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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/politics/elections/international Elections - International en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:14:59 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/politics/elections/international http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/wl_nm/us_japan_politics nm/20100210/us_japan_politics Reuters world Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:14:59 GMT Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Wednesday he will appoint a member of a waste-cutting task force as administrative reform minister, in a bid to boost flagging support ahead of a mid-year election. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran ap/20100209/ml_iran AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:51:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2402206939.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=p24M_Eip_G_4LE2tghNKSw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Student supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi hold red roses during protests in central Tehran in this December 7, 2009 file photo. Internet messages have been circulating about possible rallies on February 11, 2010, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. But the climate in the Islamic Republic is much harder than before last year's post-election protests. Picture taken December 7, 2009. REUTERS/via Your View" border="0" /></a>AP - Iran has convicted another opposition activist on charges related to the country's post-election turmoil and sentenced him to death, the judiciary said Tuesday, bringing to at least 10 the number of those facing the death penalty for the unrest following June's disputed presidential election.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2402206939.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=p24M_Eip_G_4LE2tghNKSw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Student supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi hold red roses during protests in central Tehran in this December 7, 2009 file photo. Internet messages have been circulating about possible rallies on February 11, 2010, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. But the climate in the Islamic Republic is much harder than before last year's post-election protests. Picture taken December 7, 2009. REUTERS/via Your View" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_ukraine_election nm/20100209/us_ukraine_election Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:26:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_ukraine_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3112273175.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=pqCdNRkzTb9TR3om6q.vPA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko arrives for a news conference in Kiev February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko launched action on Tuesday to call rival Viktor Yanukovich's election into question, ignoring international endorsement of the poll and threatening a lengthy legal battle.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_ukraine_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3112273175.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=pqCdNRkzTb9TR3om6q.vPA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko arrives for a news conference in Kiev February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_sri_lanka ap/20100209/as_sri_lanka AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:13:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_sri_lanka"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.404ad2f9a816493f939744cd6a6c2fd2.sri_lanka_opposition_leader_del123.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=HunJu6nqFoqvem5_r3Yz7g--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Anoma Fonseka, wife of the Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate and former military chief Sarath Fonseka, reacts as she speaks to the media at her residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Sarath Fonseka has been arrested and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the government while serving as the head of the army. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sri Lanka's president dissolved parliament Tuesday to make way for spring elections a day after authorities arrested a key opposition leader, crippling the only serious threat to the ruling party's stifling grip on power.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_sri_lanka"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.404ad2f9a816493f939744cd6a6c2fd2.sri_lanka_opposition_leader_del123.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=HunJu6nqFoqvem5_r3Yz7g--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="Anoma Fonseka, wife of the Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate and former military chief Sarath Fonseka, reacts as she speaks to the media at her residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Sarath Fonseka has been arrested and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the government while serving as the head of the army. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_af/af_ivory_coast_election ap/20100209/af_ivory_coast_election AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:37:28 GMT AP - Protesters torched a police station in western Ivory Coast while claiming their names had been removed from voter rolls in advance of this year's presidential election. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_iraq_election_baath nm/20100209/us_iraq_election_baath Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:28:10 GMT Reuters - Almost all the candidates who contested their ban from Iraq's upcoming parliamentary election did not submit their cases properly and lost the chance to appeal, an Iraqi legal body said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_elections ap/20100209/as_philippines_elections AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:28:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.a2f0a79ce96e4a88bef97799e7d60d3d.philippines_elections_xbm102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CpIJSJx_P992CFcSD4Kbcw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Presidential candidates for the May 10 national elections, from left, Benigno Aquino III, John Carlos de los Reyes, Richard Gordon, Jamby Madrigal, Nicanor Perlas, Gilbert Teodoro, Eddie Villanueva and Manuel Villar join their hands together prior to the start of the Philippine Daily Inquirer-sponsored presidential debate Monda, Feb. 8, 2010 at the University of the Philippines campus at Manila's Quezon city. The official campaign period for the Philippines' first-ever automated elections starts Tuesday, Feb. 9. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Campaign posters went up and jingles blared at election rallies Tuesday as the Philippines' richest politician and the son of its democracy icon began a tight race to succeed scandal-tainted President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.a2f0a79ce96e4a88bef97799e7d60d3d.philippines_elections_xbm102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CpIJSJx_P992CFcSD4Kbcw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Presidential candidates for the May 10 national elections, from left, Benigno Aquino III, John Carlos de los Reyes, Richard Gordon, Jamby Madrigal, Nicanor Perlas, Gilbert Teodoro, Eddie Villanueva and Manuel Villar join their hands together prior to the start of the Philippine Daily Inquirer-sponsored presidential debate Monda, Feb. 8, 2010 at the University of the Philippines campus at Manila's Quezon city. The official campaign period for the Philippines' first-ever automated elections starts Tuesday, Feb. 9. