Turkmenistan holds election for new president
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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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ASHGABAT  - Polls closed in Turkmenistan at parliamentary elections denounced as a farce by exiled opponents of President Saparmurat Niyazov and seen as likely to reinforce his isolation from the outside world.
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Voters in the Gulf state of Bahrain go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new parliament.
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Â· President makes surprise move ahead of elections Â· Choice of Zubkov a bid to keep power, say critics
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Alu Alkhanov has been officially named the new president of Chechnya, and is due to take office in a month.
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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 people of Croatia are to elect a new president in a second and final round of voting.
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MOSCOW, Jan 7 (IPS) - Mikheil Saakashvili has been elected to a second  term of presidency amid electoral disputes. He leads with 55.23  percent of the vote, followed by opposition candidate Levan  Gachechiladze with 23.86 percent.
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Turkmenistan's exiled opposition groups said Monday they will not recognize the result of a tightly controlled election to replace late President Saparmurat Niyazov, calling the poll undemocratic. Nearly 100 percent of voters in this ex-Soviet republic cast ballots Sunday in a one-party election without foreign monitors.
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Members of the Somali parliament vote on Sunday to elect a new president, in a bid to end years of lawlessness.
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Voting begins in Niger's presidential elections, with the incumbent, Mamadou Tandja, expected to win.
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Authorities on Monday dedicated a new park in the home village of the late president, Saparmurat Niyazov, part of lavish birthday celebrations for the self-proclaimed "Father of All Turkmen."
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Voting started in Kazakhstan's parliamentary elections which are expected to be dominated by the parties supporting President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has ruled this oil-rich central Asian nation since the late Soviet era.
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Polling stations were nearly empty Sunday in elections for Turkmenistan&#39;s rubber-stamp parliament, forcing officials to carry ballot boxes door-to-door
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The people of Turkmenistan, ruled for more than two decades by an eccentric autocrat, are about to vote for his replacement in their first presidential election with more than one candidate &#151; but still only one party.
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ASHGABAT  - Turkmenistan insisted that weekend parliamentary elections in the former Soviet republic ruled by hardline President Saparmurat Niyazov had met democratic norms.
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Parliamentary and municipal elections are being held Sunday across Cameroon, with longtime President Paul Biya's ruling party widely expected to dominate as it has for decades.