South African youth leader Julius Malema loses his appeals against the ruling ANC’s decision to suspend him for bringing the party into disrepute.

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ANC youth leader appeal dismissed

Florida Republicans began casting ballots Tuesday, as Newt Gingrich, who lagged far behind in recent polls, tried to stop Mitt Romney’s march to the party’s presidential nomination.

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Florida Polls Open as Gingrich Tries to Galvanize Conservatives

My daughter always wondered why they called it “One Life to Live’’ when almost everyone who died in Llanview returned to the party eventually, looking none the worse for having gone over Iguazu Falls in a canoe, or having spent months in a coma in Kentucky. Read full article > >

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‘One Life to Live’: This time, it’s fatal, as soap opera comes to end

YANGON, Myanmar — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says Myanmar’s government has approved her National League for Democracy to run in upcoming by-elections. Suu Kyi said in an interview at her residence Thursday that the party had been accepted earlier in the day. NLD spokesman Nyan Win also told The Associated Press the party will start accepting new members on Monday. Read full article > >

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Suu Kyi says Myanmar’s government has approved her party to run in elections

Ed Miliband is warned by a shadow minister that Labour could fall into a Tory “trap” of being cast as the party of tax and spend.

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Miliband warned about ‘Tory trap’

North Korea hails Kim Jong-un as “supreme leader of the party, state and army”, a day after the elaborate funeral of his father, Kim Jong-il, in Pyongyang.

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N Korea hails Kim’s son as leader

Republicans competing to be the party’s candidate for the US presidential election next year take part in a debate in Iowa.

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Republican rivals in Iowa debate

Aleksei Navalny has aroused Russians angry over what they say were fraudulent parliamentary elections, rebranding Vladimir V. Putin’s United Russia party as “the party of swindlers and thieves.”

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A high-profile QC has left the Scottish Conservatives following the election of the party’s new leader.

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QC quits Tories after two years

Men in the party or club circuit might wear women’s high heels, though otherwise be dressed in men’s clothing.

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Some Men Are Dressed to the Nines, the Height of Their Pumps

Many Republicans are urging Chris Christie to run for president, but some on the right of the party are less enthusiastic.

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The Caucus: Christie Faces Conservative Criticism as He Decides on Run

Ed Miliband says Labour would lower the cap on student tuition fees in England to £6,000 if it was in power now, as the party gathers in Liverpool for its conference.

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Labour in tuition fees cap pledge

The rising presidential candidacy of Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is stirring excitement for many Republican voters but is creating unease in some quarters of the party’s establishment.

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As Perry Rises, G.O.P. Elite Look Toward Romney

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage accuses David Cameron of a “mass deception” over Europe, in his speech to the party’s autumn conference.

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UKIP: Tories misled voters on EU

SDLP MP Alasdair McDonnell has written to the party’s branch chairmen inviting them to nominate him for the leadership in the event of a contest.

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MP writes SDLP leadership letter