Greek Cypriots vote for president
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Greek Cypriots vote in a presidential election that is seen as pivotal for efforts to reunite Cyprus.
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Greek Cypriots were voting for a new  president on Sunday in a cliffhanger vote crucial for the  reunification prospects of the war-divided island, and Turkey's  chances of joining the European Union.
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Greek Cypriots earned international praise on Friday for tearing down an emblem of the island's division but Turkey appeared in no rush to respond to calls to remove its troops from the area.
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Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi told reporters that Turkey intends to officially recognize Cyprus following the European Union meeting in Brussels on Thursday, Israel Radio reported.
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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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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip voted in  their first-ever municipal elections on Thursday in a test of  support for President Mahmoud Abbas and rival Islamist groups  ahead of Israel's withdrawal from the occupied territory.
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Voters in Moldova's breakaway Trans-Dniester region go to the polls to elect a president.
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Bosnians are voting in local elections - the first held by the Bosnian authorities since the end of the war in 1995.
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Large numbers vote in a presidential poll in Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave disputed between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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NAIROBI, KENYA - Somalian officials have started counting votes in a presidential election aimed at returning national government to the war-torn country.
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Armenians voted on Tuesday in a presidential election that Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan, given credit for swift economic growth and rising living standards, is expected to win.
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Ukrainians voted Sunday in a presidential election viewed as a test of democracy in the former Soviet republic and an indicator of whether it will move closer to the West or cultivate its historically close ties to Russia.
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Macedonians voted Wednesday in parliamentary elections considered crucial for the tiny Balkan nation&#039;s aspirations of eventual membership in the European Union and NATO.
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Mauritanians began voting on Sunday to choose a president and restore civilian rule to the Saharan Islamic state after 19 months under a military junta.
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Somalia&#39;s clan leaders gathered Sunday to choose their first president in more than a decade in an election that the international community hopes will
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ATHENS - Greeks head to the polls today to vote in a closely fought parliamentary election dominated by the prospect of painful economic measures and anger over the government's response to a wave of deadly and destructive wildfires.
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Greeks voted on Sunday in an election seen as crucial for economic reforms needed in the euro zone's second-poorest member.