NYC MAYORAL HOPEFULS TRY TO GET TO EXPECTED RUNOFF
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Democratic mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio, right, is joined by his daughter Chiara, during a campaign rally in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Sept. 7,…
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TRIAL STARTS FOR KENYA DEPUTY PRESIDENT RUTO
By MIKE CORDER Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto, right, awaits the start of his trial in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept.…
SPITZER, STRINGER PRESS TOWARD PRIMARY IN NYC
By JENNIFER PELTZ FILE – In this Aug. 9, 2013 file pool photo, Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer, left, and former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, both Democrats, participate in…
MALDIVES’ EX-LEADER: ANTI-ISLAMIC LABEL COST VOTES
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Mohamed Nasheed, center, Maldives’ first democratically elected president, addresses the media at his residence in Male, Maldives, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. Nasheed, who was ousted last year…
MOSCOW VOTES IN PIVOTAL MAYORAL RACE
By LAURA MILLS Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, with his wife Yulia, center, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar arrive at a polling station in Moscow’s mayoral election in Moscow, Russia,…
PAKISTANI PRESIDENT STEPS DOWN AS HIS TERM ENDS
By ASIF SHAHZAD Pakistan’s outgoing President Asif Ali Zardari waves as he leaves following a farewell ceremony at President House in Islamabad, Pakistan. Zardari is stepping down Sunday at the…
CONSERVATIVES SWEEP TO AUSTRALIA ELECTION VICTORY
By ROD McGUIRK Opposition leader Tony Abbott smiles as he makes a speech to party supporter in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, following his party’s win in Australia’s national election.…
CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION RALLY PUSHES FOR POLL PROBE
By SOPHENG CHEANG and JUSTINE DRENNAN Canbidua’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy, center, arrives at the democracy square during a demonstration in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. More than…