MOSCOW — A staunchly pro-government newspaper published a warning Wednesday that Russia faces ruin if Vladimir Putin is not returned to the presidency next month, but critics said the lengthy article recalled the old Soviet Union and contained vitriol so extreme that it appeared probable to backfire. Read full article > >

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In Moscow, a throwback to Soviet vitriol

It’s one of the very symbols of the presidency — the ultimate accessory to the ultimate bully pulpit, seemingly trumpeting to all that the words being uttered actually matter. So why, on the campaign trail, has the teleprompter instead become a symbol of ineptitude, mocked repeatedly by Republican candidates? Read full article > >

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Republicans mock Obama’s teleprompter use

Here in the heartland, Vladimir Putin’s revelation that he would take the presidency back from Dmitry Medvedev, essentially plucking the March election out of the hands of voters and installing himself as ruler for years to come, should have left the opposition more impotent than ever. Instead, its members have picked themselves up and gone into quiet rebellion, doing their best to pretend that imperious Moscow doesn’t exist. Read full article > >

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Russia girds for next Putin presidency as some look past it

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is a man of faith, and one of the big questions about him has been whether he would seek the presidency more as an evangelist or as a job-creator. On the debate stage, Perry decidedly has done the latter. But he demonstrated Wednesday that he would not shy away from cloaking his candidacy in his Christianity, delivering an address here at the late Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University that presented his life in deeply spiritual terms and cast his political aspirations as destiny. Read full article > >

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Perry talks about his faith, forsaking talk of jobs for a day

The closest thing the Republican field has to a front runner, in a field that lacks one, Mitt Romney launches his second bid seeking the GOP nomination for the presidency in New Hampshire. (June 2) Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney declares bid for 2012 presidential election

Belarus is seriously violating the international arms embargo on Ivory Coast by supplying helicopters to the man refusing to give up the presidency, the UN chief Ban says.

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Belarus ‘breaks Ivorian embargo’

Leaders from Sierra Leone, Benin, and Cape Verde are giving Laurent Gbagbo a last chance to step down and peacefully hand over the presidency of the Ivory Coast to Alassane Ouattara, the man internationally recognized to have won the election. In a…

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Leaders Give Gbagbo Last Chance

The mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, says there is “no way” he is going to run for the presidency of the United States in 2012.

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Bloomberg rules out US presidency

Iran will assume the presidency of the Opec oil cartel for the first time in 36 years in 2011, it is announced.

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Iran elected to Opec presidency