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France's future hangs in balance in 2012: Sarkozy
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» France's future will hang in the balance in 2012, President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Saturday, four months before he faces a tough battle for re-election.
S. Korea passes revised budget for 2012
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» South Korea's parliament late Saturday passed a revised version of the government's 2012 budget, which now calls for 325.4 trillion won ($282.5 billion) in spending during an election year.
Romney on top of fluid Iowa race
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» Mitt Romney held a slim lead Sunday atop the field of Republican presidential hopefuls in Iowa, going into a two-day campaign blitz before the state casts the first votes of the US election season.
Denmark takes up EU presidency with little sway on crisis
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» Non-euro nation Denmark took over the European Union's rotating presidency Sunday, aspiring to ease the bloc's crisis but few expecting it to impact the power game dominated by the big players.
17 arrested at Malaysia student demo
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» Seventeen people were arrested in Malaysia on Sunday after police broke up a student gathering for greater academic freedom, in what the opposition and activists said was a campaign to stifle dissent.
With Romney in lead, Republicans blitz Iowa
AFP, Published on 02/01/2012
» Republican hopefuls blitzed Iowa Monday on the eve of the first contest in the 2012 White House race, with frontrunner Mitt Romney ripping President Barack Obama's handling of the US economy and world affairs.
Senegal star Youssou Ndour enters presidential race
AFP, Published on 03/01/2012
» World-renowned Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour has announced he is running for president in a bid to unseat incumbent Abdoulaye Wade whose plans for a third term have triggered unrest.
Egyptians vote in final phase of landmark polls
AFP, Published on 03/01/2012
» Egyptians are voting on Tuesday in the final round of a landmark post-revolution election that has propelled Islamist movements into the centre stage of politics.
Ma leads in Taiwan presidential race: polls
AFP, Published on 03/01/2012
» Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou enjoys a narrow lead over his opponents in his bid for re-election, poll results showed Tuesday, the last day surveys can be released ahead of the January 14 vote.
Sri Lanka elects cricket board uncontested
AFP, Published on 03/01/2012
» Sri Lanka's national cricket board was elected uncontested on Tuesday amid allegations that political pressure had forced favourites to withdraw from the first election in seven years.