Roland Burris hopes to be sworn in Tuesday as a member of the U.S. Senate. The Illinois Democrat was appointed by embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who's accused of trying to sell the seat to the highest bidder. Burris has not been accused of wrongdoing. Until last week, his political career was dormant.

Don't count ex-Dem Party boss Jose Rivera out just yet. He still has a small band of loyalists giving him juice on the political landscape.

South Korea's political impasse over contentious law bills -- including the ratification of a free trade deal with the US -- ended Tuesday in a compromise, politicians said.

A special political forum set up by Mauritania's military rulers to organise presidential elections on Monday proposed May 30 as the date for the vote, subject to the junta's approval.

Some of the elected Democratic political leaders from across Miami-Dade will headline a forum that focuses on the next steps for Miami-Dade residents, leading up to the historic inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.

Equating the Palestinian militant group Hamas with the LeT terrorists who attacked Mumbai, the White House has said both were engaged in 'despicable' acts in order to achieve their 'political objectives'.

Lagos — GOVERNORSHIP Candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in the 2007 Governorship Elections in Delta State, Comrade Emmanuel Igbini says he is dumbfounded to hear that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is ready to disburse 2008 grants to political parties, just few weeks, after the commission vowed to take necessary legal actions and sanctions against the political ...

A source says Meg Whitman has resigned all of her board seats in anticipation of a political bid.