Uzbek leader scorns "revolutions" in election
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Uzbekistan has voted in an election that featured only parties loyal to autocratic President Islam Karimov, who said he would not tolerate "revolutions" such as those which shook Ukraine and Georgia.
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If there is one common concern that people in Uzbekistan share it is their president's silence.
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Rights groups strongly criticise the UN's cultural body for giving a prize to Uzbek President Karimov.
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President Islam Karimov slammed Europe's top election watchdog for criticizing Sunday's parliamentary vote in this Central Asian nation, where all opposition groups were barred from running for office.
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An international group of intellectuals urged the president of Uzbekistan on Thursday to release three women jailed for their human rights advocacy amid a sweeping crackdown on government critics.
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Uzbekistan's authoritarian leader was sworn in for a third presidential term Wednesday, news reports said, despite a constitutional two-term limit.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili claimed victory in Saturday's presidential election after an exit poll showed him winning outright, but the opposition cried foul and called for mass protests.
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Uzbekistan's president threatened on Friday to crack down on Western aid groups whom he accuses of engaging in opposition-oriented political activities in the tightly controlled ex-Soviet country.
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The leader of Romania's opposition party on Tuesday called for the results of weekend parliamentary and presidential elections to be annulled and for new votes to be held, claiming fraud.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili hailed his election win as a triumph for democracy on Monday but his defeated opponent said it was rigged and was gearing up to hold mass protests in the capital.
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Yemen's president on Sunday acknowledged "mistakes" in elections which gave him more than 77 percent of the vote but stood by his victory as the opposition rejected the results, alleging the numbers were "set in advance."
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Georgia's president dismisses Sunday's parliamentary elections in the breakaway region of Abkhazia as 'illegal'.
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Uzbekistan on Monday blocked a U.N. resolution backed by the United States and Western nations criticizing its human rights violations, including the harassment, beatings and arrests of journalists and civil activists.
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Europe&#39;s top election watchdog criticized Uzbekistan&#39;s parliamentary election, in which opposition groups were barred from running, saying Monday it fell significantly short of democratic standards.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili won a presidential election on Saturday, an exit poll showed, but his opponents cried foul and threatened street protests.
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The commander of U.S. forces in Central Asia met with Uzbek President Islam Karimov on Thursday, the first visit by a high-level U.S. military officer since the authoritarian leader evicted American troops amid Western criticism of a bloody government crackdown.
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The pro-Western candidate in Ukraine&#39;s presidential election on Sunday has warned of mass demonstrations if the result is rigged.