Elections: International

South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki (C) and Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (R) walk down the red carpet at Harare International Airport, May 9, 2008. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)

Zimbabwe rejects Western poll observers

Reuters - Mon May 12, 12:58 PM ET

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will not invite election observers from Western countries to monitor a presidential run-off unless sanctions are removed, state media said on Monday, rejecting opposition demands.

  • Bolivia's President Evo Morales, right, accompanied by Bolivia's Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, attends a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Morales agreed to stand for election in a nationwide recall vote, gambling that Bolivians will re-elect him after just two years in office. (AP Photo/Joao Padua)
    Bolivia's Morales approves August recall vote AP - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

    LA PAZ, Bolivia - President Evo Morales committed himself and Bolivia's nine governors on Monday to face recall votes on Aug. 10, gambling that his unfinished term will survive a referendum whose peculiar rules tilt in the populist leader's favor.

  • Serbian President and leader of Democratic Party Boris Tadic casts his vote at a polling station in Belgrade May 11, 2008. Serbs began voting on Sunday in an election that will show whether the lure of European Union membership outweighs their anger over the Western-backed secession of Kosovo. (Ivan Milutinovic/Reuters)
    Serbia in coalition scramble after ambivalent vote Reuters - Mon May 12, 9:40 AM ET

    BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's pro-European alliance sought a coalition deal with smaller parties on Monday to stave off a challenge from nationalist runners-up who say they too can form a government after Sunday's parliamentary election.

  • Serbia's pro-western President Boris Tadic waves to his supporters jubilating electoral victory in downtown Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, May 11, 2008. A pro-Western coalition was leading Serbia's parliamentary elections, independent monitors said Sunday, suggesting reformers might cling to power despite a challenge by ultra nationalists exploiting deep-seated anger over Kosovo's independence. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)
    Serbia begins postelection talks AP - Mon May 12, 8:47 AM ET

    BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia's nationalists brushed aside their pro-Western rivals' claim of victory in parliamentary elections and held talks Monday to see if they could muster support from other parties to form a government.

  • Main parties in Serbia vote AP - Sun May 11, 5:55 PM ET

    The main parties that participated in early parliamentary elections in Serbia on Sunday:

  • Facts and figures about Serbia AP - Sun May 11, 5:53 PM ET

    Facts about Serbia, which held parliamentary elections Sunday:

  • Zimbabwe is preparing itself for the return home of the country's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, seen here on May 10. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's government intensified a crackdown against its political opponents, as the leader of the opposition prepared to return home to contest a run-off election.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)
    Zimbabwe election official: presidential runoff delay likely AP - Sun May 11, 2:21 PM ET

    HARARE, Zimbabwe - The runoff pitting President Robert Mugabe against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not take place in the next few weeks as required by law, the head of the electoral commission said in an interview published Sunday.

  • Dominican president looks set to win third term Reuters - Sun May 11, 11:03 AM ET

    SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Dominican President Leonel Fernandez looks set to coast to his third term as voters pay tribute to what many see as his deft handling of the Caribbean nation's economy in Friday's general election.

  • A Serb woman casts her vote during general elections at a polling station in southern Sernian town of Nis, some 250 km (155 miles) from Belgrade May 11, 2008. Serbs began voting on Sunday in an election that will show whether the lure of European Union membership outweighs their anger over the Western-backed secession of Kosovo. (Stevan Lazarevic/Reuters)
    Defiant Serbia conducts elections in Kosovo Reuters - Sun May 11, 7:48 AM ET

    MITROVICA (Reuters) - Serbia underlined its rejection of Kosovo's Western-backed independence by conducting elections in the territory on Sunday, in defiance of the United Nations and the ethnic Albanian majority there.

  • Soldiers patrol close to a vote counting center in Batticaloa, about 180 kilometers (112 miles) north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 10, 2008. Allegations of fraud, voter intimidation and violence marred Sri Lanka's Eastern Province elections Saturday, which the government had touted as a celebration of democracy for a region recently liberated from the Tamil Tiger rebels. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
    Ruling party wins Sri Lanka polls AP - Sun May 11, 4:40 AM ET

    BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's ruling party won control of the country's tense Eastern Province on Sunday after an election that monitors said was marred by voter intimidation and fraud.

