Elections - International

BAGHDAD - Iraq's electoral commission on Monday recommended a 45-day delay in parliamentary elections until Feb. 27, raising concerns that the postponed balloting could complicate the planned withdrawal of U.S. combat troops and bring a possible surge of violence. Full Story »

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's vice president has gained prestige through his controversial veto of a long delayed law allowing a national vote next year, but the move has done little to improve the lot of his once dominant Sunni Arab countrymen. Full Story »

BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's main opposition party claimed Monday that President Traian Basescu narrowly won re-election through a fraudulent vote. Full Story »

BUCHAREST, Romania - An opposition party in Romania contests the results of presidential elections. Full Story »

BUCHAREST, Romania - Incumbent President Traian Basescu was headed for victory in a tight presidential runoff in Romania, election authorities said Monday, in a race Romanians hope will pull the country out of its worst political and economic crisis in 20 years. Full Story »

LA PAZ, Bolivia - President Evo Morales easily won re-election, according to unofficial results, getting an overwhelming mandate for further revolutionary change on behalf of Bolivia's long-suppressed indigenous majority. Full Story »

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales vowed on Monday to increase state control over the economy and strengthen political power for indigenous groups, a day after exit polls showed he was re-elected in a landslide. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters) - Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said on Sunday the election of a lesbian priest as an assistant bishop in Los Angeles' Episcopal Diocese raised very serious questions for the global Anglican church. Full Story »

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's pro-independence opposition put in a strong showing in local elections, clawing its way back to respectability after two crushing defeats. Full Story »

WINDHOEK, Namibia - Namibia's election commission says President Hifikepunye Pohamba has won re-election, with more than six times as many votes as his nearest rival. Full Story »

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday banned foreign media from reporting on a student rally next week that authorities fear could turn into a new round of protests against June's disputed presidential election. Full Story »

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's China-friendly ruling party lost a county vote to the opposition on Saturday in elections seen as a first test for President Ma Ying-jeou's policy of engagement with Beijing. Full Story »

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (Reuters) - The military chief in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao took over as local governor after martial law was imposed on Saturday, following the country's worst election-related crime last month. Full Story »

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's opposition Liberal Party, softening its position on toppling the minority Conservative government, will side with the Conservatives next week on a key financial vote and thus avert an election. Full Story »

JOHANNESBURG - The government of Equatorial Guinea says the African country's ruler of 30 years has been re-elected with 95.37 percent of votes, while opponents and international human rights groups denounced the electoral process in Africa's No. 3 oil producer as fraudulent. Full Story »

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - President Daniel Ortega's attempt to run for re-election has run into a setback in congress. Full Story »

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine media groups may ask the United Nations' to intervene in a probe into the massacre of 57 people in a suspected clan feud that has stoked tensions ahead of elections next May, six local journalist groups said on Thursday. Full Story »

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' former first lady Imelda Marcos, famous for flamboyant ways and huge collection of shoes, has filed her candidacy for a seat in congress, joining dozens of film stars and powerful politicians seeking election. Full Story »