The Democratic primary contest may have placed them on opposing sides, but presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton have more in common than their voter party registration cards.

During today’s rally, Armenia’s Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan congratulated his supporters on conduction of a fair presidential election.

Republican candidates in the U.S. presidential race debated economic policy and the war in Iraq during a televised debate late Thursday in the southern state of Florida. VOA's Brian Wagner reports the candidates are striving for a lead ahead of the state's primary Tuesday.

In an editorial published in the February issue of the Journal of Dental Research, Derek Jones, Professor Emeritus of Biomaterials, Dalhousie University and Chair of the International Standards Organization’s Technical Committee on Dentistry, denounces new Norwegian regulations governing the use of mercury that will adversely affect the use of dental amalgam not only in Norway, but also in other countries around the world that are contemplating taking similar action.

This election season, we’re finding out that some choices are indeed tougher than others. Say you’re a die-hard Kucinich supporter or a Republican but now find yourself for practical reasons having to choose between Hillary and Obama.

Following the inauguration of President Mikheil Saakashvili to a second term on January 20, RFE/RL's Georgian Service Director David Kakabadze spoke to Matthew Bryza, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, in Tbilisi about the disputed presidential election, continuing opposition protests, and what he expects to see in Georgia in the coming months.

Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has vowed to win this year’s general elections despite alleged wrangling among its rank and file. The party said President John Kufuor’s leadership qualities and the level of development projects undertaken by the government would serve as a good track record on which to win the December elections.

The battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the mantle of America's Democratic presidential candidate has moved into the pews of important black churches.

Serbia is heading to a presidential runoff election after nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic narrowly won Sunday's first round ahead of pro-Western incumbent Boris Tadic.

Balkan-watchers are looking to Serbia's presidential elections on Sunday as a sign of the country's future alignment. Will it embrace EU integration, as favored by incumbent Boris Tadic? Or will it withdraw from the West and strike a Slavic partnership with Moscow, as Radical Party candidate Tomislav Nikolic has suggested?

Senator John McCain of Arizona is the projected winner of the Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire, while the Democratic race between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton remains too close to call. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from Bedford, New Hampshire.

Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani plans to propose reducing corporate tax rates and cutting other individual taxes that his campaign said on Friday put a crimp on Americans' wallets.