Dutch Christian Democrats on course to keep power
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The Dutch Christian Democrats were on course to retain power in an election on Wednesday but faced a struggle to form a government as voters rewarded parties on the far-left and far-right, preliminary results showed.
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A right-leaning party that won weekend elections promised Monday to maintain Slovenia's pro-Western course after taking power from the Liberal Democrats who led the former Yugoslav republic into the European Union and NATO.
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Modernisers and traditionalists are competing for the soul of the party.
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Dutch voters have gone to the polls with surveys predicting yet another coalition government, with the centre-right party of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende holding the most seats.
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With the electoral battle won, Belgium's likely Christian Democratic next prime minister faces hard work to form a stable government, particularly if he wants to push through the reform of the state he has promised.
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AMSTERDAM -- For years, W.B. Kranendonk was a lone ranger in Dutch politics -- the editor of an orthodox Christian newspaper in a nation that has legalized prostitution, euthanasia, abortion and  same-sex marriage and allows the personal use of marijuana.
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Infighting among US Democrats after their victory in the November 7 elections has led some to wonder if the party is up to the task of controlling Congress.
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Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt appears set for defeat in Sunday&#39;s general election, with the Christian Democrats poised to regain power after eight years in opposition, according to the latest opinion poll.
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The race is on for the presidency of South Africa&#39;s ruling African National Congress after a party conference left the door open for incumbent Thabo Mbeki to contest a third five-year term.
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Christian conservatives, traditionally a reliable Republican constituency, aren't necessarily a GOP gimme this time around. There is an undercurrent of concern that some evangelicals, unhappy that the GOP-led Congress and President Bush haven't paid more attention to gay marriage and other "values" issues, may stay home on Election Day or even vote Democratic.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands  - One of the most popular politicians in the Netherlands said Friday his country's democracy is under threat and called for rejecting immigration from non-western nations in the wake of the killing of a Dutch filmmaker, allegedly by a Muslim radical.
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AMSTERDAM - The Dutch Christian Democrats held on to power in a parliamentary election but face a battle to form a coalition government after support shifted away from centrist parties to the ...Comment
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Dutch politicians were readying for tough talks to cobble together a coalition government after elections resulted in a fractured parliament with neither a left- nor rightwing majority.
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Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen will head the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in the upcoming 2007-08 election cycle, as it defends the House majority the party won in last monthÃ¢ÂÂs elections.
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The leaders want their faith to be enshrined as the national religion, governing marriage, divorce and family inheritance.
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BERLIN : German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s party vowed to press on with its tough economic reform drive, despite a fresh state election rout that spells trouble for a string of further polls this month.
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Sweden 's governing Social Democratic Party and its two left-wing support parties remain in a dead heat with a four-party center-right coalition, five days before the Sept.