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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko quipped that it is better to be a dictator than gay – an apparent swipe at Germany’s openly homosexual foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle.

Russian police released hundreds of protestors and activists who were detained during anti-Putin rallies in Moscow on Monday, including opposition leaders Alexei Navalny and Sergei Udaltsov.

Oklahoma Republican primary will be held on Super Tuesday, March 6 along with nine other states. The state has 43 delegates to offer to the Republican National Convention.

Myanmar will begin a managed float of its currency in the fiscal year starting in April and wants to develop an interbank money market to end a black-market currency system that critics say deters investment and abets kleptocracy.

Republicans in Idaho, North Dakota and Alaska will head to their caucus stations on Super Tuesday, March 6, to choose the states' Republican nominee to fight Barack Obama in the November presidential elections.

Georgia Republican voters will elect their presidential nominee on Super Tuesday, March 6 along with nine other states. The state has 76 delegates to offer - the largest booty in the March 6, GOP primary contest. Unofficial results and live updates of the Ohio GOP presidential primary can be found here.

Virginia Republicans elect their nominee to fight President Obama in November elections Super Tuesday, March 6 along with nine other states. Virginia voters can look up their voter registration status and Unofficial results here.

Ohio Republican voters will elect their presidential nominee on Super Tuesday, March 6 along with nine other states. The state has 66 delegates to offer in its GOP primary contest. Find how to get Unofficial results and live updates of the Ohio GOP presidential primary here.

Republican voters in Tennessee will elect their presidential nominee on Super Tuesday, March 6 along with nine other states. The state has 58 delegates to offer in its GOP primary contest. Unofficial results of the Tennessee GOP presidential primary can be found below.

Congress party is trailing in fourth place at the time of filing this article, as counting of votes got underway in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, a stunning blow to Rahul Gandhi who had staked his political future on reviving his party's fortunes in the state.

Hundreds of protesters including opposition leader Alexei Navalny detained by Russian riot police as Vladimir Putin takes up presidency again.

The conservative radio host has made dozens of statements indicating that his misogynistic comments about the college student were in fact personal attacks.

Prominent Russian opposition figures were arrested amid protests Monday night in Moscow against the election of Vladimir Putin as president. Many observers claim the vote was tainted by fraud.

Thousands of protesters gathered in Moscow and other Russian cities to denounce what they considered an unfair electoral victory Sunday by Vladimir Putin, who will return to his country's presidency in May.

The man who will soon cede the Russian presidency to his mentor has been promised the prime minister's job once the next Putin government is formed. But will the proposed swap happen once the new president is inaugurated in May?

An Atlanta man has built a gun rack for his Chevy Volt in response to Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich’s assertion that “you can’t put a gun rack in a Volt.” John McDole built his Volt gun rack in about half an hour and displayed it in a Youtube video to demonstrate the versatility of the Volt.

Vladimir Putin, now prime minister, claimed a resounding victory with 64 percent of the vote in Russia's presidential election Sunday. He'll return to a third term as president, but opponents, citing alleged evidence of fraud, denounced the vote as illegitimate and vowed to continue their protests.

The former Yukos chief's lawyer says news that outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has told prosecutors to review the conviction may be simply a formal decision, not meaning anything, or it may be a signal from above that they have decided to close the Khodorkovsky and [Platon] Lebedev cases.

The Union budget has always provided major policy direction which has been anxiously awaited by the common man and the industry. But over the years, the tax system has become more crystallised and yet expectations have not ceased. Check out expectations of Budget 2012-13.

The Republican presidential race is entering a decisive phase on Tuesday with 10 states holding their primaries or caucuses on the day. The topsy-turvy GOP race so far couldn't zero in a candidate to fight President Obama in the November elections.Though traditionally Super Tuesday is considered as the defining day for the presidential primaries, neck and neck competition between the GOP presidential candidates this year apparently will push the battle beyond the D-day.

Vladimir Putin triumphed in Russia's presidential election on Sunday and, tears rolling down his cheeks, called his victory a turning point that had prevented the country falling into the hands of enemies.