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Ankara -
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be an "active" head of state if he wins presidential elections in August and will play a particularly strong role in foreign policy, one of his government's most senior ministers said.
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by Stuart Williams, Fulya Ozerkan (AFP)
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Sofia -
Bulgaria's Socialists-backed Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski handed in the resignation of his cabinet Wednesday ahead of snap elections that will seek to end months of political turmoil in the European Union's poorest country.
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by AFP
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Strasbourg -
Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Juncker won the backing of European lawmakers on Tuesday to head the EU's powerful executive for the next five years, despite a British-led campaign to block his appointment.
In the Media
by Christian Spillmann (AFP)
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York -
The Church of England on Monday voted to allow its first ever female bishops, ending half a century of divisive wrangling over the role of women.
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by AFP
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Ljubljana -
The party of Slovenian political newcomer Miro Cerar, a law professor, won snap elections Sunday with 36.9 percent of the vote, exit polls released by private POP TV showed.
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by AFP
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Istanbul -
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said he planned to rewrite the Turkish constitution if elected president, as he outlined his vision for a booming and powerful "new Turkey" in the next decade.
In the Media
by Stuart Williams , Dilay Gundogan (AFP)
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Ankara -
Turkish lawmakers Thursday adopted a bill to revive peace talks with Kurdish rebels, in a move the government hopes will rally Kurdish votes to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's bid to win presidential elections next month.
In the Media
by Fulya Ozerkan (AFP)
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Murska Sobota -
Jolanka Horvat has watched her home region of Pomurje, in Slovenia's northeast, slide deeper into poverty and joblessness over the past few years.
In the Media
by Bojan Kavcic (AFP)
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Istanbul -
The main rival of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey's presidential election launched his campaign on Thursday, positioning himself as a unifying figure against a dangerously polarising opponent.
In the Media
by Dilay Gundogan (AFP)
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Ankara -
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan kicked off his presidential campaign on Saturday by promising to transform the role into a more powerful position if he wins the August polls.
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by AFP
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Panama City -
Conservative Juan Carlos Varela took office as Panama's president Tuesday pledging to finish a troublesome canal expansion, stamp out corruption and get more people out of poverty.
In the Media
by Juan José RodrÃguez (AFP)
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Strasbourg -
German Social-Democrat Martin Schulz was elected on Tuesday to head the European Parliament in the first session since elections in May.
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by AFP
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Ankara -
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Tuesday his candidacy for the August presidential election which is expected to make him Turkey's longest-serving and most dominant leader since Ataturk.
In the Media
by Fulya Ozerkan, and Stuart Williams in Istanbul (AFP)
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Ankara -
The softly spoken, bespectacled intellectual hoping to defeat Turkey's powerful premier in the country's first direct presidential election faces a steep uphill struggle.
In the Media
by Burak AKINCI (AFP)
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Istanbul -
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said he would not seek a second term in office, further raising the likelihood that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan would run for the top job."I will not present my candidacy...
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by AFP
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Istanbul -
A peace process aimed at ending a decades-long conflict between Turkey and Kurdish rebels was given a major boost on Thursday as the Turkish government proposed reforms to revive stalled talks.
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by AFP
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Istanbul -
The Turkish government submitted a reform bill to parliament on Thursday to revive the stalled peace talks with Kurdish militants, in an apparent bid to seek votes from Turkey's biggest minority group in August presidential polls.
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by AFP
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Tripoli -
Vote counting was underway Thursday after a Libyan general election marred by the murder of a leading women's rights activist and poor turnout yet applauded by Barack Obama as a democratic milestone.
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by Imed Lamloum (AFP)
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Tripoli -
A deadly attack on troops and low turnout Wednesday marred Libya's general election on which hopes were pinned of ending three years of turmoil since dictator Moamer Kadhafi's ouster.
In the Media
by Imed Lamloum (AFP)
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Tripoli -
A deadly attack on troops and low turnout Wednesday marred Libya's general election on which hopes were pinned of ending three years of turmoil since dictator Moamer Kadhafi's ouster.
In the Media
by Imed Lamloum (AFP)
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Nouakchott -
Counting was underway in Mauritania's presidential election on Sunday with incumbent Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz expected to win handily after his main rivals boycotted a process they regard as a sham.
In the Media
by Hademine Ould Sadi (AFP)
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff formally launched her re-election bid, leading in opinion polls despite lingering discontent over World Cup costs.
In the Media
by Yana Marull (AFP)
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Bras -
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff formally launched her re-election bid on Saturday, leading in opinion polls despite lingering discontent over World Cup costs.
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by AFP
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Bogot -
Colombia resumed its path toward peace with leftist rebels, bolstered by President Juan Manuel Santos' victory in elections seen as a referendum on his bid to end the 50-year-old conflict.Santos picked up 50.
In the Media
by Philippe Zygel (AFP)
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Bogot -
Colombia resumed its path toward peace with leftist rebels Monday, bolstered by President Juan Manuel Santos's victory in elections seen as a referendum on his bid to end the 50-year-old conflict.Santos picked up 50.
In the Media
by Philippe Zygel (AFP)
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Bogot -
Colombians re-elected President Juan Manuel Santos in a cliffhanger seen as a referendum on peace talks with FARC guerrillas.The center-right Santos registered 50.
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by Alina Dieste (AFP)
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Bogot -
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who was re-elected Sunday, is seen as his country's best hope for a potential peace deal with Marxist rebels.With nearly all votes tallied, the center-right Santos registered 50.
In the Media
by AFP
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Bogot -
Colombians re-elected President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday in a cliffhanger poll seen as a referendum on peace talks with FARC guerrillas, election authorities said.With 99.37 percent of votes tallied, the center-right Santos registered 50.
In the Media
by Alina Dieste (AFP)
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Bogot -
Colombians went to the polls Sunday in a cliffhanger presidential election that has become a referendum on peace talks with FARC guerrillas.
In the Media
by Alina Dieste (AFP)
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Jerusalem -
Israel's parliament was on Tuesday voting for the nation's 10th president, with a run-off vote pitching a rightwing hawk against a centrist candidate in the race to replace Shimon Peres.
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Kent Harville
More than 11,000 Southern Baptist messengers vote in a presidential run-off between Bryant Wright and Ted Traylor during the June 15 afternoon session of the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention held in Orlando, Fla.
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Patriotic Candidates of Tamil Eelam (PCTE) running in the May 2nd 2010 Canadian TGTE Election.
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Patriotic Candidates of Tamil Eelam (PCTE) running in the May 2nd 2010 Canadian TGTE Election.
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Patriotic Candidates of Tamil Eelam (PCTE) running in the May 2nd 2010 Canadian TGTE Election.
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Tamils taking part in the December 19, 2009 national referendum.
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"A Portrait of America" curated by Ramses Granados continues its run at the Joy Wai Gallery in Chelsea, NYC.
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Darlene Jacobs
Darlene Jacobs votes with her son Tim
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Canadian Tamils taking part in the Dec. 19, 2009 national referendum.
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A woman sits in a polling room in Baghdad, waiting for voters.
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Darlene Jacobs votes with her son Tim
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