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_eu/eu_ukraine_presidential_elections ap/20100208/eu_ukraine_presidential_elections AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:52:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_eu/eu_ukraine_presidential_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.1b6c65a1c6aa4eaaaa8a9cfdd02a0a75.ukraine_presidential_elections_xel127.jpg?x=77&y=130&q=85&sig=t34VMV1BOg5tnnCQzmt4eQ--" align="left" height="130" width="77" alt="Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Exit polls showed pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych with a narrow lead Sunday in Ukraine's presidential runoff a result that could restore much of Moscow's influence in a country that has labored to build bridges to the West. The National Election Poll survey predicted that Yanukovych would capture 48.7 percent of the vote to 45.5 percent for Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, with other voters mostly choosing 'Against all.' The 3.2 percentage point gap is slightly larger than the NEP's margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percent.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)" border="0" /></a>AP - International monitors on Monday hailed Ukraine's presidential election as transparent and honest, bolstering opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych's claim of victory and leaving Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a strategic bind.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_eu/eu_ukraine_presidential_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.1b6c65a1c6aa4eaaaa8a9cfdd02a0a75.ukraine_presidential_elections_xel127.jpg?x=77&y=130&q=85&sig=t34VMV1BOg5tnnCQzmt4eQ--" align="left" height="130" width="77" alt="photo" title="Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Exit polls showed pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych with a narrow lead Sunday in Ukraine's presidential runoff a result that could restore much of Moscow's influence in a country that has labored to build bridges to the West. The National Election Poll survey predicted that Yanukovych would capture 48.7 percent of the vote to 45.5 percent for Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, with other voters mostly choosing 'Against all.' The 3.2 percentage point gap is slightly larger than the NEP's margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percent.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians ap/20100208/ml_israel_palestinians AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:50:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.2aa2d585f038464782d8b97d253598ca.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl132.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=ucyRywkhitlFNYs.r8KBog--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not seen, in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, leaving the Western-backed president in control only of the West Bank. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' government decided Monday to hold municipal elections in the West Bank in July, the first voting since Abbas' Fatah movement was trounced by the militant Islamic Hamas in national polls four years ago.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.2aa2d585f038464782d8b97d253598ca.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl132.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=ucyRywkhitlFNYs.r8KBog--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not seen, in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, leaving the Western-backed president in control only of the West Bank. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_cancer_care ap/20100208/eu_britain_cancer_care AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:39:54 GMT AP - You know an election is coming when British politicians suddenly promise sweeping improvements to the National Health Service, a simultaneous source of national pride and worry. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq ap/20100208/ml_iraq AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:02:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265763730765-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=TcM1S17Iq6.Yz0FZN08t3w--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="London has defended the use of more than 100 pigs in military explosives tests in the past five years, saying the experiments had saved lives in Afghanistan and Iraq.(AFP/File/Viktor Drachev)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iraq's prime minister says he accepts an appeals panel's jurisdiction over a ban on candidates from March 7 parliamentary elections for their suspected ties to Saddam Hussein's regime.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265763730765-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=TcM1S17Iq6.Yz0FZN08t3w--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="London has defended the use of more than 100 pigs in military explosives tests in the past five years, saying the experiments had saved lives in Afghanistan and Iraq.(AFP/File/Viktor Drachev)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_costa_rica_elections ap/20100208/lt_costa_rica_elections AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:20:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_costa_rica_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.f3b2b6ea63164b34a9b02590a93d8916.addition_costa_rica_elections_efx133.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ofj2SYssE1AwIEK43ije3w--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Laura Chinchilla, center, candidate for the National Liberation Party, accompanied by members of her party, greets supporters after presidential elections in San Jose, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Chinchilla had 47 percent of the vote after a quarter of the ballots were counted and her closest contenders conceded defeat. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)" border="0" /></a>AP - Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America's most stable nation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_costa_rica_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.f3b2b6ea63164b34a9b02590a93d8916.addition_costa_rica_elections_efx133.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ofj2SYssE1AwIEK43ije3w--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Laura Chinchilla, center, candidate for the National Liberation Party, accompanied by members of her party, greets supporters after presidential elections in San Jose, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Chinchilla had 47 percent of the vote after a quarter of the ballots were counted and her closest contenders conceded defeat. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/wl_nm/us_costarica_election nm/20100208/us_costarica_election Reuters world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:55:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/wl_nm/us_costarica_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r3347628613.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=apiLBkW8ELNIEzdK6qW2Ig--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Supporters of Otton Solis, presidential candidate for the Citizen Action Party, and Laura Chinchilla, presidential candidate of the National Liberation Party, wave flags at a polling station during the presidential elections in San Jose February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Laura Chinchilla, a protege of Nobel peace laureate President Oscar Arias, won a landslide election victory in Costa Rica on Sunday to become the country's first woman elected president.