CAIRO — Egyptians continued to line up outside polling stations in high numbers Thursday, in the second day of voting in the country’s landmark presidential election. Across Egypt voters cast their ballots with a mix of joy and anxiety for one of 13 candidates. Read full article > >

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Egyptians vote on second day of presidential election

Can a Republican primary in Indiana have even the remotest connection to a presidential election in France? Richard Mourdock , the tea party giant-killer who defeated Sen. Richard Lugar on Tuesday, clearly thinks so. Read full article > >

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Mourdock Republicans, embracing dangerous austerity

Can a Republican primary in Indiana have even the remotest connection to a presidential election in France? Richard Mourdock , the tea party giant-killer who defeated Sen. Richard Lugar on Tuesday, clearly thinks so. Read full article > >

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Mourdock Republicans, embracing dangerous austerity

CAIRO — Egyptian lawmakers announced Sunday that they would suspend parliament sessions for a week to protest the military rulers’ failure to allow the elected body to appoint a new civilian cabinet. The step marked a sharp escalation of tension between the country’s new Islamist-dominated parliament and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, whose relationship has worsened as Egypt’s landmark presidential election nears. Read full article > >

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Egypt parliament suspends sessions in protest over cabinet

SEOUL — President Lee Myung-bak’s ruling party emerged Thursday from a tight electoral race with a tenuous majority in parliament, avoiding a political setback just eight months before a presidential vote. Read full article > >

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After tight race in South Korea, ruling party hangs on to majority

CUMMING, Ga. — The cavernous sanctuary at First Redeemer Church was packed on a recent Sunday when presidential hopeful Rick Santorum took the stage to declare religious freedom in jeopardy. A week later, church members stood to applaud again when Newt Gingrich paid a visit, speaking of an assault by the “secular left” on people of faith. Read full article > >

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As Super Tuesday approaches, GOP candidates focus on evangelical voters

CUMMING, Ga. — The cavernous sanctuary at First Redeemer Church was packed on a recent Sunday when presidential hopeful Rick Santorum took the stage to declare religious freedom in jeopardy. A week later, church members stood to applaud again when Newt Gingrich paid a visit, speaking of an assault by the “secular left” on people of faith. Read full article > >

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As Super Tuesday approaches, GOP candidates focus on evangelical voters

MOSCOW–Russia’s main television channel reported Monday that authorities in Ukraine had foiled a plan to assassinate Vladimir V. Putin just after next Sunday’s presidential election. News footage showed two Chechen men, held in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, who reportedly confessed to the plot against Putin in early February after undergoing weeks of questioning. One of the men was shown kneeling on the floor, his face and hands bloodied. He is shown in another clip with one hand covered in bandages, his face blotchy with green antiseptic. Read full article > >

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Russian TV: Attempt to assassinate Vladi­mir Putin foiled with arrest of two Chechen men

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appears likely to become the first candidate to win consecutive nominating contests in the turbulent 2012 GOP presidential contest , with a double-digit lead in Nevada two days before that state’s caucuses. Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney poised for Nevada caucus win; Newt Gingrich looks ahead to Super Tuesday