  • Kadisa Umma, left, mother, and Nafrin Jamaldeen, son of Mustafa Jamldeen, unseen, a victim of Provincial Council election violence, greave at Batticaloa General hospital in Batticaloa, about 180 kilometers (112 miles) north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 10, 2008. Allegations of fraud, voter intimidation and violence marred Sri Lanka's Eastern Province elections Saturday, which the government had touted as a celebration of democracy for a region recently liberated from the Tamil Tiger rebels. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
    Sri Lanka elections marred by irregularities AP - Sat May 10, 11:34 PM ET

    BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka - Allegations of fraud, voter intimidation and sporadic violence marred elections in Sri Lanka's east Saturday despite the government's claims they would be a celebration of democracy for the region recently liberated from the Tamil Tiger rebels.

  • Workers repair part of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon which was lightly damaged by Cyclone Nargis that slammed into Myanmar's main city last week May 10, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)
    Myanmar holds poll despite post-cyclone chaos Reuters - Sat May 10, 5:50 PM ET

    YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar held a rare election to approve a new army-drafted constitution on Saturday while many of the 1.5 million survivors of a devastating cyclone waited in vain for a concerted aid effort to bring them food and medicine.

  • A boy waits while his mother votes at a polling station during the provincial council elections in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka May 10, 2008. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)
    Sri Lanka holds crucial vote in war-torn east Reuters - Sat May 10, 7:09 AM ET

    BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Residents in Sri Lanka's war-ravaged east voted for the first time in two decades on Saturday in an election the government hopes will endorse its war to defeat Tamil Tiger rebels.

  • Tony Blair (L) and Gordon Brown listen to questions at a news conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London March 5, 2007. Prime Minister Brown is taking advice from his predecessor Tony Blair on how to win the next general election despite pressuring him out of office, the wife of the former prime minister said on Saturday. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
    UK's Brown taking tips from Blair, says Cherie Reuters - Sat May 10, 4:27 AM ET

    LONDON, May 10 - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is taking advice from his predecessor Tony Blair on how to win the next general election despite pressuring him out of office, the wife of the former prime minister said on Saturday.

  • Soldiers in motorbikes patrol a street during an election rally promoting the government's coalition in Valichenai, about 180 kilometers (113 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday May 7, 2008. The government has hailed the provincial election as a crucial step toward restoring democracy to the east and destroying the last vestiges of the Tamil Tiger rebels' 13-year rule. But opposition candidates and election observers say the ruling party, which formed an electoral coalition with a breakaway fraction of Tamil rebels are using every means at their disposal, government resources as well as intimidation by gunmen, to ensure a victory. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
    Sri Lanka holds vote in liberated east AP - Sat May 10, 3:26 AM ET

    BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka - Eastern Sri Lanka residents voted Saturday in their first major election, less than a year after the separatist rebels lost control of the region. The poll was hailed as a democratic milestone but marred by a rebel attacks, one that left 11 people dead.

  • Serb man stands behind a pre-election poster of Serb Radical Party (SRS), showing Tomislav Nikolic deputy leader of the hard-line nationalist Serbian Radical Party, in serb village of Strpce in Southern Kosovo on Friday, May 9, 2008. Serbia's rival nationalists and pro-Europeans waged a last-ditch battle for votes ahead of weekend elections.(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
    Election in Serbia may cripple hunt for Gen. Ratko Mladic AP - Fri May 9, 12:45 PM ET

    BELGRADE, Serbia - For 13 years, he has eluded capture for atrocities a U.N. judge described as "scenes from hell ... written on the darkest pages of human history."

  • U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard A. Boucher speaks during a press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 9, 2008. Boucher said on Friday that Washington wants open elections in Bangladesh that must be held by lifting current emergency rules. (AP photo/Zia Islam)
    Bush administration wants open elections in Bangladesh AP - Fri May 9, 6:13 AM ET

    DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh's military-backed government should lift emergency rule to facilitate open elections that it has promised to hold by the end of the year, a State Department official said Friday.

  • Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown listens to questions during a news conference during the USNI Investment Conference at Stormont Parliament Building in Belfast May 8, 2008. (David Moir/Reuters)
    UK poll gives Brown's Labour lowest-ever rating Reuters - Fri May 9, 5:42 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Labour Party fell to its lowest-ever poll rating in a survey published on Friday, a week after big losses in local elections cast doubt on the leadership of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

  • Bolivia President Evo Morales attends a Food for Life Summit in Managua, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. The Summit's host, Nicaragua's President Ortega, said the Central American region needs to finance farming, ensure basic food supplies, and form a production and marketing alliance to promote local farm goods to confront the worldwide food crisis as a group. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
    President Morales agrees to Bolivian recall vote AP - Fri May 9, 12:18 AM ET

    LA PAZ, Bolivia - President Evo Morales agreed Thursday to stand for election in a nationwide recall vote, gambling that Bolivians will re-elect him after just two years in office and shore up support for his pending reforms.

