Somali Presidential Vote Goes to 2nd Round
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A presidential election aimed at  restoring national government to lawless Somalia for the first  time in 13 years went into a second round Sunday after no  outright winner emerged in the first ballot.
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The vote count in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election has resumed with interim President Hamid Karzai far ahead of his rivals in early results.
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Ethiopian-backed warlord Abdullahi  Yusuf was elected Somali president by lawmakers on Sunday,  officials said, in the 14th attempt in a decade to restore  government to the lawless African country.
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President Hamid Karzai is close to winning the Afghan presidential poll, with nearly 60% of the votes and more than half the ballots counted.
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After the first round of voting, the two leading candidates in Ukraineâs presidential elections are running neck and neck. KIEV, UkraineâUkraineâs presidential elections look certain to go to a second
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Presidential elections take place in Ghana, with John Kufuor favourite to secure a second term.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, Aug. 30  â Somali reconciliation talks, seen as the best hope for peace in the war-wracked nation, ended on Thursday with the interim president urging insurgents and militias to swap the bullet for the ballot box.
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Somali officials began counting votes  cast by lawmakers Sunday in a presidential election aimed at  returning national government to the chaotic Horn of Africa  state for the first time in 13 years.
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After years of anarchy, Somalia is poised to set up a new parliament which will elect a president.
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Members of the Somali parliament vote on Sunday to elect a new president, in a bid to end years of lawlessness.
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The Central Election Commission of Ukraine has announced that the second round of the countryâs presidential election would be held.
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Somalia&#39;s parliament has approved Mohammed Ali Gedi as the country&#39;s new prime minister, nearly two weeks after rejecting his nomination.
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Niger's president is elected for a second term after comfortably winning a run-off vote, officials say.
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Chechnya has elected Moscow&#39;s clear favorite, Alu Alkhanov, as president, with nearly 74 percent of the vote, the BBC reported Monday.
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Businessman Mauricio Macri leads the vote for mayor of Buenos Aires, but a second round will be needed.
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Members of Somalia&#39;s transitional parliament began voting Sunday for a new interim president for the war-torn Horn of Africa nation in a stadium in neighboring Kenya.
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Somalia's parliament votes for a new president  in a bid to restore government to their lawless nation.