Elections
Early results show record low turnout in Iraq election
Iraq's electoral committee says preliminary results show turnout from Sunday’s election was 41 percent
Iraqis vote for new parliament hoping for change
Iraqis are voting for a new parliament that many hope will deliver much needed reforms after decades of conflict and mismanagement
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Iraq Election
Spokesman says Libya lawmakers reschedule parliament vote
Libyan lawmakers have voted to reschedule parliament elections, a move likely to increase tensions among Libyan rivals already divided over bills regulating planned elections
Sunday's vote in Iraq clouded by a disillusioned electorate
Candidates in Iraq’s parliamentary election on Sunday are trying to persuade the country’s disillusioned younger voters to trust a balloting process long tainted by tampering and fraud
Hadi al-Amiri
Iraq’s militias seek to consolidate political power in vote
Among the candidates running in Iraq’s general elections this week is a leader of one of the most hard-line and powerful militias with close ties to Iran
Military general who ruled Egypt after Mubarak ouster dies
The Egyptian general who ruled the country following the Arab Spring uprising that removed longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power, has died
UN envoy to Iraq says effort underway to prevent voter fraud
The U.N. envoy to Iraq says measures are being taken to prevent voter fraud in national elections next month