Hong Kong Votes in Close Poll, Focus on More Democracy
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Hong Kong residents voted on Sunday in a legislative election that could bring big gains for the democracy camp, which has angered Beijing by demanding universal suffrage in the former British colony.
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Taiwan votes Saturday in high-stakes legislative elections likely to reinforce President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s drive to bestow more trappings of independence on this self
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After a campaign marred by scandal and alleged intimidation, the people of Hong Kong voted Sunday under gray skies in legislative elections that could give pro-democracy figures more clout than they have held since China reclaimed Hong Kong in July 1997.
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Pro-democracy candidates won limited  gains in Hong Kong's Legislative Council election on Sunday and  the pro-Beijing camp achieved a better-than-expected showing,  exit polls showed.
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With Beijing attempting to influence the outcome from the sidelines, Hong Kong voters will go to the polls on Sunday for legislative elections.
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Votes this month could mark advances in the Middle East, but history shows that democracy requires time, commitment.
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Results from the Legislative Council elections in Hong Kong came too late for the region&#39;s press, but papers on both sides of the political spectrum welcome the high turnout as a victory for democracy.
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HONG KONG - A survey two days before Hong Kong legislative elections showed pro-democracy forces, tainted by a sex scandal, may fare less well than expected, but the election chief dismissed talk of dirty tricks by China.
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Elections in Hong Kong on Sunday were a big disappointment as an exercise in democracy. Pro-democracy or independent-minded candidates won about 60 percent of the vote, a stunning victory by any measure except the one applied to this election.
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Hong Kong stocks finished higher Wednesday, but investors remained cautious ahead of the outcome of the US presidential election. The Hang Seng Index climbed 88.
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VOTERS go to the polls in Hong Kong tomorrow after one of the Chinese territory&#39;s dirtiest election campaigns, during which Beijing has warned that a victory by pro-democracy candidates would &quot;sink the city in long turmoil&quot;.
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Voters began casting their ballots in Hong Kong's legislative elections, considered a test of feeling towards the city's authoritarian rulers in Beijing following a year of political strife here.
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Thais voted on Sunday in a general election meant to restore democracy after last year's military coup but which is unlikely to heal Thailand's deep political divisions.
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Hong Kong voters go to the polls Sunday to elect legislators with limited powers, in balloting that may test the strength of the city&#39;s pro-democracy movement.
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HONG KONG -- A record 1.7 million Hong Kong voters cast ballots yesterday for an election that sent a fresh contingent of prodemocracy opposition politicians to the legislature, but fewer than the outright majority feared by Beijing's allies, exit polls indicated.
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HONG KONG, China -- Hong Kong residents are voting in legislative elections seen as a referendum on Chinese rule and the most extensive democracy exercise in the country.
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Hong Kong's democracy activists are fighting a losing battle with Beijing for direct elections in 2012. But they've still made advances in the longer war