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Markets steady on eve of US midterm vote

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic held steady on Monday as cautious…

Pacquiao elected chair of Senate committee on ethics

(Eagle News) -- Senator Manny Pacquiao is now the chair of the Senate's committee on ethics. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian was…

Cambodia ruling party shrugs off ‘useless’ US visa sanctions

  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) -- US travel sanctions targeting Cambodian officials are "useless", a ruling party spokesman said Thursday, as…

Mali counts votes after poll worker slain

by Clément SABOURIN Agence France Presse BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) -- Vote counting was underway across Mali on Monday after a…

Candidates in Mali poll to contest ‘irregular’ results

BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) - A majority of the contenders to become Mali's next president said on Wednesday they will not…

Zimbabwe opposition leader says he was winning election ‘resoundingly’

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) -- Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa said Tuesday that he was "winning resoundingly" in the election count…

Counting begins in Zimbabwe’s first post-Mugabe election

by Susan NJANJI / Fanuel JONGWE Agence France Presse HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) -- Counting was underway in Zimbabwe's first election…

Cambodia ruling party claims ‘huge victory’ in vote decried as ‘sham’

by Suy Se and Joe Freeman Agence France Presse PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodia's ruling party said it had won…

Cambodians vote in ‘sham’ election without opposition

  by Suy Se and Joe Freeman Agence France Presse PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) -- Cambodia voted Sunday in an…

At least 30 killed in suicide blast on Pakistan polling station

QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) -- At least 30 people were killed and dozens more wounded in a suicide attack on a polling…

Probe launched of judge who ordered Lula freed

  RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Prosecutors in Brazil ordered an investigation Wednesday of the appellate judge who caused a…

Britain to fine Facebook over data breach

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain's data regulator has said it will fine Facebook half a million pounds ($660,000)…

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