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First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 46 mins ago - 5 reports

Saeed Jalili

Senior MP: Presidential Election Not to Affect Iran's N. Policies

TEHRAN (FNA)- The upcoming presidential election in Iran will leave no effect on the country's policies and stance regarding its nuclear activities, a senior Iranian legislator underscored.Member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy ... [Published Fars News Agency - 46 mins ago]

Entities: Iran, Elections, Nuclear, Saeed Jalili

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 11 reports

Women cannot contest Iran presidential election

(MENAFN - Arab News) Women can not contest Iran's June 14 presidential election, a member of the Islamic state's electoral watchdog said in media reports ... [Published MENAFN - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Elections, Guardians Council, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 8 reports

AES Corporation

Poll watchdog denounces 'arbitrary' proclamation of new senators

Election watchdog group Automated Election System Watch on Saturday denounced what it considers arbitrary proclamation of winning candidates, even as it claimed the midterm 2013 polls were worse than the previous elections.By making arbitrary and highly-irregular ... [Published GMA News.tv - 2 hours ago]

Entities: AES Corporation, Elections, Koko Pimentel, Antonio Trillanes IV, Smartmatic

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 5 hours ago - 11 reports

Morgan Tsvangirai

Zimbabwe: Election Date Will Only Be Decided After Voter Registration

The date for an election will only be decided when the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission completes its voter registration and inspection exercise, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said.The MDC-T leader said when the new constitution comes into effect, ... [Published AllAfrica.com - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Elections, Morgan Tsvangirai, Security, Reformism

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 18 reports

Philippine massacre clan enjoys election wins

MANILA (AFP) – A clan whose chiefs are on trial for the Philippines’ worst political massacre secured big wins in local elections this week, results showed Friday, deepening fears that justice may never be served.Leaders of the Ampatuan family and their ... [Published Borneo Bulletin - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Massacre, Ampatuan (Philippines), Philippines, Elections

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 8 reports

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan)

The honeymoon begins

No matter how dismal or desperate the circumstances, fresh public mandate never fails to cultivate hope. That is the beauty of democracy and why it will continue to trump misconceived autocratic/technocratic solutions. Today Pakistan is again pregnant ... [Published The News International - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan), Pakistan, Imran Khan, Pakistan Muslim League (N)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 5 reports

ECP seeks poll expenditure from MPs

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday sought details of the election expenditure from all the successful candidates before or on May 20.According to an ECP notification, all the successful candidates of May 11 elections have to submit ... [Published The News International - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Elections, Election Commission of Pakistan, Islamabad

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 6 reports

Iran Presidenatial Elections: Who is Rafsajani

This year’s presidential race in Iran was dramatically shaken this week by the news that Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani had announced his candidacy. Although Rafsanjani has fallen out of favour with the regime in recent years, it is quite possible that ... [Published In Defence Of Marxist - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Elections

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 6 reports

Japanese observers describe polls as free and fair

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (APP): At least 16-member Japanese election observers mission said the recent general elections will further consolidate democracy in Pakistan,Radio Pakistan reported. According to radio report the mission which visited many polling ... [Published Associated Press of Pakistan - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan, Elections, Election Day, Islamabad

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 8 reports

Women Ruled Out From Iran's Presidential Race

Iran's constitutional watchdog, the Guardian Council, has ruled out women's candidacy in the June 14 presidential election.The semi-official Mehr news agency quoted Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, a clerical member of the unelected and unaccountable Guardian ... [Published RTTNews.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Iran, Guardians Council, Elections, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 20 reports

Bulgarian President to Convene New Parliament by End-May

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has announced that the country’s new Parliament will be convened by the end of May.Plevneliev told reporters on Friday that he is “seeking dialogue” with all parties in Parliament.“The nation needs us to act as quickly ... [Published Sofia News Agency - May 17 2013]

Entities: GERB, Volen Siderov, MOVEMENT FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, Rosen Plevneliev

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 21 reports

PPCRV suspends release of poll count

MANILA The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) has suspended the release of the results of the May 2013 elections being transmitted to the PPCRV-Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas transparency server.The PPCRV said it suspended ... [Published ABS-CBN News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Smartmatic, Elections, Nationalist Alliance, Transpiration

Quotes

"And whatever happened in the past elections will certainly be taken into consideration by these institutions on how situations can be improved in coming elections" she said. (SDR/Sunnex)

Palace to Comelec: Speed up release of teachers' honoraria [Published Sun Star Network - 10 mins ago]

FIS chair Doctor Mary Tilki said: "We believe the Constitutional Convention has the opportunity to redress a serious shortcoming in the provision for Irish citizens resident overseas to participate in the democratic process. The submission made by the Federation of Irish Societies sets out the case for change and puts forward the basis of an alternative approach."

