Croatian president to face rival in runoff vote
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Croatian President Stipe Mesic will face his main conservative rival in a runoff presidential vote later this month to decide who will lead the former Yugoslav republic's final push to join the European Union, election results showed.
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For the second time in a month, a deeply divided Ukraine casts ballots in a runoff election between presidential candidates who have increased their hostile rhetoric since their last fraud-marred vote, raising fears of violence no matter who wins.
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Croatians returned to the polls Sunday for presidential runoff between the man who led the former Yugoslav republic out of international isolation and a conservative Cabinet minister favored by nationalists.
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Ukraine's Supreme Court ordered that a new runoff vote between the two main challengers take place by Dec. 26.
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In Ukraine, opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych are facing off in a repeat presidential runoff election that is being monitored by thousands of observers, as well as ...
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ZAGREB, Croatia  - Croatians voted for president  Sunday, with liberal incumbent Stjepan Mesic expected to win a  second term and help shepherd the former Yugoslav republic's  planned 2009 entry into the European Union.
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Millions of Ukrainians are heading for polling stations to vote in a runoff presidential election between one candidate who seems the clear favorite of the Russian government and another who appears to be favored by Western countries.
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Serbia is heading for a showdown next month between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the West following the first round of a presidential election.
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SAO PAULO -- President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces a tough runoff election later this month after his stunning fall from prohibitive favorite to co-survivor in a Sunday's presidential contest.
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Croats are preparing to choose between a record field of presidential candidates as popular, pro-Western incumbent Stipe Mesic goes up against 12 challengers in Sunday's election.
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An ally of late hardline President Slobodan Milosevic could return to power in Serbia's closely contested runoff election Sunday, ahead of a potentially explosive split by the province of Kosovo.
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Croatians voted on Sunday in presidential elections likely to give incumbent Stjepan Mesic, credited with putting the former Yugoslav republic on the road toward the European Union, a second term.
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President Bush is about to come face-to-face with the one man who has his voting record beat.
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Serbs chose local leaders Sunday in elections expected to be an even race between candidates loyal to former President Slobodan Milosevic and pro-Western reformers.
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki is likely to face his main political rival for the first time since disputed polls cast their country into chaos when the newly elected parliament sits on Tuesday.
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The people of Croatia vote for a  new president in a second and final round of voting.
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Serbia is heading for a showdown next  month between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a  liberal favoring the West following the first round of a  presidential election.