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Coin toss decides election results in Philippines!

Coin toss decides election results! So what happens when two electoral candidates get exactly the same amount of votes from public? How do you decide who is the winner? Simple.[...]

Pakistan election results 2013: Return of Nawaz Sharif!

Mr Nawaz Sharif set to pull a hat-trick by becoming a three time Prime Minister! Election results from recently held elections in Pakistan are mostly out and Pakistan Muslim Le[...]

Unpredictable yet historic: Pakistan elections

It is elections season in the South Asian region. We just saw the elections in Malaysia, and now, it is voting time in Pakistan. Today, on 11th May, 2012, Pakistan goes to vote f[...]

Malaysia election results out!

Who won the Malaysia elections? Why are some people crying foul? The results are out for a hard fought election battle in Malaysia. The winners are taking it all, while many peop[...]

Malaysia election date finally confirmed!

Malaysia election date finally confirmed! It has been confirmed! The most intense election for Malaysia's current ruling party, or even in the country's history, is set to take pl[...]

Malaysia elections: Prime Minister dissolves parliament

Malaysia elections: Close battle between parties Today, Wednesday 3rd April 2013, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that he has dissolved parliament to prepare for th[...]

In Malaysia: is the state of Sabah under attack? (Detailed story)

In Malaysia: the state of Sabah under attack. What's happening there? KUALA LUMPUR, March 4, 2013 (AFP) - In Malaysia, the far-off state of Sabah on it's Borneo island i[...]

Why are people upset in Egypt?

Why Are People Upset in Egypt? These days, many people in Egypt are very upset. Why? Because they just voted on a new constitution for their country, and many of them do not l[...]

Shinzo Abe is the new Prime Minister of Japan

Shinzo Abe: Can he deliver Sumo Sized boost to Japan? The last few months have been months of major political change. We covered in detail the US presidential elections,[...]

Picture gallery: Protest rally in Egypt, People come out on the streets in Tahrir Square

Protest rally in Egypt's Tahrir Square in pictures. What happened?

Whiz News This Week: Video News for kids and families 1st Week November

The Whiz News This week video for the First Week of November 2012. Fun and wholesome news for kids and the entire family! (All videos from YouTube on The Whiz Times are i[...]

What is democracy? Democracy simplified through Classroom democracy

Create Your Own Classroom Democracy You’ve probably heard of a country being described as a “democracy” but what does it mean? The word democracy comes from two Greek words: de[...]

Cartoon on Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and Halloween(Whiz Funnies)

Surely you know about the Presidential elections in the US. You must have read about it on The Whiz Times, seen many videos (Whiz News this week, a video on President Obama and [...]

China and Taiwan relations: Former premier Frank Hsieh makes first visit to China

China Taiwan relations to get better? Former premier of Taiwan makes first visit to China On 4 October 2012, former Taiwanese Premier [...]

Letters from Gandhi: worth a million bucks! Who had them?

Mahatma Gandhi :also referred to as the "Father of the Nation" in India India buys back a collection of letters written by and to Mahatma Gandhi Maha[...]

Libya elections held for the first time in 50 years. Why so long?

Libya had been under dictatorship rule for 50 years! 42 years were under the one man rule of Mr Moammar Gadhafi’s Libya has not held a[...]

What's happening Syria? World leaders meet on crisis.

What did the World leaders discuss on Syria crisis? Syria is now experiencing one of the most violent protests in the world. Foreign ministers around [...]

Street protests- a look at Icelandic protests

Hola! Did you know that even a small country like Iceland had street protests by people? We are covering some of the street protests happening the world over. Is protesting t[...]

Aung San Suu Kyi- Return of 'The Lady' in Burma

Yangoon, 2 April, 2012: 'The Lady’s' Resounding Victory in Burma by-elections Featured image by Flickr user ssoosay

Hong Kong elects new chief executive

Hong Kong, 25 March, 2012: Mr. CY Leung was elected as Hong Kong's new Chief Executive Hong Kong does not have a Prime Minister or a President as a Head of State[...]

Vladimir Putin (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Vladimir Putin elected President of Russia

Moscow, Russia Vladimir Putin re-elected President of Russia Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, 59, has been elected as the President of Russia, taking over from President Dmitry M[...]

Demonstrators against Syrian regime (Photo attribution: Reuters)

Syria: The unrest continues

Syria: Syria, the middle-eastern country, is witnessing troubled times. Protestors have been demanding 'freedom' from the current regime- and bringing democracy to Syria. This w[...]

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