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Exit polls: No clear winner in Bulgarian vote

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 12th

By VESELIN TOSHKOVAssociated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Bulgaria's center-right party and its main challenger, the Socialists, finished first and second in Sunday's parliamentary election, with neither one winning a majority needed to form a government, two exit polls indicated. If that

Exit polls: No clear winner in Bulgarian vote

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 12th

Pro-Berlusconi rally in Italy draws cheers, jeers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 11th

By FRANCES D'EMILIOAssociated Press ROME (AP) - Thousands of supporters of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi rallied in a northern Italian city Saturday to protest the media mogul's recent conviction by a Milan appeals court for tax fraud, cheering their hero as police in riot gear separated

Pro-Berlusconi rally in Italy draws cheers, jeers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 11th

Prominent youth activist detained in Egypt

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 10th

By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's prosecutor general on Friday ordered a prominent youth leader detained for four days pending an investigation into accusations he incited anti-government violence, a security official said, in the latest case of a pro-democracy activist

Jailed protesters cast shadow on anti-Putin rally

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By MAX SEDDONAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - About 20,000 protesters thronged Bolotnaya Square across from the Kremlin on Monday, a year after a protest at the same spot turned violent on the eve of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration. Monday's turnout - far less than the 100,000 or more

Trinidad PM says Jack Warner quits Cabinet post

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

By TONY FRASERAssociated Press PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Ex-world soccer powerbroker Jack Warner resigned as national security minister of Trinidad & Tobago some 48 hours after a regional soccer group's ethics panel accused him and another top former official of enriching themselves

Muzzle on dissent in Gulf faces backlash in Kuwait

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

By BRIAN MURPHY and HUSSAIN AL-QATARIAssociated Press KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Outside a palm-shaded villa in suburban Kuwait City, government security forces are taunted and defied each night by supporters of a former lawmaker ordered to prison for insulting the emir of this tiny nation. It's a

Maduro certified as election winner amid protests

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 15th

By FRANK BAJAK and VIVIAN SEQUERAAssociated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's government-friendly electoral council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of Hugo Chavez' hand-picked successor Monday, apparently ignoring opposition demands for a recount as anti-

Maduro certified as election winner amid protests

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 15th