Mexico's President Felipe Calderon defended his controversial and violent offensive against drug cartels, a war that has cost the country nearly 50,000 lives since he was elected in 2006.
President Barack Obama and three 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls are all contenders for the award.
Ginger White, the alleged former love interest of Herman Cain, used to think about grocery store shopping while having sex with the former Republican presidential candidate.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his United Russia Party's grip on Russian politics weakened after a State Duma (lower house of parliament) vote on Sunday.
With joblessness at 17 percent as of October, the country also faces a potential downgrade of its sovereign debt rating by credit agencies.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej greeted his subjects from the balcony of the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Monday as part of his 84th birthday celebration.
Russian voters have dealt Vladimir Putin's ruling party a heavy blow by slashing its parliamentary majority in an election that showed growing unease with his domination of the country as he prepares to reclaim the presidency.
What do Vladimir Putin, a real Don, and Herman Cain, a real Godfather Pizza Don, have in common? The connection is psychological, maybe even Dostoevskian. But it isn't about depression, unless it's ours, the voting public. It's about delusion.
Vladimir Putin's ruling party suffered a serious blow in a parliamentary election on Sunday, exit polls showed, as voters signalled growing unease with his domination of Russian politics before a planned return to the presidency next year.
The Republican brand, built on a rock-solid no new tax pledge to voters, is showing a few cracks as internal party divisions erupt in the face of rapidly escalating U.S. government debt.
India has put a plan to open its retail industry to foreign supermarkets on hold, a senior government source said Sunday, an embarrassing turnaround for a beleaguered government fighting to retain the support of key allies.
Thousands of Tunisian Islamists and secularists warred outside the interim parliament on Saturday, rallying against extremism as lawmakers draft a new constitution for Tunisia.
The head of an independent Russian election watchdog was detained for 12 hours at a Moscow airport Saturday as part of attempts to stop it monitoring Sunday's vote for a new parliament, the group's lawyer said.
Pakistani actress Veena Malik is in trouble after a nude picture of the actress appeared on the cover page of an Indian magazine.
U.S. President Barack Obama sought on Saturday to boost pressure on Republican lawmakers to back an extension of a tax cut for workers that he views as vital to help the fragile economy.
The government is fooling the country about the benefits of foreign supermarkets, opposition leader LK Advani said.
A 2009 report from the Office of Congressional Ethics said there was probable cause to believe Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois agreed to raise campaign money for Gov. Rod Blagojevich in exchange for a Senate seat.
HRW said the bloodiest incident happened on November 26, the final day of the election campaign.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has unveiled a campaign to help voters surmount restrictive state voting laws that have been enacted by Republican legislatures across the country.
Donald Ramotar of the ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP/C) will be the next Guyanese president, scoring the fifth straight such victory for the party.
The initial signs from Myanmar, following U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's meeting with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and with the president Thein Sein, a former junta member, indicate a step in right direction.
Egypt will hear the results of elections which Islamist parties look set to win Friday, and protesters have called a rally to remember 42 people killed in clashes with police last month.
