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US Senator John McCain dies aged 81

US Senator John McCain, a Vietnam war hero who ran unsuccessfully for president as a Republican in 2008 died on Saturday aged 81, a media report said. McCain had been battling glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer discovered in Jul

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Anti-Trump Republicans seek to recruit third-party candidate

Donald Trump's emergence as the last man standing in the Republican presidential race has prompted his critics inside the party to intensify their search for a candidate they could back as a serious third-party alternative. Po

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Abu Dhabi to host motor racing candidate event

Yas Motor Racing Club, in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Racing, is set to host a candidate event for the 2015 FIA Middle East Rally Championship (Merc) in October. The ‘Abu Dhabi Rally,’ which is a regional championship

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Moderate Rohani wins Iran elections in landslide

Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need for a second round run-off. The outco

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Moderate Rohani wins Iran elections in landslide

Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need for a second round run-off. The outco

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Moderate cleric Rohani heads to Iran poll win

Moderate Iranian cleric Hassan Rohani looked to be heading towards an outright victory over his conservative rivals in the presidential election, initial results showed on Saturday. The vote is unlikely to radically alter ties bet

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Iranians vote for new president

Iranians voted for a new president on Friday urged by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to turn out in force to discredit suggestions by arch foe the United States that the election would be unfair. The ballot, the first presi

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Ex-president Rafsanjani joins Iran election race

Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani threw himself into Iran's election race on Saturday as a flurry of heavyweight candidates rushed to beat the registration deadline in the most unpredictable contest for decades. Irania

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Egypt candidate seeks poll suspension

Leftist candidate Hamdeen Sabahy will file an appeal for Egypt's presidential election to be suspended because of alleged voting irregularities and a pending case over former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq's right to stand, Sabahy's lawyer said on Sa

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Sharia main goal for Egypt Brotherhood candidate

The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for the Egyptian presidency, Khairat Al-Shater, declared that introducing sharia law would be his "first and final" objective if he wins elections in May and June. Making his first reported statements sin

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