Penalosa bid to unseat Colombia's Santos faces hurdles

Green candidate Enrique Penalosa would defeat President Juan Manuel Santos in a second round by...

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Turkey's Erdogan has launch-pad for new term in office

Local elections took place yesterday in the highly polarised atmosphere, in which they were...

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Women played a prominent role in last summer's violently repressed protests against the...

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On May 18, the main website of Russia's Islamist militants announced that the leader of Chechen...

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The concept of an independent Kurdish state has resurfaced in recent years as a result of shifts...

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The Electoral Tribunal yesterday recognised Vice-President and former guerrilla leader Salvador...

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Major elections will dominate the political landscape in Egypt, Iraq and Algeria, while two of...

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A bill to be passed next month will considerably increase the powers of the country's National...

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The 20th anniversary of the uprising led by the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) in...

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The UN Security Council passed a resolution on humanitarian issues in Syria on February 22. The...

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