FIA asks Vatanen, Todt to avoid ‘negative campaigning’ in vote to succeed Mosley as president

September 25th, 2009 F1 boss Ecclestone backing Todt for FIA presidentPARIS — Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is supporting Jean Todt to replace Max Mosley as president of motor racing's governing body. Mosley, whose fourth and final term as FIA president will end in October's elections, is also backing Todt.

August 10th, 2009 Karzai leading in Afghan voter surveyKABUL —A U.S. government-funded survey of Afghan voters released Monday shows President Hamid Karzai with a substantial lead just 10 days before the country's presidential election, but still short of the support needed to avoid a run-off.

August 7th, 2009 Mosley settles suit with German publisherBERLIN — FIA president Max Mosley has settled a lawsuit with the publisher of Germany's largest newspaper over reports that he played sex games involving a Nazi theme with prostitutes. Axel Springer AG agreed to pay $290,000 to two charities and publish an interview with Mosley in its top-selling Bild newspaper, spokesman Tobias Froehlich said on Friday.

July 15th, 2009 Mosley won't seek re-election as FIA presidentMADRID — Scandal-plagued Max Mosley will not seek re-election as FIA president and will back Frenchman Jean Todt to succeed him after 16 years in charge of world motorsport. The 69-year-old Mosley announced last month that he wouldn't seek a fifth term after brokering a deal with the Formula One Teams Association to avert a rival series.

July 10th, 2009 Ari Vatanen says he will run for F1 presidentNUERBURGRING, Germany — Former World Rally champion Ari Vatanen wants to replace Max Mosley as Formula One president, with the governing body facing the threat of a breakaway series. Vatanen has spent the last 10 years as a member of European Parliament.

June 26th, 2009 Mosley: F1 peace deal in doubt over dictator gibeLONDON — FIA president Max Mosley warned that Formula One's peace deal may collapse unless Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo apologizes for branding him a "dictator." Di Montezemolo made the comment after Ferrari and seven other teams claimed a significant victory over Mosley when he abandoned a planned voluntary budget cap on Wednesday to ensure there would be no breakaway series. With the FIA and Formula One Teams Association united again, Mosley announced he would be stepping down after 16 years in office.

June 24th, 2009 Mosley to step down after deal to prevent F1 splitPARIS — A breakaway Formula One series was averted Wednesday when Max Mosley ceded to the rebel teams' demand that a planned budget cap be scrapped and the FIA president said he won't seek re-election. Mosley will immediately take a back-seat role until his 16-year reign ends in October — a move that will help to end the acrimonious atmosphere that has blighted F1 in recent months.

May 6th, 2009 FIA chief Mosley's son found dead in London homeLONDON — A son of world auto racing boss Max Mosley has been found dead in his London home, police and the racing federation said Wednesday. The body of 39-year-old Alexander Mosley was found in his west London apartment Tuesday afternoon.

May 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - The campaign drums fell silent Tuesday evening for the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies going to the hustings in West Bengal May 7. After reaching a crescendo over the last couple of days, campaigning came to an end at 5 p.m., as per Election Commission stipulations.

April 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Imagine a candidate whose wife always votes for his rival! That's the case with Ajit Kumar Jain 'Patwa' of Madhya Pradesh. Jain, 55, is contesting from Indore as an independent for a record 27th time and is busy campaigning.

April 21st, 2009 PANAJI - Campaigning for the two Lok Sabha seats in Goa wound up Tuesday evening, with both the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming they would win both seats with relative ease. Speaking to reporters Tuesday evening, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said that the BJP candidates would be routed April 23, when Goa's approximately 1.2 million voters will cast their ballot.

April 14th, 2009 RAIPUR - Campaigning for Chhattisgarh's parliamentary elections drew to a close Tuesday with polling officials getting ready to conduct the mammoth exercise that will stretch over 20,967 polling booths and decide the fate of 178 candidates. An electorate of 15.4 million, including 7.6 million women, will vote Thursday in what is essentially a contest between the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress that heads government in New Delhi.

April 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - They fought the 2004 Lok Sabha elections against each other. But now they are campaigning together for the 2009 polls.

March 26th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday met West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pranab Mukheree to discuss the issue of joint campaigning for the Lok Sabha election in the state. 'We discussed the issue of Congress-Trinamool Congress joint campaigning across the state.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Thursday asked political parties and candidates to avoid the use of plastics to prepare posters, banners and other election material during campaigning as plastics are hazardous to the environment. 'The political parties and candidates should try to avoid the use of plastic/polythene for preparation of posters, banners in the interest of environmental protection,' the Election Commission (EC) has said in its set of guidelines distributed to political parties.