Politician seeks votes in Klingon
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A Finnish member of parliament is  aiming for re-election by campaigning with a translation of his  Web site into Klingon, used in the TV series "Star Trek."
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An Austrian politician calls for Arnold Schwarzenegger's  Austrian nationality to be terminated.
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Afghanistan&#39;s first direct ballot to choose a president opened today, bidding to take this country of tribal chieftains and medieval ways on an improbable but long-awaited engagement with Western-style democracy.
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DARA ONE, Pakistan  - Abdul Wahid's desire to vote  in next month's Afghan presidential election is driven by a  simple logic.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- The space station's newest astronaut will cast his ballot in the presidential election from 225 miles up, with NASA's help...
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LONDON, England -- William Shatner wants to boldly go where he&#39;s only pretended to go so far. The &quot;Star Trek&quot; star is among more than 7,000 people who have told Richard Branson they would gladly pay him $210,000
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Sen. Daniel Akaka faces a challenge in Saturday's Democratic primary from a congressman who wants voters to dump the 82-year-old lawmaker in favor of younger blood.
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BERLIN - When Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg, a legislator in Germany's Parliament, travels around his district deep in conservative Bavaria, he usually talks about local issues and then valiantly attempts to raise international topics.
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Before Shugofa Beheshti decides who to vote for in Afghanistan&#39;s October 9 presidential election, she wants to hear what the candidates have to say.
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The actor is trying hard to push awareness about the ongoing violence in Sudan's Darfur region.
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Your favorite TV characters announce their candidacies for the 2008 presidential nomination.
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The Kremlin&#39;s preferred candidate was poised for election as head of Russia&#39;s conflict-torn republic of Chechnya last night, after a day of voting marred by at least one death and allegations of improper conduct.
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Liberal Turks are pledging votes to religious politicians as well as a new array of independents in Sundayâs election.
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GROZNY, Russia : A Kremlin-backed career police officer was set to be crowned leader of Chechnya in a vote that Moscow hopes will show progress towards peace in the embattled republic but that was nonetheless punctuated by violence.
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A maverick Greek Cypriot lawmaker who once triggered a security alert by stealing a Turkish flag from a sentry post in war-divided Cyprus may bid for the island's presidency, he said on Friday.
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William Shatner has gone where no Star Trek star has gone before:   To the Emmy-winner's circle.
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Traveling with a Pakistani politician who has allied herself with the ghost of Benazir Bhutto in a bid for a seat in parliament