Last two-horse race in Irish presidential election left winner 'dumbfounded'

Erskine Childers was "dumbfounded" to find out he had been elected as Irish President in 1973, according to his grandson.

History Today: What happened at the first televised US presidential debate

The first presidential debate to be televised took place between Richard Nixon and John F Kennedy on 1960. Since then, it has ...
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2000 Presidential Race Unusual But Not Unprecedented

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: The pending presidential standoff is certainly one for the history books, but it's not ...

Bolivian Presidential Election Results: Rodrigo Paz Makes History in First-Ever Runoff Vote — Is This the Start of a New US–Bolivia Era?

Rodrigo Paz Pereira has won Bolivia's first-ever presidential runoff election, marking a decisive break from nearly two ...

Colombia politics jolted as court overturns Uribe conviction

Bogota’s Superior Tribunal ruled that Uribe was wrongly found guilty in a case over bribery of witnesses and obstruction of ...