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Interim leader Roza Otunbayeva is inaugurated as president of troubled Kyrgyzstan, weeks after hundreds died during ethnic violence, state media reports.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s candidate for president won in a third-round ballot after rebels in her coalition twice failed to give her the absolute majority she needed.

German President Horst Koehler said on Monday he was resigning with immediate effect due to widespread criticism of comments he made about the country's military action and commercial interests.

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President Hugo Chavez is tops on Twitter in Venezuela less than 2 weeks after launching his account, surpassing Internet-savvy foes who dominate the social networking site and use it to oppose him.

Nigeria swore in a new president Thursday morning, former Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, hours after the death Wednesday night of Umaru Yar’Adua.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua died late on Wednesday aged 58 after a long battle with kidney and heart ailments, paving the way for Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to be sworn as leader of Africa's most populous nation.

Polish opposition party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Monday he will run in summer elections to replace his twin brother, the incumbent president who was killed in a plane crash.

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir won the country's controversial but historic presidential election with roughly two-thirds of the vote ...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right bloc suffered a comprehensive defeat in Sunday's local elections, but managed to cling on to power in one mainland region to avoid a whitewash, exit polls said.

After meeting with French President Sarkozy, U.K. Prime Minister Brown said he is "confident" the U.K. will reach agreement in the coming days with its European partners on the new EU hedge fund rules.