Mourning Venezuelans parade Chavez's coffin, prepare for vote Mar 7th, 2013 - 03:40h (CET +01.00) CARACAS (Reuters) - Sobbing and shouting, a sea of Hugo Chavez's supporters paraded his coffin through the streets of Caracas on Wednesday in an emotional outpouring that could help his deputy win an election to keep his socialist revolution ali... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : mourning, venezuelans, parade, chavez's, coffin, prepare, vote, Top Keywords

Rome exhibition takes aim at the Church as papal vote looms Mar 6th, 2013 - 00:30h (CET +01.00) ROME (Reuters) - As cardinals flock to Rome to choose the next pope, two artists have taken the opportunity to stage an exhibition taking aim at the wealth of the Roman Catholic Church and the sex abuse scandals that plagued Pope Benedict. Held in an... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : rome, exhibition, takes, church, papal, vote, looms, Top Keywords

Kenyatta takes early lead as Kenya counts votes Mar 5th, 2013 - 03:20h (CET +01.00) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Uhuru Kenyatta opened an early lead as Kenya continued the count on Tuesday in a presidential election that brought out millions of voters despite pockets of violence that killed at least 15 people. Kenyans, who waited patiently i... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : kenyatta, takes, early, lead, kenya, counts, votes, Top Keywords

Four policemen butchered as Kenyans queue in tense vote Mar 4th, 2013 - 09:00h (CET +01.00) NAIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyans stood patiently in long lines on Monday to elect a new president but machete-wielding youths on the coast killed four policemen, casting a shadow over a vote seen as vital to repairing Kenya's image aft... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : policemen, butchered, kenyans, queue, tense, vote, votes, Top Keywords

Swiss vote on bosses' pay could hit offshore firms Mar 2nd, 2013 - 13:30h (CET +01.00) BERLIN (AP) - Foreign executives who moved their company headquarters to Switzerland to get better tax deals for their firms may find themselves paying the price for it this weekend. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : swiss, vote, bosses', could, offshore, firms, votes, Top Keywords

Conservatives humbled in vote as anti-EU party surges Mar 1st, 2013 - 13:30h (CET +01.00) EASTLEIGH (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's ruling Conservative party was humiliated in an election in England on Friday after it was defeated by a scandal-ridden coalition partner and pushed into third place by an anti-EU party. Camero... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : conservatives, humbled, vote, antieu, party, surges, votes, Top Keywords

Clegg pressured in Eastleigh vote, UKIP surges Feb 28th, 2013 - 22:30h (CET +01.00) EASTLEIGH, England (Reuters) - Residents of an English town that hardly anyone outside Britain has heard of cast their votes on Thursday in an election that could help determine the political fate of the country's deputy prime minister and, ulti... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : clegg, pressured, eastleigh, vote, ukip, surges, votes, Top Keywords

Italy vote hits world stocks; Bernanke lifts Wall Street Feb 26th, 2013 - 23:40h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks jumped on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured investors about the continuation of stimulus measures, bucking a downward trend in global equities and oil prices on the uncertainty created by I... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : italy, vote, hits, world, stocks, bernanke, lifts, wall, street, Top Keywords

Italy vote hits world markets, euro; U.S. stocks up Feb 26th, 2013 - 21:30h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks jumped on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured investors about the continuation of stimulus measures, bucking a downward trend in global equities and the euro on the uncertainty created by Ita... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : italy, vote, hits, world, markets, euro, stocks, wall, street, Top Keywords

Egypt's main opposition coalition to boycott vote Feb 26th, 2013 - 18:10h (CET +01.00) CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's main opposition coalition said Tuesday it will boycott upcoming parliamentary elections, a decision likely to deepen the nation's political crisis and worsen an already troubled economy. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : egypt's, main, opposition, coalition, boycott, vote, stocks, wall, street, Top Keywords