Ivory Coast polls see low voter turnout

Ivory Coast polls see low voter turnout


Ivory Coast polls see low voter turnout

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:41 PM PST

The country's first legislative elections in a decade pass without incident, but are overshadowed by opposition boycott.


Israel moves to curb African migrants

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 10:59 AM PST

Cabinet approves $167 million plan to stem flow through its porous border with Egypt.


North Korea warns South over Christmas lights

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:07 PM PST

Pyongyang calls Seoul's plans to light three Christmas trees along the contested border "psychological warfare".


North Korea warns South over Christmas lights

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:07 PM PST

Pyongyang calls Seoul's plans to light three Christmas trees along the contested border "psychological warfare".


Villepin to stand for president

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:27 PM PST

French former prime minister and conservative politician Dominique de Villepin announces he will stand for president in the 2012 election.


Two men charged over Lewis death

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST

Police charge a second man over the death of 16-year-old Liam Aitchison on the Isle of Lewis.


Israel blames Palestinians for spurning peace talks

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:24 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel blamed the Palestinians Sunday for rejecting a call to hold face-to-face peace talks when representatives of Middle East power brokers visit the region later this week.


Congo opposition plans protest over election results

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 11:49 AM PST

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition will call for peaceful demonstrations across the country early next week to protest against Joseph Kabila's disputed election victory, a situation France's foreign minister Alain Juppe described Sunday as explosive.


Egypt liberal calls for shift in tactics

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 11:43 AM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian liberals trailing Islamists in a parliamentary election must close ranks and tone down their anti-Islamist fears if they are to succeed, one of the country's most influential liberals said Sunday.


Georgian business tycoon launches opposition movement

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 11:16 AM PST

TBILISI (Reuters) - Several thousand people gathered in the Georgian capital Tbilisi Sunday to attend the first public meeting of a new movement led by billionaire and aspiring opposition politician Bidzina Ivanishvili.


Amy Winehouse tops UK album chart

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 11:00 AM PST

Amy Winehouse's posthumous album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, tops the UK album chart in its first week of release.


Bayrou closes on 3rd place in French 2012 race: poll

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 11:08 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - French presidential candidate Francois Bayrou has almost doubled his support since saying Wednesday he would run for office, a poll showed on Sunday, marking him out as a key figure both left and right will seek to woo in next year's election.


A Wanderer, the Singer Dion Returns to the Bronx

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 08:17 PM PST

Dion DiMucci, who has been collaborating on a play called "The Wanderer" about his life and music, returned to his old Bronx neighborhood with the play's director.


Ivory Coast Voting Ends Peacefully

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 10:51 AM PST

Voting closed in Ivory Coast in the first elections since last year's presidential poll that ended in violence and the deaths of at least 3,000 people. Reports suggested the parliamentary vote was generally peaceful, but an opposition boycott reduced turnout.


X Factor hopefuls set for final

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 07:41 AM PST

X Factor finalists Marcus Collins and Little Mix are set to go head to head in the final of the reality singing competition later.


Sunderland 2-1 Blackburn

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 09:31 AM PST

Sebastian Larsson's late strike earns a dramatic victory for Sunderland against Blackburn in Martin O'Neill's first game in charge.


German police arrest suspect in neo-Nazi cell probe

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 10:44 AM PST

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police arrested a man Sunday they suspect of assisting in six murders and one attempted murder committed by a neo-Nazi cell uncovered last month, a case that has renewed debate about banning a far-right party.


Medvedev Facebook post draws ire

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST

Russian Facebook users pour scorn on a promise by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to investigate reports of widespread electoral fraud.


Stoke 2-1 Tottenham

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 09:56 AM PST

Tottenham's 11-match unbeaten league run ends as Matthew Etherington scores twice against his old club to hand Stoke a third straight league win.


Big business deeply troubled by Cameron's veto

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 09:24 AM PST

UK business troubled by the PM's euro move, says Robert Peston


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