President's lead slipping in Congo
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Electoral officials slowly counting votes from Congo's landmark presidential election said Sunday that support for incumbent Joseph Kabila has slipped to just above 50 percent, increasing the likelihood of a runoff.
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He was once seen as a leader who brooked no argument but Thabo Mbeki's authority within the ANC is showing clear signs of waning in the twilight of his time as head of South Africa's ruling party.
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Walls plastered with campaign posters from Congo's historic elections are peppered with bullet holes. Tank fire has smashed buildings just down bloodstained streets from voting centers in the war-battered capital.
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Fighting in eastern DR Congo may impede elections planned for June, a United Nations report warns.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has replaced its army commander in the eastern province of North Kivu, the scene of days of fighting between government reinforcements and rebel units, authorities said.
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Government and opposition leaders soften their stances as the violence begins to wane
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President Bush expressed concern on Friday about renewed fighting in Congo where the government has struggled with little success to establish authority over lawless eastern regions of the African nation.
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DR Congo President Kabila makes his first trip to the volatile east of the country to a rapturous welcome.
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President Joseph Kabila's share of the vote in Congo's historic elections rose above 50 percent Saturday as 1 million more votes were counted and certified, official results showed.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da   Silva's commanding lead over his main rival in Brazil's   presidential race narrowed by 4 percentage points in the past   five days, a poll showed on Friday.
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South Africa's president is in DR Congo for talks in an effort to keep the country's shaky peace process on track.
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Congo's newly elected national assembly was installed Friday and party leaders began jockeying for power in the divided group, while a key politician threw his support behind President Joseph Kabila.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - A source close to President   Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's election committee said on Tuesday   a poll due to be released shortly would show Lula's commanding   lead over his main rival in Brazil's presidential race   narrowing slightly from last week.
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Congo's transitional government has done too little to safeguard human rights and to extend its authority throughout the vast central African nation, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday.
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DR Congo President Joseph Kabila gives the forces of his rival 48 hours to leave the capital or face removal.
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Congo inaugurated Joseph Kabila as its first freely elected president in more than four decades Wednesday, installing a rebel leader's son who ushered in a plan to end years of fighting to help the country take a place among the world's democracies.
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President Joseph Kabila called on Congo's citizens Friday to shun violence during this weekend's historic elections, telling thousands of cheering supporters that their votes can bring peace to the Central African country. But unrest continued ahead of Sunday's vote, with a presidential candidate claiming one his armed guards died and another was injured when Kabila's security forces fired on them.