Saboteur blows himself up near polling booth
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A man blew himself up yesterday soon after police approached him near a polling station in the capital of Chechnya as elections in the turbulent province began.
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Terrorists lying in wait to attack. Planes falling from the sky. Ships blowing up. The candidates in the race for president are painting some scary scenarios to motivate voters.
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The violence started in response to a flawed election, but it reveals a rift that may be beyond politicians' control
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Northern Ireland's Stormont parliament buildings were evacuated on Friday after a man threw a package at security staff at the entrance to the building where politicians were meeting to discuss self-rule.
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Reports from Pakistan say there has been a blast at an election rally that former PM Benazir Bhutto had attended.
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OISKHARA, Russia - A man tried to bring a suspicious package to a polling station in Chechnya on Sunday during a presidential election, then died in an explosion as he ran away, the head of the Chechen election commision said on Russian television.    The Chechens voted for a president to replace the Kremlin-backed leader who was killed in a bomb blast in May...
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Supporters of the leading presidential challenger were protesting what they said was a plot by the government to steal the closely contested election.
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A last-minute flap blew up on Thursday at the presidential debate site over timer lights on the candidates' podiums, in a sign of how important each campaign saw every detail of the encounter.
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BELFAST -- One of Belfast's most notorious militants stormed into the Northern Ireland Assembly headquarters yesterday with a bagful of pipe bombs, forcing an evacuation that overshadowed the politicians' failure to meet a deadline for forming a new Catholic-Protestant administration.
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A candidate in activist standing in the Palestinian elections has been beaten up by Israeli soldiers, reports say.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running  mate for Saturday's historic presidential poll escaped unhurt  on Wednesday when a bomb set off by Taliban guerrillas narrowly  missed his car as he headed for an election meeting.
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Protests erupted Sunday after electoral officials announced that the incumbent won Thursday's vote.
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A former paramilitary has sparked chaos in Northern Ireland's Assembly by storming the building with a gun and throwing a device, protesting efforts to restore power-sharing in the province.
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Jailed intifada leader Marwan Barghouti has turned the Palestinian presidential elections into a real contest with his last-minute entry.
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AN EXPLOSION killed a man trying to take a suspicious package into a polling station in warring Chechnyaâs capital yesterday, the only reported violence as Chechens walked through ruined streets to vote on a replacement for their assassinated pro
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JDEIDET YABOUS, Syria -- The Syrian leader of an Islamic militant group blew himself up yesterday after trying to cross into Lebanon and engaging in a gunbattle with Syrian forces. Two border guards were wounded.
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Â· Millions vote peacefully in country's tightest poll  Â· Former political prisoner out to unseat president