Iran president denounces aide's disqualification from election
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to ask Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to intervene. Ex-President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, also disqualified, won't appeal. TEHRAN — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday denounced as unjust the supervisory electoral body's disqualification of his top aide from next month's presidential poll and said he plans to appeal to the nation's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Ousted Premier Seeks Return to Power in Caymans
A former Cayman Islands premier who faces 11 criminal charges is heading into elections with a chance of returning to leadership of the British Overseas Territory.
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'Tremendous Victory' in Growing Rebuke of Citizens United
The people have spoken and they overwhelmingly want Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. In city-wide elections Tuesday, an astounding 76.6 percent of Los Angeles voters " emphatically endorsed " the growing national call for a constitutional amendment, declaring “Only People Are People.”
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe signs new constitution
New constitution, which clips powers of president and sets term-limits, paves way for crucial elections this year.
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Iran's Ahmadinejad to challenge ally's ban from election
DUBAI - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would ask Iran's supreme leader to reverse a ban preventing his aide from running in next month's presidential poll, a test of stability after the violent trauma of the 2009 vote.
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