KITWE police yesterday withdrew the permit issued to the Patriotic Front (PF) to peacefully demonstrate against President Rupiah Banda's victory in the October 30 elections citing security of the public.

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called for snap elections on Sunday after failing to form a new government, dashing faint hopes of reaching a peace deal with the Palestinians in 2008.

The Supreme Court sided Friday with Ohio's top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations.

President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine signed an order Thursday to dissolve Parliament and hold snap elections after efforts to resuscitate a long-ailing pro-West coalition collapsed.

Austria's Social Democrats are likely to emerge as the biggest party after early elections despite significant gains by parties on the far-right, according to early official results. Forming a government won't be easy.

Sarah Palin's arrival as Republican vice-presidential candidate redefines the politics of identity in US elections

Ahead of Sunday's elections in Belarus, the country's autocratic president hopes to move closer to the EU and has promised fair voting. But German EU parliamentarian Elmar Brok says that's unlikely to happen.

The Political parties contesting this year's elections have protested against the high nomination fees being demanded by the Electoral Commission (EC). They claim the GH¢5,000 for the Presidential nominees is on the high side.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican White House hopeful John McCain will attend the first presidential debate of the US elections as planned, one of his advisors said Friday.

MINSK, Belarus, Sep 26 (IPS) - Opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich fears signs
that the elections due in Belarus this Sunday will not be free
and fair. President Alexander Lukashenko's government
continues to stifle the media, he says.