KISUMU/MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Strongholds of defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga were peaceful on Sunday, apparently reflecting a desire by Kenyans to avoid a repeat of the bloodshed that followed the last election five years ago. Odinga has refused to concede the election to rival...
Parents in British Columbia are bracing for a possible strike as teachers throughout the province vote on whether they want to walk off the job.
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TTC chief general manager Gary Webster has been relieved of his duties, following a vote during a special meeting of transit commissioners Tuesday.
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Quebec NDP MP Sana Hassainia says she was told to remove her baby from the House of Commons Tuesday after she was forced to bring him with her for a vote.
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A Federal Court of Canada judge has set aside the 2010 Natuashish band council election in Labrador, saying the vote "was not conducted in accordance with the principles of natural justice."
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AP - Sen. John McCain said Sunday that the potentially powerful Hispanic vote in the upcoming presidential election remains "up for grabs" because neither President Barack Obama nor Republicans have convinced these voters that they are on their side.
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AP - Tens of thousands of pro-regime demonstrators gathered in a Damascus square Sunday to protest the Arab League's vote to suspend Syria over its bloody crackdown on the country's eight-month-old uprising.
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The Republican-led House has rejected a Senate Democratic bill that would slash spending and avert a federal government default.
The vote was 246-173. It was a pre-emptive vote in the high-stakes political fight as the Senate still hasn't voted on the measure from Senate Majority Leader Harry...
-- Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen won a vote of confidence Tuesday from members of his party who determined he should lead them into the next election.
"The party are united behind Brian Cowen as leader and we move forward both in terms of the continuation of the work with a national recovery...
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-- In a dusty square flanked by two churches, Southern Sudanese lined up before dawn -- many in their Sunday best -- to vote in a historic referendum that they say is a vote for their freedom.
Mary Dennis arrived at 4:30...
The United States and other western powers appealed to Zimbabwe's tenuous power-sharing government to ensure a fair and free presidential vote, but officials said an election would not take place anytime soon.
A presidential election can only be held after a referendum on a new constitution...
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Washington -- A health care bill meant to provide free medical treatment to those suffering from the health effects of working in and near ground zero following the 2001 attacks may come up for a Senate vote...
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Washington -- The military's prohibition of openly gay people serving within its ranks is one step closer to ending, after the Senate voted Saturday to repeal the armed forces' "don't ask, don't tell" policy...
Senate Democrats failed Thursday to win a procedural vote to open debate on a 9/11 emergency responders bill.
Washington -- Senate Democrats failed Thursday to win a procedural vote to open debate on a bill that would provide medical benefits and compensation for emergency workers who were...
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Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Haitian officials declared the country's national elections a success -- just hours after two-thirds of the candidates in the presidential race called for an annulment of the vote due to...
An 83-year-old man cast his ballot from a stretcher after persuading an ambulance crew taking him home from the hospital to detour to his local polling station.
Retired doctor Charles Gorby said he has never missed an election since he returned from World War II. He was not about to miss his...
Paris, France -- Strikes in France cost the country 200 to 400 million euros ($280 to $560 million) per day, plus "immaterial" and "moral" damages, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Monday.
French workers staged a series of rolling strikes and demonstrations this month and last...
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Paris, France -- The French Senate Friday defied tens of thousands of protesters and approved its version of a controversial pension reform measure with a vote of 177-153, bringing the package one step closer to...