Lesotho holds tense election - Reuters
26 May 2012, 4:50 am
MASERU (Reuters) - Voters in the highland African kingdom of Lesotho went to the polls on Saturday in a wide-open election that analysts say could end without a clear result, as happened in 1998 when South Africa had to send in troops to quell ...

Troops seize Somali town; election set for August - Winnipeg Free Press
26 May 2012, 3:03 am
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- African Union and Somali troops seized a town on the outskirts of Mogadishu on Friday from Islamist militants after three days of fighting, marking the biggest victory over al-Shabab since the pro-government forces took control of the ...

Egypt's primary election results stun revolutionaries - Sacramento Bee
26 May 2012, 1:51 am
CAIRO – Egyptians who stood in Tahrir Square 15 months ago demanding a revolution spent Friday stunned and shattered as the first democratic election rejected their calls, instead producing a runoff between one candidate who wants an Islamic ...

For U.S., Egyptian election is simply 'flavors of bad' - Deseret News
25 May 2012, 11:42 pm
Even as the seeming chaos of Egypt's presidential election appears to calm — the future of American relations with the new democracy remains uncertain. WASHINGTON — The United States has been preparing for varying degrees of anti-Americanism ...

Strange election calendar spurs early voting in Texas - nola.com
25 May 2012, 10:38 pm
AUSTIN, Texas _ Chances are the majority of ballots _ and maybe even the die _ have already been cast in Tuesday's elections. For the first time in Texas primary history, experts believe, most voters went to the polls during the two-week early voting ...

Feisty Barrett goes after Walker in first of 2 debates before recall election in Wisconsin - Minneapolis Star Tribune
25 May 2012, 9:33 pm
MADISON, Wis. - Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, down in the polls to Gov. Scott Walker, aggressively went after Walker in a debate Friday and accused him of purposefully dividing the state and triggering the June 5 recall election.

Egypt's election Need Not Be So Confusing - Huffington Post
25 May 2012, 2:38 pm
We are starting to get some signals of the outcome of Egypt's historic presidential election, the first since the revolution... and many of the millions of Egyptians who bravely took to the streets last year to make it happen may be wondering whether they ...

Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Has Early Lead in Egypt Presidential election - New York Times
24 May 2012, 7:33 pm
As the polls closed after the second day of voting and officials began stacking the paper ballots in each of thousands of voting stations, at least three other contenders were still in the running. One was Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a more ...

Egypt election looks fairer than last: expert - YAHOO!
24 May 2012, 9:53 am
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's first open leadership contest looks better managed than an earlier parliamentary vote, making it harder to influence the outcome by hustling voters, stuffing ballots and other abuses, an election observer said on Thursday.

Egyptians Vote in First Free election for President - New York Times
23 May 2012, 2:41 pm
CAIRO — Egyptians went to the polls on Wednesday to choose their first freely elected president, hoping to recapture the promise of a popular uprising that defined the Arab Spring, end 15 chaotic months of military rule and perhaps shape the ...