South Africans Head to the Polls
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POLOKWANE, South Africa Dec. 18--Thousands of African National Congress activists lined up in the rain Tuesday morning to elect a r new leader: either incumbent President Thabo Mbeki or the man he fired in 2005 because of alleged corruption, former deputy president Jacob Zuma.
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Gaborone - Voters in Botswana, one of Africa&#39;s most stable countries, head to the polling stations on Saturday for a general election which is expected to see the party in power since independence in 1966, win victory and set in motion a leadership change
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's deeply divided ruling party on Monday overcame two days of wrangling to clear the way for a leadership election between President Thabo Mbeki and his bitter rival Jacob Zuma.
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There is just one day until America&#39;s voters head to the polls. Today the presidential candidates are continuing their whirlwind campaigning, trying to energize voters to get to the polls and to spark turnout in their favor.
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Mozambicans began voting on Wednesday in  presidential and parliamentary elections focusing on who will  succeed President Joaquim Chissano, stepping down after 18  years in office.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - The African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday will hold a leadership vote that could end President Thabo Mbeki's control over South Africa's ruling party and tilt the government to the left.
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Indonesia, a nation of 235 million and with the world&#39;s biggest population of Muslims, goes to the polls today for its first-ever direct presidential election.
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GABORONE : Voters went to the polls in diamond-rich Botswana in elections that are expected to hand victory to the party in power since independence in 1966 in one of Africa&#39;s most stable countries.
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Voters finally are about to make decisions in a landmark presidential race that both sides believe is pivotal in terms of America&#39;s future.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's feuding ruling party met on Monday for the election of a new leader, a vote expected to put Jacob Zuma on course to become state president in 2009.
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Swedish citizens gear up to vote in what could be the closest fought general election in decades.
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Mondlane will join in some eight million Mozambicans Wednesday morning to cast a ballot for their future -- a new president will be chosen to lead the country for the next five years.
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Tomorrow, some 3.2 million voters head to the polls in Hong Kong in an election that pundits predict could deliver a bloody nose to pro-Beijing politicians in the former British colony.
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong voters go to the polls Sunday in an election that&#39;s expected to leave pro-democracy forces with more bargaining power in their demands for more democracy.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC on Monday overcame two days of wrangling to clear the way for a leadership election on Tuesday between President Thabo Mbeki and his bitter rival Jacob Zuma.
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Austrians go to the polls for what is expected to be one of the country's closest-run election in decades.
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Voters are heading to the polls in the Republic of Ireland with Prime Minister Bertie Ahern seeking a third term.