Many Bosnians Stay Away From Elections
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Disillusioned by officials' failure to improve Bosnia's economy, many voters stayed away from municipal elections on Saturday, while preliminary results indicated that the three nationalist parties were in the lead.
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PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro  - Serbs shunned a  general election in the U.N. protectorate of Kosovo on  Saturday, but an overwhelming Albanian majority bent on winning  independence next year shrugged off the minority boycott.
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Bosnian Serbs appear to have voted for the continuing division of their country in national elections.
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Bosnians were reluctant voters in their third post-war local elections this weekend, with the ruling Croat, Muslim and Serb nationalists benefiting from the lower turnout, early results indicated.
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Ten thousand Bosnian Serbs  and their political leaders protested on Monday against what  they called "dictatorial" and "unnecessary" meddling by  Bosnia's powerful international peace envoy, Miroslav Lajcak.
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A Serb boycott of Kosovo&#39;s general election increased tension between ethnic communities yesterday, raising the prospect that ethnic Albanian leaders may declare unilateral independence
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan. 1 -- Long-awaited elections scheduled for next week are almost certain to be postponed, a choice that rankles opposition leaders in Pakistan who want the vote held on time.
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Bosnians have begun voting in the third post-war local elections, which are expected to confirm the dominance of the ruling nationalist Croat, Muslim and Serb parties.
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia, Oct. 1 -- Bosnians appeared split in key elections on the country's future Sunday, with Muslims and Catholic Croats voting for politicians who want to unify the Balkan nation, but Serbs backing a candidate who advocates ethnic division, early results showed.
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Officials are worried that the efforts of the political parties to promote absentee balloting could taint the general election.
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Bosnians have elected leaders with diametrically opposing views on how to run the country after international supervision ends next year, preliminary results of Sunday's general election showed.
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Iraqi authorities fear that the country's security crisis will discourage international monitors from coming here for the January election &#151; a development that could cast doubt on the legitimacy of the crucial vote.
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Members of Kosovo&#39;s Serb minority boycotted parliamentary elections in high numbers Saturday, striking a blow at international efforts to promote
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Iraq's president said Saturday that many Iraqis will stay away from the polls in his country's historic election because of security fears and warned the vote will fail if Sunnis don't participate.
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The failure of Bosnian Serbs to hand over warcrimes suspects could ruin Bosnia's hopes of joining NATO and the European Union, top international envoy Paddy Ashdown said here.
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Bosnians have begun voting in the fifth general election since the 1992-1995 war, expected to determine whether the Balkans country will continue on its path towards integration with Europe.
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On the eve of Kosovo's crucial general elections, the province's minority Serbs were not deciding Friday who to vote for - but whether to cast any ballots at all.