Nov 12th, 2005 · Tuesday was election day in Liberia, and international observers said the presidential run-off vote was largely peaceful and orderly. But the apparent loser, millionaire soccer star George Weah, has challenged the results, which have him trailing former finance minister Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
Sep 19th, 2005 · Millions of Afghans vote for a new parliament despite the surge of violence in the weeks leading to the election. There were reportedly several dozen Taliban attacks in the country's south and east, and two rockets landed near an election center in Kabul. But officials said the election overall was remarkably peaceful.
Feb 11th, 2005 · The Walt Disney Company holds its annual meeting in Minneapolis. Last year, dissidents Roy Disney and Stanley Gold lead a revolt that prompted the Disney board to strip chief executive Michael Eisner of the chairman's title. The meeting is expected to be more peaceful than last year's raucous event.
Oct 31st, 2004 · Even before political parties were the bureaucracies they are today, the tenor and nature of political dialogue was scurrilous. In 1800, the election between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson marked the first peaceful transfer of power between political parties. Hear professor Richard Beeman and NPR's Liane Hansen.