British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has repeated his call for the results of Zimbabwe's elections to be published without further delay. Mr. Brown also said he is in contact with African leaders on the issue.

The opposition candidate in Taiwan has easily won the island's presidential election while voters overwhelmingly rejected two referendums on Taiwan joining the United Nations.

Opposition candidate Ma Ying-Jeou surged to victory in Taiwan's presidential election today with an unassailable lead in the vote count, TV stations reported.

Taiwan's ruling party is hoping to win a huge upset in presidential elections on Saturday just weeks after the opposition candidate seemed poised to easily win.

Taiwan's 17 million voters are expected go to the polls Saturday to elect a new president. The issue of a Chinese crackdown on rioters in Tibet may alter the outcome of an increasingly close election.

A number of foreign leaders have sent messages of congratulation to the Chinese leaders newly elected at the ongoing First Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) and the First Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) concluded Friday.

China's legislature, the National People's Congress, has re-elected Hu Jintao as president of the country, for a second five-year term.

Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed until March 25 - the 16th delay since September.

Hundreds of pro-Kremlin youth demonstrated outside the U.S. Embassy in Moscow Monday, following the convincing victory of Dmitri Medvedev in Sunday's presidential election.

Russians go to the polls today to elect Russia's third president. Most of people are expected to vote for Putin's protege Dmitry Medvedev, which will allow Putin to retain power afterwards, when he probably takes the office of Russia's prime minister.

The rules and procedures of Sunday's Russia's presidential election are widely considered to favor candidate Dmitri Medvedev, President Vladimir Putin's designated choice to succeed him. VOA Moscow correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports the Kremlin has framed the Medvedev candidacy in terms of stability.

International structures have responded to the ongoing events in the Armenian capital Yerevan today, strongly condemning the use of force by Armenian authorities.