Iraq election declared 'success'
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Iraq's first open election in decades is hailed by Iraqi officials and other leaders, despite a spate of attacks.
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SAMARRA, OCTOBER 3: US and Iraqi forces on Sunday declared victory in Samarra, the first step of a drive to take back all of Iraqâs rebel-held areas before elections due in January.
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Democracy seems to have been successfully employed somewhere in the worldâthe Ukraine âas Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has declared victory in Ukraine âs presidential election.
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US-backed Hamid Karzai has been officially declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election. Wednesday&#39;s announcement came almost a month after eight million Afghans defied threats of violence to vote in the elections.
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President Bush declared the Iraqi election a triumphant moment in his effort to spur democracy throughout the Middle East.
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The machinery of Iraqi elections churned smoothly on Monday: Over and over, a plexiglass tumbler spun effortlessly on its axle, then eased to a graceful stop as a smiling young
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Iraq began compiling election results  from around the country on Tuesday and eased security measures  surrounding its historic poll despite al Qaeda's vow to pursue  "holy war" after failing to deter millions from voting.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister declared Sunday that January elections would be held on schedule and asserted that American and Iraqi government troops were winning the war against an increasingly bold insurgency.
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A Shi'ite Islamist bloc won Iraq's  first election since Saddam Hussein's overthrow, sealing the  political resurgence of the nation's long-oppressed majority.
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President Bush congratulated the Iraqi candidates and voters as final results in the country's national elections showed Shiites and Kurds led the ballot.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces on Sunday  declared victory in Samarra, the first step of a drive to take  back all of Iraq's rebel-held areas before elections due in  January.
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SYDNEY, Australia - Prime Minister John Howard scored a convincing victory in Australia's federal election Saturday, winning a historic fourth term in a vote ensuring the staunch U.S. ally keeps its troops in Iraq...
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The counting of votes in Afghanistan's presidential election has been completed, the election commission said.
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President Bush expressed optimism Friday about Iraq's upcoming elections, saying they will be "an incredibly hopeful experience," despite rising violence and doubts that the vote will bring stability and democracy.
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A Shi'ite alliance won Iraq's first  election since Saddam Hussein's overthrow, sealing the new  political dominance of the country's long-oppressed majority.
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The Press unanimously hailed turnout at Iraq's historic elections as opening the road to peace in the conflict battered country.
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Hussan Al Taee woke before the crack of dawn and drove seven hours from Arizona, but he was all smiles Monday after registering to vote in an Iraqi election for the first time.