Doubt cast on Kyrgyz poll result
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Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court casts doubt on Sunday's election result by scrapping a key poll requirement.
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Kazak politicians and opposition activists alike are nervously watching preparations for elections in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan, looking for any sign of the sort of bloodless revolutions that have recently swept ...
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Kyrgyzstan's government resigned Tuesday in a dispute with parliament, adding new tension to the troubled politics of a country of strategic interest to both Russia and the United States. The resignation was accepted by President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who has faced intensive political infighting since coming to power after March 2005 demonstrations drove longtime ruler Askar Akayev into exile.
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Turkmenistan was choosing a new president in its first contested election on Sunday but the outcome was beyond doubt and diplomats say they expect at best only gradual change in the reclusive Central Asian country.
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The United States voiced strong concern on Thursday over the December 16 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan and said the poll was marred by widespread irregularities.
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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast doubts over the viability of holding free and fair elections in Iraq, saying he &quot;cannot imagine&quot; how an occupied country can go through a meaningful electoral exercise.
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Washington, Sept. 25 (NNN): In yet another row here over the Iraq issue, political opponents of the US government have questioned its ability to ensure that full elections are held in the troubled Gulf nation in January 2005.
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BISHKEK, Sep 24 (IPS) - This Central Asian Republic of five million is  headed for a crucial referendum on a new constitution Oct. 21.
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A prominent Kyrgyz democracy campaigner has gone missing days before he was due to leave the Central Asian republic to monitor Ukraine's presidential election, Human Rights Watch says.
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BUDAPEST, Dec. 6 (IPS) - This Sunday Transnistria will hold its fourth  presidential election, and President Igor Smirnov looks set to  win a vote that will be ignored by most of the world as this  ghost state is still officially considered part of the Republic  of Moldova.
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As counting in Afghanistan's presidential  election neared its end, a dip in incumbent Hamid Karzai's lead  on Saturday put more onus on an independent panel to decide if  voting irregularities could have upset the result.
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The Kremlin-backed candidate Alu Alkhanov has got 73.48 percent of the ballots in Sunday&#39;s presidential election in Russia&#39;s Chechen republic, assuring his landslide victory, the election commission said Monday.
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Confusion surrounded the start of vote  counting in Afghanistan's landmark presidential poll on  Thursday, with some election officials saying the tally had  begun but others adamant it had not.
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International observers Tuesday called into question Kenyan election results that saw President Mwai Kibaki re-elected to a second term.
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Turkmenistan was choosing a new president in its first contested election on Sunday but the outcome was beyond doubt and diplomats say they expect at best only gradual change in the Central Asian state.
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Singing, socialising, and scepticism: the Chechen elections received a mixture of responses from the local population.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin cast doubt on Tuesday over the viability of holding elections as planned next month in an Iraq under &quot;total occupation&quot;.