Indian Kashmir shut down for a day on Monday when separatists called a strike to protest against plans to hold elections in the disputed region and the killing of Muslims by police during pro-independence rallies.
Senate President Therese Murray is running unopposed in the primary and general elections, but still raked in more than $300,000 in campaign donations this year.
Washington state's last governor's race ended in controversy with three counts, a court challenge and an astonishingly close margin of victory for the current governor.
Concern over upcoming elections and widening tensions among Iraq's religious and ethnic groups appear behind the U.S. military's recommendation to put the brakes on withdrawing more American troops from Iraq despite improvements in security.
Two new candidates indicated Thursday they would join the race to replace Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda after his abrupt resignation this week, but a new poll suggests voters want their say in national elections.
Canada appeared to be edging closer to early elections with the minority government hoping a vote sooner rather than later will help Conservatives stay in power.
Canada's prime minister will likely schedule an election in October to try to shore up his minority government, a senior official in his office said Friday.
Iraq's parliament must pass a contentious elections law by mid-September in order to allow anticipated provincial polls to be held this year, the Electoral Commission said on Saturday.
Al Gore told Democrats Thursday night that the 2008 election is close because defenders of the status quo "are desperately afraid of the change Barack Obama represents." And the former vice president said he knows something about close elections.
Sen. Bob Casey's advice to Sen. Barack Obama: Keep talking about yourself. In past national elections, national Democratic candidates have focused too much on policy, when in reality voters wanted to know more about them, Casey, D-Pa., told The Associated Press.