  • New Berlusconi government sworn in AP - Thu May 8, 6:21 PM ET

    ROME - Premier Silvio Berlusconi was sworn in as premier Thursday, heading up an Italian government for the third time after his conservatives' swept elections last month.

  • An elderly supporter of the Serbian Radical Party kisses a picture of Bosnian Serb general, war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic, during a pre-elections rally in Belgrade May 6, 2008. (Ivan Milutinovic/Reuters)
    Bosnia to hold local election on October 5 Reuters - Thu May 8, 12:16 PM ET

    SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnians will go to polls to elect local councils and mayors on October 5 and for the first time since the end of the 1992-95 war will be able to vote for ethnic minorities, the election commission said on Thursday.

  • A boy talks to his mother, both internally displaced persons (IDPs), as she has her lunch outside their temporary holding ground in Nakuru,160 km (100 miles) from the Kenyan capital Nairobi April 3, 2008. About half the internal refugees left after Kenya's post-election violence have been resettled this week and the remaining 70,000 should be home within a month, Kenya's government said on Thursday. (Daud Yussuf/Reuters)
    Kenya sees displaced resettled in a month Reuters - Thu May 8, 11:23 AM ET

    NAIROBI (Reuters) - About half the internal refugees left after Kenya's post-election violence have been resettled this week and the remaining 70,000 should be home within a month, Kenya's government said on Thursday.

  • Sri Lanka rescinds move to bar foreign media for elections AP - Thu May 8, 11:08 AM ET

    VALAICHCHENAI, Sri Lanka - The Sri Lankan government said Thursday it was barring foreign journalists from covering weekend elections in the Eastern Province, but backed off hours later following a wave of protests by journalists and rights groups.

  • Reuters photographer Howard Burditt, shown here in this undated file picture, has been detained for three days for allegedly using a satellite phone to transmit pictures. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)
    Reuters photographer detained in Zimbabwe Reuters - Thu May 8, 6:19 AM ET

    JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A Reuters photographer covering the aftermath of Zimbabwe's elections has been detained for three days for allegedly using a satellite phone to transmit pictures, the global news and information company said on Thursday.

  • Italy's incoming Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives to speak to reporters after consultations with Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano at Quirinale palace in Rome May 7, 2008. Berlusconi put the finishing touches to his cabinet line-up on Wednesday before being sworn in later this week as the head of what could be Italy's most right-wing government since World War Two. (Tony Gentile/Reuters)
    Berlusconi forms new Italy government Reuters - Wed May 7, 4:11 PM ET

    ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi unveiled his new conservative government on Wednesday and gave top posts to close allies in one of Italy's most right-wing cabinets since World War Two.

  • A woman carrying her child walks past people queuing to withdraw cash from a city bank in Harare May 6, 2008. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)
    Zimbabwe parties challenge parliamentary results Reuters - Wed May 7, 1:25 PM ET

    HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling party and the main opposition have challenged half the results of the March 29 parliamentary election, state media said on Wednesday, extending a political stalemate that has triggered deadly violence.

  • Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert delivers a speech during a United Israel Appeal event in Jerusalem May 6, 2008. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)
    Palestinians see peace deal delay if Olmert quits Reuters - Wed May 7, 7:29 AM ET

    RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian negotiator said on Wednesday any peace deal with Israel would be delayed if a police investigation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert forced his resignation and a new election was held.

  • Head of Serbia's far-right party says Milosevic lost Kosovo AP - Tue May 6, 5:51 PM ET

    BELGRADE, Serbia - The head of an ultranationalist party leading the polls going into Serbia's elections doesn't like to be compared to Slobodan Milosevic. He says the late leader wasn't hard enough during the Balkan wars and paved the way for losing Kosovo.

  • Zimbabwe observers question presidential results Reuters - Tue May 6, 1:10 PM ET

    HARARE (Reuters) - An independent Zimbabwean election monitoring group expressed doubt on Tuesday over the credibility of the results of the presidential election and accused the ruling ZANU-PF of attacking observers.

  • Lawyers take part in a rally, demanding the restoration of sacked judges, in Peshawar May 12, 2008. Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif pulled his party out of Pakistan's six-week-old coalition government on Monday, plunging the volatile Muslim nation back into political uncertainty. REUTERS/Ali Imam (PAKISTAN)
    Pakistan government is strained by election delay allegations AP - Tue May 6, 9:27 AM ET

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's new government, already at odds over how to confront President Pervez Musharraf, faced new strains Tuesday over a delay in elections in which ruling coalition leaders had hoped to run for Parliament.

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