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The people of Kiribati go to the polls today to elect a new president after the vote was deferred for two weeks to avoid Christmas and New Year festivities. The...

Former Sandinista guerrilla leader Daniel Ortega has been sworn in for a controversial third term as Nicaragua's president following a landslide victory in an election in November last year.

Former football star Eric Cantona wants to run in this year's presidential election in France and is trying to gather the signatures needed to do so, a newspaper has reported.

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been acquitted of sodomy following a two-year trial.

The American Samoa governor has reminded all heads of departments, offices and agencies about local regulations and federal law that ban any campaigning in government offices during working hours…

Latest results show the Muslim Brotherhood has won more than a third of the votes in the last stage of elections for Egypt's lower house of parliament. The Nour Party list came second in most…

Aung San Suu Kyi says she believes Myanmar will hold full democratic elections in her lifetime.

The first vote by Republican party supporters in the United States for their candidate to challenge Barack Obama in November's presidential election has ended with former Massachusetts governor, Mitt…

Egyptian voters are taking part in the third and final round of elections to the lower house of parliament.

Republican presidential candidates are out making their final pitch to voters on the last full day of campaigning before the Iowa caucuses.

With 40 billed as the new 30 and baby boomers redefining the perceptions of aging, how old is old?

European leaders have warned of a difficult year ahead, as many economists predict recession in 2012.

Mynamar, also known as Burma, is to hold by-elections on 1 April that could see democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party enter parliament for the first time.

Voters in Jamaica went to the polls on Thursday in a snap election dominated by concerns over the economy.

Shame over attack on five-year-old in Turangi; surgeon saves man's finger and thumb; fight to keep daughter's killer behind bars exacted heavy toll.

More than 18,000 unwanted Christmas gifts were on the auction website Trade Me by Boxing Day.

Collision leaves teenage sisters dead; girl who couldn't eat makes up for lost time; sweltering Christmas for Dunedin.

The Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has been named African Footballer of the Year. He finished ahead of Ghana's Andre 'Dede' Ayew and Mali's Seydou Keita in...

Senior hospital doctors have voted to ratify a provisional pay settlement with district health boards for salary increases of about 3%. Negotiations for the next will begin in a few months.

Consumer confidence has fallen sharply as households worry about the global outlook. Audio

The rugby website Planet Rugby has named its team of the year and it includes 7 players from the World Cup winning All Black side. After a poll of its...

The Canterbury Earthquake Relief Authority says most people in Canterbury want to mark the anniversary of the earthquake of 22 February with a minute's silence at 12.51pm, the moment the quake struck.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of Russia has rejected calls to re-run recent disputed parliamentary elections.

The Attorney General's office in the Marshall Islands has launched an investigation into possible irregularities at one polling station during last month's election. This follows a complaint filed by…