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Maduro gets 8 days to announce re-election in crisis ridden Venezuela
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Jan 26 (ANI): The European Union on Saturday warned beleaguered President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela to call for re-elections within a span of eight days or otherwise, opposition candidate Juan Guaido, who announced himself as an Interim President on January 23, would be rec
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'Will not testify against the President': Roger Stone
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Florida [USA], Jan 26 (ANI): US President Donald Trump's long-time informal advisor, Roger Stone, has refused to testify against the President, after being indicted in the Robert Mueller probe related to the 2016 Presidential elections.
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Court announces Felix Tshisekedi as the new President of Congo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 20 (ANI): A Constitutional Court here on Sunday declared Felix Tshisekedi, leader of the main opposition party, as the newly elected President of the country, rejecting claims of rigging and fraud by runner-up candidate Martin Fayulu, who declared himself to be the c
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Cohen 'lying to reduce his jail time', says Trump
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [USA], Jan 18(ANI): President Donald Trump on Friday said that his former attorney Michael Cohen, who has already been sentenced to three years in prison by a New York federal judge over charges of tax evasion and campaign-finance violations, is lying in Buzzfeed's reports over Mo
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Algeria to hold Presidential polls on April 18
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], Jan 18 (ANI): Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Friday announced that the North African country would go for Presidential elections on April 18, this year, however, without clearing whether the incumbent President will stand for the fifth consecutive term or n
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Hindu Congresswoman who gifted Bhagavad Gita to PM Modi enters US presiden
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Jan 12(ANI): Tulsi Gabbard, the first ever Hindu American woman elected to the US Congress, has entered the race for the 2020 presidential elections.
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US troops deployed in Gabon amid fears of violence in Congo
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Libreville [Gabon], Jan 5(ANI): The United States has started deploying troops in Gabon amid escalating tension over violence and protests as the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is scheduled to announce the results of the Pres
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Mitt Romney publicly castigates Trump
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 2 (ANI): Senior Republican Mitt Romney strongly criticised US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time), mentioning that Trump failed to rise to the "mantle of the office".
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Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to contest US Presidential elections
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], Jan 1 (ANI): Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday announced her intent to run for the post of President in the 2020 elections.
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Congolese President confirms elections to take place on Dec 30
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Dec 28 (ANI): Amid rising protests against government's decision of postponing presidential elections slated to be held on December 30, President Joseph Kabila has confirmed that the voting will take place on its scheduled time.
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Congo: Protests held over delay in presidential elections
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Goma [DR Congo], Dec 28 (ANI): A massive agitation took place between the anti-riot police and protesters in the three cities of Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday where presidential elections, scheduled on the year-end, were postponed further.
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Afghan peace: Khalilzad hopes for peace deal with Taliban before April '19
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul (Afghanistan) November 19 (ANI):The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has expressed hope that a truce would be reached with Taliban before Afghanistan's presidential elections due next year in April.
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