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The European Union has battled long and hard for this moment: the imminent choice of its first president.
Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have canceled February appearances in Los Angeles and New York because a promoter wrongly billed the events as debates.
A third woman has filed a paternity claim against Paraguay's Roman Catholic bishop-turned- president, her lawyer confirmed Thursday.
Croatians will vote on Dec. 27 to elect a new president.
In an Oct. 20 story about President Barack Obama awarding an Army squadron the military's highest unit honor for its Vietnam War rescue of fellow soldiers, The Associated Press misidentified the unit. It was Troop A, 1st Squadron of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, not the 11th Armored Combat Regiment.
Ukraine's youngest leading presidential hopeful says he flies economy class, vows not to take advice from either Moscow or Washington and promises to fight corruption with "a truncheon in my hands."
Authorities say a Missouri inmate is facing a federal charge of threatening to kill President Barack Obama after writing a threatening letter from prison.
An internal Navy document shows new plans to replace the president's fleet of helicopters will cost taxpayers more and take years longer to deliver than a recently scrapped contract, a New York Democrat said Wednesday.
The small southwestern Georgia town of Plains has two famous exports: peanuts and peanut farmer-turned-president Jimmy Carter.
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was inaugurated for his second term Sunday after winning an election that the opposition has dismissed as fraudulent.
Security forces in Niger on Tuesday arrested the country's main opposition leader, hours after he called for a general strike and accused the president of carrying out the equivalent of a coup by unilaterally dissolving the nation's top court.
President Obama launched his campaign from Abraham Lincoln's hometown, used his Bible to be sworn in and quotes Lincoln at the drop of a stovepipe hat.
The president of Niger issued a decree on Tuesday dissolving the West African country's parliament after he lost a court battle to change the constitution so he could run for a third term in office.
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, who last month admitted fathering a son conceived while he was still a bishop, says celibacy vows taken by Roman Catholic clerics are "imperfect."
German President Horst Koehler won a second five-year term Saturday, a victory that gave a symbolic boost to Chancellor Angela Merkel's hopes of forming a center-right government after a national election this September.
In an April 20 story about paternity claims against Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a 6-year-old boy he allegedly fathered. He is named Lucas Fernando, not Fernando Lucas.
A moderate conservative who led Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that he will become the latest challenger to incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the Iranian presidency in June.
President Fernando Lugo asked for forgiveness Friday for a paternity scandal in which three women claim the former Roman Catholic bishop fathered their children.
President Barack Obama has confessed to European students that there are some personal frustrations that come with being president.
Polling that ended too early and other technical shortcomings — rather than undetected racial bias — are the likeliest reasons so many surveys incorrectly suggested Barack Obama would defeat Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 New Hampshire presidential primary, a report concluded Monday.
President Barack Obama has declared North Dakota a federal disaster area because of statewide flooding.
As former President George W. Bush works on his memoir, his detractors are doubting the candor of an unpopular leader famous for giving himself the highest of approval ratings.
The battered reformist movement was energized with hopes of a political comeback Monday after their most powerful advocate, Mohammad Khatami, entered the race for president, a match up one liberal Web site predicted would be "an Armageddon between reformists and hardliners."
Former presidents would face limits in their ability to block the release of sensitive records of their time in the White House, under an executive order issued by President Barack Obama.
Not even a former president is immune from thieves.
Palin says presidency 'not on my radar screen'The former vice presidential candidate tells TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey that she doesn't have her sights set on the 2012 presidency and cracks on Levi Johnston's "porn" career.
Palin's book triggers a boomlet of other novelsThe former GOP vice presidential candidate may fashion herself as a go-it-alone maverick, but her book is producing a crowd.
Palin's book triggers a boomlet of other novelsThe former GOP vice presidential candidate may fashion herself as a go-it-alone maverick, but her book is producing a crowd.
In Iowa, Second Thoughts on Obama NY Times goes to Iowa, the source of the Obama juggernaut, to check on the President's popularity. And finds a lot of second thoughts.
Barack and Michelle: A more perfect union?It started with the fist bump seen 'round the world. Soon there were stories of rousing family Scrabble battles and date nights.
Note to Republican Coup Planners - "It ain't Going to be Bloodless - You're Going to Hang"The radical reichists continue to flip out over their rejection by the electorate in 2008. They now imagine a "bloodless" coup by the U.S. military to correct the mistake made by the voters last year. Excerpt follows:
Santorum ask for prayers to help decide if he should do a 2012 Presidential run...Rick Santorum asked a room full of prominent and powerful Catholic Church members to pray to God for an answer to the question of whether he should run for the President.
I certainly expected some policy disagreements after President Obama's inauguration, but I didn't expect this: complete and utter hysteria over absolutely everything having to do with the President; argument for the sake of inciting fear and hatred; lies and nonsense intended to …
French agent kills captors, escapes in SomaliaA French security agent kidnapped by insurgents in Somalia has escaped, reportedly by killing three of his captors, Somali officials said Wednesday.
Karzai, rival both claim victory in Afghan voteCampaign teams for President Hamid Karzai and top challenger Abdullah Abdullah each positioned themselves Friday as the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election.
U.N. staff hurt in deadly Kabul suicide attackAt least three civilians were killed Tuesday when a suicide car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Kabul, officials said. Three U.N. staff were among the wounded.
Karzai offers jobs to Afghan presidential rivalsAfghanistan's president said he'll win the presidential election and will offer positions to his top two challengers. Afghans vote next Thursday in their second-ever direct presidential election.
I'm voting for John Galt/Mack the Turtle in 2012!red,blue, red, blue, bla,h blah, blah! I don't care what party you are in - if you refuse to represent us, we just won't vote for you again. Plain and simple!
France's Sarkozy faints while joggingFrance's health minister says French President Nicolas Sarkozy fainted while jogging Sunday at a presidential residence outside the capital and was hospitalized for medical tests.
Report: Palin's PAC raises more than $730,000A report says Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's political action committee raised nearly $733,000 in its first five months.
Night of BBQ, fireworks on tap at White HousePresident Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama invited nearly 1,200 military families to the evening festivities at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Jeb Bush for PresidentA robot call asking, 'Who would you vote for in the 2012 Presidential primary?' -- offering choices of Huckabee, Palin, Gingrich, Jindal, and JEB BUSH."
Barack and Michelle: A more perfect union?It started with the fist bump seen 'round the world. Soon there were stories of rousing family Scrabble battles and date nights.
France gets its Obama momentPeople gawked and cameras clicked as the Obamas cut a wide figure through the French capital even while confined to a presidential motorcade.
Supreme Party Leader Limbaugh has determined that this Sonia Sotomayor might well be an acceptable Supreme Court candidate after all. He believes this since discovering that she is a Catholic.
Palin takes low-key return to the road - Yahoo! NewsSarah Palin continues her tour to become President in 2012
France gets its Obama momentPeople gawked and cameras clicked as the Obamas cut a wide figure through the French capital even while confined to a presidential motorcade.
Michelle Obama, daughters visit Eiffel TowerThe first lady, 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha spent about 45 minutes at the Parisian icon as President Barack Obama was arriving in France. It was the girls' first excursion abroad as daughters of an American president.
Elizabeth Edwards to open furniture storeThe wife of former presidential candidate and senator John Edwards has leased space in downtown Chapel Hill for her future furniture store, Red Window, which is planning to open its doors in October.
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