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Guyana Elections Expected to Break Down According to Racial Lines

Ramotar, Presidential Candidate of incumbent People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), arrives at a polling station in Georgetown

Reflecting the country’s demographics of Africans and East Indians, Guyanese politics typically break down according to racial lines.

Arab World Latest News: The New Politics of Morocco, Egypt, Yemen and Kuwait

The latest Arab Spring news from Morocco, Syria, Kuwait, Yemen and Egypt.

Syria: Arab League is Part of a Western Conspiracy'

Syrian officials have rejected the new sanctions imposed on the country by the Arab League and continued to accuse foreign countries of a conspiracy.

Congo Election Marred by Violence, Fraud Allegations

A woman cast her ballot at a polling station in Congo's capital Kinshasa

Kabila is widely expected to win another five-year term.

Germany, France press coercive euro zone debt rules

Germany and France stepped up a drive on Monday for coercive powers to reject national budgets in the euro ...

Pakistan warns NATO attack threatens Afghanistan peace

Pakistan ratcheted up pressure on NATO on Monday over a cross-border attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldie...

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EU says climate pact not enough, wants deal by 2015

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Home prices in UK confirm downward trend

The real-estate analysis firm Rightmove registered a price drop in newly marketed property in England and Wales down by over 1.7 percent in August as a result of growing over-supply.

Volatility and fear plunge, but equity markets remain relatively stable

The VIX, the CBOE Volatility Index, (also known as the “fear gauge”) has been reduced roughly in half since late May – however, the major equity indices have eked out only small gains over that period.

Science, controversy and the politics of climate change

While scientists mostly agree that warming of the climate system is happening and political leaders have long-term commitments to try to reduce it, a debate still rages as to what to do in the near and medium term.

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Portfolio: Precious metal ETFs are the best bet against the dollar

Opinion: Asian nations likely to agree to currency pact at G20 -- Faros

Opinion: Facebook-Microsoft marriage looks doomed

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Egypt Elections Underway, Sees Long Lines

Large numbers of Egyptians turned out to vote on Monday in the first elections since former President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February.

Polling stations attacked in Congo vote

Violence erupted at four polling stations in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo as the vast country held its second elections since a war that killed more than five million people.

Kenyan court issues arrest order for Sudan's Bashir

A Kenyan court on Monday ordered the government to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir wanted by The Hague on genocide charges should he travel to the east African country where authorities failed to arrest him during his last visit.

A mine worker looks on underground in Modderfontein east mine

S.Africa Mine Nationalization Report to be Redrafted

South Africa's ruling African National Congress has returned a long-awaited report with policy recommendations on the issue of mine nationalisation for redrafting to improve its presentation, a senior party official said on Monday.

Ethiopian journalists worry after editor flees

The managing editor of one of Ethiopia's few remaining independent Amharic-language newspapers publishing critical analysis of local politics said he left the country last week for fear of arrest, a U.S.-based press freedom group said.

Sudan says halted South Sudan govt oil exports

Sudan said on Monday it had halted landlocked South Sudan's oil exports until the two agree on a transit fee, stepping up a row between the two old civil war foes over how to untangle their once-integrated oil industries.

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White House reviewing bill's foreclosure impact

The White House said on Thursday the administration is reviewing legislation that could make it more difficult for homeowners to challenge unjustified foreclosure actions.