British emigrant group calls on government to give Irish abroad the right to vote (IrishCentral) [Published Irish Central - 12 mins ago]

"We expect that opponents of disclosure will try to use the recent developments to allow the groups that are misusing the tax laws to hide donors to continue misusing them. But that's a battle that we will engage in" said Fred Wertheimer, founder and president of watchdog group Democracy 21

IRS probe ignored most influential groups [Published Cortez Journal - 12 mins ago]

...a historical unity conference at Goudini Spa in Worcester, which would see coloured leaders from across the country join in debate and discussion. "The outcome will determine whether a new political entity will emerge" Marais said

Fight for Cape heats up [Published South Africa Post - 14 mins ago]

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Palace to Comelec: Speed up release of teachers... [Published Sun Star Network - 10 mins ago]
Villar banking on 9 years in House, husband’s w... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - 10 mins ago]
Technical Market Report for May 18, 2013 [Published Safe Haven - 10 mins ago]
Mamata Didi gives marching orders to minister [Published rediff.com - 11 mins ago]
Arif Nizami urges politicians not to make polls... [Published Frontier Post - 12 mins ago]
British emigrant group calls on government to g... [Published Irish Central - 12 mins ago]
IRS probe ignored most influential groups [Published Cortez Journal - 12 mins ago]
Street Government, Ties with China Mark Venezue... [Published Prensa Latina - 14 mins ago]
Fight for Cape heats up [Published South Africa Post - 14 mins ago]
Mayor's first youth commission give ideas on wa... [Published al.com - 15 mins ago]
Germany's Merkel visits Pope, urges tougher mar... [Published The Oregon Herald - 15 mins ago]
Same speculation, different styles for Martin O... [Published Baltimore Sun - 16 mins ago]
No rifts in DS, party official says [Published B92 - 17 mins ago]
No redistribution of Halton Catholic school... [Published Inside Halton - 19 mins ago]
Of Benghazi, Iraq war, G.W. Bush and Obama: The... [Published This Day Online - 19 mins ago]
Crawley council leader Bob Lanzer - New legisla... [Published Crawley Observer - 20 mins ago]
Lebanon parliament term likely to be extended [Published Gulf News - 21 mins ago]
R. Andrew Chesnut: Death to Santa Muerte: The V... [Published Huffington Post - 22 mins ago]
MKO Hatching Plots to Create Tension in Iran's ... [Published Fars News Agency - 22 mins ago]
A devastated Timbuktu faces threats as it strai... [Published Seattle Times - 23 mins ago]
Talk of the Day -- Taiwan, Philippines duel for... [Published Taiwan News Online - 23 mins ago]
Dacic: Implementation plan next week [Published Tanjug - 25 mins ago]
For Islamabad Bishop, elections give Christians... [Published Herald Malaysia Online - 25 mins ago]
Iran to allow inspectors in after protocol sign... [Published Xinhua News Agency - 25 mins ago]
Standard and Poor's report: India may go down i... [Published Dunya News - 26 mins ago]
Butil still Central Luzon’s choice [Published Sun Star Network - 26 mins ago]

Blogs

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MICHAEL BARONE: Benghazi and IRS Targeting: Pol... [Published Instapundit - 1 hour ago] MICHAEL BARONE: Benghazi and IRS Targeting: Politics by Other Means. “What do the Benghazi cover-up and the IRS scandal have in common? They were both about winning elections, under false pretenses.” ...
Special Counsel Only Way to Clean Up IRS Rat's ... [Published RealClearPolitics - Homepage - 1 hour ago] Larry Kudlow, IBDWhen you get right down to it, the political targeting and stalling of tax-exempt applications by the IRS was an effort to defund the tea party. Rick Santelli, one of the tea party founders and my CNBC colleague, was the first to make ...
America’s first climate refugees: “It’s happeni... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - 1 hour ago] This story is part of a Guardian series on climate refugees. Read parts 1 , 2 , and 3 . DCRA / Alaska Department of CommerceOnce the snow melts, people make their way around Newtok on wooden boardwalks set down on the mud. But the melting permafrost ...
Mystic Hitchens Strikes Again! [Published Mail Online - Peter Hitchens - 2 hours ago] As we’re in ‘I told you so’ mode, once again... I Told You So. Two grand unpopular newspapers (The Times and the Daily Telegraph) today carry stories quoting an unnamed senior Tory as calling his or her own party’s activists ‘mad swivel-eyed loons’. ...
President is right to veto Martin Putna's profe... [Published The Reference Frame - 2 hours ago] What is the most intensely discussed event in the Czech news these days?Czech president Miloš Zeman decided to reject the recommendation of an academic council at the Charles University and not to name Dr Martin C. Putna as a full professor. The title ...

Audio/Video

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VIDEO: Need to Know: Iran's leadership [Published BBC News Video - World - 13 hours ago]
Rally Could Go To July [Published TheStreet.com - YouTube - May 16 2013]
VIDEO: Labour doing enough to win next election? [Published BBC News Video - Politics - May 16 2013]
City Council Loser's Hilarious, Foul Message To... [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - May 16 2013]
Is IRS missing a bigger tax exempt scandal? [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 15 2013]

Press Releases

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WORLDCOM’s Newly Elected Asia-Pacific Region Bo... [Published PR.com Press Releases - 6 hours ago]
Tekmira Announces Election of Directors [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - 15 hours ago]
Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust Announces Vot... [Published PR Newswire: Financial Services - 16 hours ago]
Birchcliff Energy Ltd. Announces Director Elect... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - 17 hours ago]
3K Again Calls on Calloway’s to Immediately Cal... [Published Business Wire - 19 hours ago]