Doubts voiced over Chechen poll
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Opponents question the Chechnya election win of Alu Alkhanov, who vows to continue the war on rebels.
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Description: There&#39;s a presidential election Sunday in Chechnya to replace the man who was assassinated earlier this year. The election has been overshadowed by the twin airplane crashes in Russia, which are now attributed to Chechen terrorists.
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GROZNY, Russia  - The Kremlin candidate won  Chechnya's presidential election but now faces a struggle to  keep the warring region under control and subdue a resurgent  separatist rebellion that has frustrated Russia for a decade.
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The United States and Russia clashed at a European security forum Tuesday over the election monitoring that exposed fraud in Ukraine's election last month, elevating an increasingly tense debate over democracy in former Soviet republics.
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Moscow, Aug 29 (VNA) - Chechens voted on Sunday in an election to choose a candidate as the Russian republic&#39;s new leader, with thousands of security personnel patrolling its streets against the threat of terrorist attacks.
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The Kremlin&#39;s preferred candidate was poised for election as head of Russia&#39;s conflict-torn republic of Chechnya last night, after a day of voting marred by at least one death and allegations of improper conduct.
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PROKHLADNY, Russia  - Chechens elect a new  president Sunday, but few expect peace to follow from a  Kremlin-sponsored contest overshadowed by fighting and twin  plane crashes some have linked to rebels in the region.
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BERLIN, Jul 12 (IPS) - Doubts are being raised about German military  engagement in the so-called Operation Enduring Freedom in  Afghanistan ahead of a crucial vote in parliament due October.
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Ousted Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov has rejected accusations he helped plan the school siege in North Ossetia in which more than 330 people died, his representative in Europe told a German news magazine.
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Chechens elect a new president today, but few expect peace to follow from a Kremlin-sponsored contest overshadowed by fighting and twin plane crashes some have linked to rebels in the region.
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TASHKENT  - Uzbekistan held parliamentary polls that critics have slammed as a farce and which have been overshadowed by recent unrest in the strategic Central Asian country.
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Russia&#39;s President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that he has grave doubts regarding Iraqâs plans for January elections. He told Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi at the Kremlin he could not see
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GROZNY, August 29 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Chechens Sunday, August 29, voted in an election to replace their slain pro-Moscow as another Kremlin-backed candidate was to win though seven others are standing in the race.
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A day after two Russian airliners fell from the sky, confusion over what happened reflected a country torn between skepticism that the government would
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BESLAN, Russia  - Russia began counting the cost  on Saturday at the end of siege of a school captured by Chechen  gunmen which killed at least 200 people and cast fresh doubts  on Moscow's policy in the turbulent region.
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The State Department said Monday the presidential election in Chechnya was seriously flawed and did not meet international standards.
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On 29 August, Chechen voters will go to the polls for the second time within 11 months to endorse or reject the candidate perceived by the Kremlin as most capable of imposing some semblance of normality in the war-torn region.