Uzbekistan votes as Karimov gears up for long rule
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Uzbeks head to the polls on Sunday in an election certain to extend President Islam Karimov's long rule and criticized by the opposition and human rights activists as a Soviet-style contest.
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Against a backdrop of war and squalor, Chechens voted Sunday for a replacement for their assassinated president, in a vote the Kremlin hopes will bring some stability to a region wracked by a decade of violence.
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While Ukrainians are heading to the polls, citizens of the fellow ex-Soviet republic of Uzbekistan are also voting, in this case for parliament.
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Indonesians take a big step in their transition to a full democracy today when they choose their leader for the first time in the run-off ballot of the presidential election.
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People in Kyrgyzstan prepare to vote in a parliamentary election that could end two years of turmoil.
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In 1991, landlocked Uzbekistan became a sovereign nation after decades of Russian and Soviet influence. Since 1990, Islam Karimov has been the areaâs most notorious politician.
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Chechens have voted for a new president in a tense election, but many doubt the Moscow-backed police officer who is set to win will manage to stamp out rebellion in the turbulent region.
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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- President Islam Karimov slammed Europe&#39;s top election watchdog for criticizing Sunday&#39;s parliamentary vote in this Central Asian nation, where all opposition groups were barred from running for office.
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Russia&#39;s republic of Chechnya elected Alu Alkhanov president in a poll held to replace Akhamad Kadyrov, who was assassinated in May.
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Uzbekistan voted on Sunday in a election that featured only parties loyal to autocratic President Islam Karimov, who said he would not tolerate &quot;revolutions&quot; such as those in Ukraine and Georgia.
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President Islam Karimov slammed Europe's top election watchdog for criticizing Sunday's parliamentary vote in this Central Asian nation, where all opposition groups were barred from running for office.
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TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN -- Uzbeks voted in a parliamentary election yesterday in which opposition groups were barred from running, provoking criticism from Europe&#39;s top election watchdog and a fierce defence from authoritarian President Islam Karimov, who
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Uzbeks voted on Sunday in an election widely expected to extend President Islam Karimov's 18-year rule and condemned by the opposition and human rights activists as a Soviet-style one-man contest.
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Polls have closed in Uzbekistan&#39;s parliamentary elections, with officials announcing a turnout of more than 70%. State TV carried glowing accounts of the day.
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Voters in Russia&#39;s breakaway region of Chechnya vote Sunday for a regional president to replace Akhmad Kadyrov, who was assassinated in a bomb attack last May.
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Voting is under way in Russia&#39;s breakaway region of Chechnya to select a replacement for a president who was killed in a bomb attack.
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A mere trickle of voters showed up at polling stations in Uzbekistan&#39;s capital yesterday in an election from which all opposition groups are barred.