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/wl_nm/us_costarica_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r3347628613.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=apiLBkW8ELNIEzdK6qW2Ig--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Supporters of Otton Solis, presidential candidate for the Citizen Action Party, and Laura Chinchilla, presidential candidate of the National Liberation Party, wave flags at a polling station during the presidential elections in San Jose February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_apnewsalert ap/20100208/lt_apnewsalert AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:17:28 GMT AP - A US official says Mexico has arrested top 2 alleged leaders of a violent Tijuana drug gang. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100207/wl_nm/us_ukraine_election_tension nm/20100207/us_ukraine_election_tension Reuters world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:20:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100207/wl_nm/us_ukraine_election_tension"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100207/i/r409987581.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=WvRhwJCMrkDayNpPMQ9VcA--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko leaves a voting booth before casting her vote during the presidential election at a polling station in Dnipropetrovsk February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Sergei Isaev" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Ukrainian presidential contender Yulia Tymoshenko's campaign team cried foul as voting was under way in Sunday's election, saying it would contest results in the region which is the base of her rival Viktor Yanukovich.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100207/wl_nm/us_ukraine_election_tension"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100207/i/r409987581.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=WvRhwJCMrkDayNpPMQ9VcA--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko leaves a voting booth before casting her vote during the presidential election at a polling station in Dnipropetrovsk February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Sergei Isaev" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100207/wl_nm/us_iraq_politics_baath nm/20100207/us_iraq_politics_baath Reuters world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:40:06 GMT Reuters - An Iraqi appeals panel that angered Shi'ite leaders by suspending a ban on candidates accused of links to Saddam Hussein's Baath party until after an election reversed its decision on Sunday, politicians said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100207/wl_nm/us_iran_arrests nm/20100207/us_iran_arrests Reuters world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:30:01 GMT Reuters - Iran said on Sunday it had arrested seven people accused of stoking unrest after last year's disputed election, including some who it said were employed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100207/wl_nm/us_nigeria_election nm/20100207/us_nigeria_election Reuters world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:58:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100207/wl_nm/us_nigeria_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100206/i/r469402091.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=SxddEE6rQG4Uy7yz1CtSbw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A boy sleeps near election posters on a pedestrian bridge in Awka, Anambra state, southeast Nigeria February 5, 2010. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The incumbent governor of Nigeria's southeastern Anambra state was on Sunday declared the winner of an election which voters and candidates said had been marred by widespread irregularities.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100207/wl_nm/us_nigeria_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100206/i/r469402091.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=SxddEE6rQG4Uy7yz1CtSbw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A boy sleeps near election posters on a pedestrian bridge in Awka, Anambra state, southeast Nigeria February 5, 2010. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_elections ap/20100206/ml_iraq_elections AP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:43:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.e8b7a91cf4284bcfb9dff25a1555841a.iraq_election_bag105.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=RT_kwZUJ4kaKxE3eUoOYBA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Qassim al-Aboudi of the Independent High Electoral Commission holds a ballot during a news conference in Baghdad, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Iraqi leaders on Saturday pushed the country's highest court to issue a quick ruling on hundreds of candidates who have been banned from running in March elections, warning that parliament will settle the controversy if the judges don't. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iraqi leaders on Saturday pushed the country's highest court to issue a quick ruling on hundreds of candidates who have been banned from running in March elections, warning that parliament will settle the controversy if the judges don't.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.e8b7a91cf4284bcfb9dff25a1555841a.iraq_election_bag105.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=RT_kwZUJ4kaKxE3eUoOYBA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="Qassim al-Aboudi of the Independent High Electoral Commission holds a ballot during a news conference in Baghdad, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Iraqi leaders on Saturday pushed the country's highest court to issue a quick ruling on hundreds of candidates who have been banned from running in March elections, warning that parliament will settle the controversy if the judges don't. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_eu/eu_ukraine_election ap/20100206/eu_ukraine_election AP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:21:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_eu/eu_ukraine_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.8928222a1d6d4eaeb120534242a62903.aptopix_ukraine_election_xaz104.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=DhYsllOYquYFjEEQLjfdPw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych crosses himself in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra church in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Ukrainian presidential hopeful Viktor Yanukovych tried to look every part the winner as he mounted the stage before thousands of cheering supporters to the accompaniment of a victorious fanfare on Friday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)" border="0" /></a>AP - The loser in Ukraine's presidential runoff election probably won't concede defeat and may turn to court battles or street protests, observers said Saturday as both campaigns accused each other of possible vote fraud.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionsworld/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_eu/eu_ukraine_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.8928222a1d6d4eaeb120534242a62903.aptopix_ukraine_election_xaz104.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=DhYsllOYquYFjEEQLjfdPw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych crosses himself in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra church in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Ukrainian presidential hopeful Viktor Yanukovych tried to look every part the winner as he mounted the stage before thousands of cheering supporters to the accompaniment of a victorious fanfare on Friday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)