Iran candidate list for presidential race May 21st, 2013 - 21:10h (CET +01.00) The eight candidates approved Tuesday for Iran's June 14 presidential election to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run again because of term limits. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : iran, candidate, list, presidential, race, Top Keywords

Iran hard-liners urge election ban on 2 candidates May 15th, 2013 - 10:30h (CET +01.00) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two contenders - a moderate former president and a protege of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - from running in next month's presidential election. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : iran, hardliners, urge, election, candidates, Top Keywords

Leading candidates in Iran's presidential race May 12th, 2013 - 20:40h (CET +01.00) The following are potential front-runners in Iran's June 14 presidential election to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The list of candidates will be announced next week after vetting by Iran's ruling clerics: (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : leading, candidates, iran's, presidential, race, Top Keywords

Suicide attack on candidate kills 12 in Pakistan May 7th, 2013 - 11:40h (CET +01.00) PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated his explosives near a vehicle carrying a candidate from a hard-line Islamist party in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 12 people in the second attack on the party in as many... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : suicide, attack, candidate, kills, pakistan, Top Keywords

Bomb targeting candidate kills 5 in Pakistan May 7th, 2013 - 10:50h (CET +01.00) PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Police say a bomb targeting a candidate from an Islamist party in northwest Pakistan has killed five people and wounded over 30. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : bomb, targeting, candidate, kills, pakistan, Top Keywords

Taliban gunmen kill Pakistani election candidate Apr 11th, 2013 - 17:20h (CET +01.00) KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Taliban assailants on a motorcycle gunned down a candidate running in Pakistan's upcoming elections on Thursday, an official and a Taliban spokesman said, underscoring threats to the country's former ruling party an... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : taliban, gunmen, kill, pakistani, election, candidate, Top Keywords

Candidates in Pakistan vote face oddball questions Apr 5th, 2013 - 19:00h (CET +01.00) ISLAMABAD (AP) - Aslam Khan Khattak passed his first - and perhaps most curious - test this week in his quest to become a member of Pakistan's parliament: He correctly named the first person to walk on the moon. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : candidates, pakistan, vote, face, oddball, questions, Top Keywords

Ex-Oregon governor candidate charged in Facebook IPO fraud Mar 19th, 2013 - 19:20h (CET +01.00) By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Oregon gubernatorial candidate was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged role in defrauding investors who had hoped to buy shares of Facebook Inc before its initial public offering in May 2012, federal a... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : exoregon, governor, candidate, charged, facebook, fraud, Top Keywords

Rodman backs black papal candidate in PR stunt Mar 13th, 2013 - 15:40h (CET +01.00) ROME (AP) - After raising eyebrows by going to North Korea, former U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman is continuing his bizarre global tour by visiting Rome - purportedly to help Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson become the first black pope. (Source: A... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : rodman, backs, black, papal, candidate, stunt, Top Keywords

Left-wing candidate concedes Cyprus election Feb 24th, 2013 - 18:30h (CET +01.00) NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - The left-wing candidate in Cyprus' presidential election runoff, Stavros Malas, has conceded defeat. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : leftwing, candidate, concedes, cyprus, election, stunt, Top Keywords