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Iran bars Rafsanjani from presidential electionIranian authorities barred two potentially powerful candidates from running in next month's presidential election on Tuesday, ensuring a contest largely among hardliners loyal to the clerical More… |
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Sharif stages comeback in Pakistan electionToppled in a 1999 coup, jailed and exiled, Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and on Sunday was heading for a third term as Pakistan's prime minister. The polls were a landmark, marking the first time one ele More… |
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Ex-president Rafsanjani joins Iran election raceFormer 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 More… |
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Venezuela's Maduro wins electionNicolas Maduro, a former bus driver who became Hugo Chavez's protege, was declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential election on Sunday but the opposition refused to accept the result and demanded a recount of all the votes. More… |
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Egypt parliament approves revamped poll lawEgypt's parliament approved a revised election law on Thursday setting rules for a parliamentary poll later this year, but opposition politicians denounced the new statute and repeated a threat to boycott the vote. More… |
Egypt court throws poll timetable into confusionAn Egyptian court threw the timetable for parliamentary elections due to start in April into confusion on Wednesday, ordering the cancellation of President Mohamed Mursi's decree calling the vote. More… |
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Centre left takes strong lead in Italy electionThe centre left is strongly leading in Italy's election, raising the chances of a stable pro-reform government in the euro zone's third largest economy, according to two telephone polls published after voting ended. More… |
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Mursi brings forward election to defuse Coptic rowEgypt has brought forward the start of parliamentary elections to April 22 to defuse a row with the Christian minority, who said the original schedule would conflict with their Easter celebrations. More… |
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Divided Egypt opposition attacks Mursi on poll callEgypt's opposition attacked President Mohammed Mursi on Friday for calling elections during a national crisis, but face a test of unity in challenging Islamists who have won every poll since the 2011 revolution. More… |
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Egypt election to begin April 27Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Thursday called parliamentary elections beginning April 27 and ending in June, according to a presidential decree. The new parliament will convene on July 6, More… |
