Croatian president to face rival in runoff vote
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Croatian President Stipe Mesic will face his main conservative rival in a runoff presidential vote later this month to decide who will lead the former Yugoslav republic's final push to join the European Union, election results showed.
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Croats are preparing to choose between a record field of presidential candidates as popular, pro-Western incumbent Stipe Mesic goes up against 12 challengers in Sunday's election.
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Croatian President Stipe Mesic won a crushing victory over his ruling conservative party rival in an election runoff, securing a second five-year term and promising to lead the former Yugoslav republic into the European Union.
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Croatia's incumbent President Stipe Mesic overwhelmingly won the first round of elections and may avoid a runoff to serve a second five-year term to lead the country as it seeks to join the EU, exit polls ...
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Croatians voted for president Sunday, with liberal incumbent Stjepan Mesic expected to win a second term and help shepherd the former Yugoslav republic's planned 2009 entry into the European Union.
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Ukrainians today cast ballots for president, choosing between a Western-leaning reformer and the Kremlin-praised prime minister in a runoff election that many fear will erupt into unrest and violence.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Rival candidates Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych face off for the third time in eight weeks on Sunday as Ukrainian voters try to resolve their divided nation's fiercely waged presidential contest and choose their next leader.
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Millions of Ukrainians are heading for polling stations to vote in a runoff presidential election between one candidate who seems the clear favorite of the Russian government and another who appears to be favored by Western countries.
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Candidates are sparring over anti-graft moves ahead of Thursday's presidential and parliamentary vote.
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Croatia's pro-Western president, Stjepan Mesic, narrowly failed to clinch re-election on Sunday, paving the way for a run-off vote against the candidate of the ruling conservative government.
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Serbs face a choice between a  nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the  West in a presidential election run-off next month.
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KIEV, Ukraine The president of Ukraine has reportedly decided to meet with the opposition candidate for president. Russia&#39;s Interfax news agency says the meeting will take place today.
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Croatia's pro-Western president failed to win an outright majority for re-election on Sunday, forcing him to face a runoff vote against the conservative government's candidate in two weeks.
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Ukraineâs bitter rivals for the presidency faced off in a much-anticipated televised debate tonight, with opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko accusing his rival of trying to steal the November runoff election that was later annulled because of fraud.
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President Stipe Mesic won about 49 percent of the votes in Sunday's election, compared with 20 percent for his closest rival, conservative government minister Jadranka Kosor, who is trying to become the ...
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Ukraine's rivals for the presidency jabbed fingers at one another and traded accusations in a heated televised debate Monday, as opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko charged his rival with stealing the November runoff election and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych repeatedly urged the formation of a unity government.
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All Things Considered , November 20, 2004 Ukraine is preparing for a presidential runoff election Sunday.