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World Briefing

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

Egypt elections

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

Syria: Arab League is Part of a Western Conspiracy'

Bashar al-Assad, Syria

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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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.

Egypt elections

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.

Congo"s capital Kinshasa

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.

Sudan"s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir

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.

An oil processing facility

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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