Sydney Morning Herald Anwar gets bail to fight election for wife's seat | MALAYSIA'S de facto Opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, has pleaded not guilty to sodomy charges and been released on bail 19 days before the by-election that is expected to return him to Parliament. ... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin)
International Herald Tribune Philip Bowring: A hobbled election in Hong Kong | : This territory is in the throes of an election campaign for its law-making Legislative Council, set for Sept. 7. But an electoral void already tells more about the current and future structure of ... (photo: (AP Photo / Kin Cheung))
Longview News Journal Merits to high gas prices | WACO, Texas — About this time eight years ago, Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore warned that dipping into the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a way to lower gasoline and heatin... (photo: AP Photo / Hasan Jamali) EconomyEnergyFuelsMarketsPhotos
International Herald Tribune Mauritania junta promises free elections "soon" | : A day after overthrowing the government in a coup, Mauritania's new military junta announced Thursday it plans to hold free and transparent elections "as soon as possible." | The junta leaders did... (photo: AP /Schalk van Zuydam) AfricaElectionsJuntaMauritaniaPhotos
BBC News Morales calls for Bolivian unity | Bolivian President Evo Morales has called for unity as tension rises ahead of Sunday's vote on whether he and state governors should stay in office. | Speaking on Boliv... (photo: AP / Dado Galdieri) BoliviaElectionsPhotosPoliticsSociety
Independent online SA wins toss and elect to bat | South Africa captain Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to bat in the fourth and final Test against England at the Oval on Thursday. | South Africa fielded the same ... (photo: AP / ) CricketEnglandPhotosSouth AfricaSports
