weeks left for the Lok Sabha poll outcome to be known, BSP supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday made a strong pitch for her...
made popular May 9 2009
AP, Panama City
Conservative supermarket magnate Ricardo Martinelli won Panama’s presidential elections in a landslide Sunday, promising to guide the country through the world...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Panama City
A conservative supermarket magnate is favored to win presidential elections Sunday that will determine who will oversee the completion of the expansion of the Panama...
made popular May 3 2009
AP, Sulaimaniyah
Time for “Change” for Iraq’s Kurds? A new, independent candidate is taking up the slogan to woo Iraqi Kurds disenchanted over the two-party political...
made popular May 2 2009
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men: Plato.
Wise men’s old sayings are often just as applicable today. Plato’s...
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Sochi
The Kremlin favorite won an overwhelming victory in Sunday’s mayoral election in the Russian city that will host the 2014 Winter Olympics, the top election...
made popular Apr 26 2009
AP, Sochi
An election official says partial results point to a big victory for the candidate from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party in Sunday’s mayoral...
made popular Apr 26 2009
AP, Sochi
The subtropical Russian city that will host the 2014 Winter Olympics was electing a mayor Sunday after a tightly controlled campaign that underscored the...
made popular Apr 26 2009
AP, Pretoria
South Africa’s long-dominant ANC won overwhelmingly in parliamentary elections, but did not retain the two-thirds majority it won with ease in the last elections,...
made popular Apr 25 2009
AP, Pretoria
Final results from South Africa’s elections give the long-dominant ANC party a clear victory but not the two-thirds majority it hoped for.
made popular Apr 25 2009
AP, Cape Town
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has easily won a parliamentary majority and is soon expected to elect Jacob Zuma as the nation’s president.
made popular Apr 25 2009
AP, Cape Town
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress neared its cherished two-thirds majority nationwide but lost power in the country’s richest province Friday...
made popular Apr 24 2009
AP, Johannesburg
South Africa’s governing party set off fireworks and popped fizzy bottles of champagne Thursday as ballots were counted in the country’s latest election....
made popular Apr 23 2009
AP, Johannesburg
Jacob Zuma’s supporters danced and sang in the streets Thursday in celebration as partial results from South Africa’s parliamentary elections showed him in...
made popular Apr 23 2009
AP, Pretoria
South Africa’s governing party led in preliminary results Thursday from a parliamentary election expected to propel Jacob Zuma to the presidency in a remarkable...
made popular Apr 23 2009
AP, Sacramento
Director Rob Reiner criticized Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers Wednesday for what he described as fiscal mismanagement and an attempt to take money from...
made popular Apr 23 2009
AP, Johannesburg
South Africans lined up before sunrise Wednesday to vote in an election energized by the hugely popular Jacob Zuma, who has overcome scandals and helped generate an...
made popular Apr 22 2009
AP, Johannesburg
Voters lined up before sunrise Wednesday in an election that has generated an excitement not seen since South Africa’s first multiracial vote in 1994, and that...
made popular Apr 22 2009
AP, Kwanxamalala
One-time goat herder Jacob Zuma is poised to lead Africa’s strongest economic power after elections Wednesday _ a victor of the fight against white rule, an...
made popular Apr 21 2009
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Bahrain Football Association President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa smiles during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday May 3, 2009. More than half of Asia’s 46 national soccer associations have told FIFA they fear that a key...
