Islamists set for gains in Morocco vote
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Moroccans voted on Friday in parliamentary polls expected to show gains for moderate Islamists pushing an anti-corruption message to voters seeking more vigorous efforts to fight poverty.
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Voting begins in Niger's presidential elections, with the incumbent, Mamadou Tandja, expected to win.
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Hamas made significant gains against the ruling Fatah party in Thursday's municipal elections.
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Morocco has raised the national security  alert rating to &quot;maximum,&quot; the highest level which indicates a  radical Islamist attack is expected imminently, the Interior  Ministry said in a statement on Friday.
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Islamist candidates swept to victory in Bahrain's parliamentary election, splitting the vote between hardline Shiite and Sunni Muslims while female and liberal candidates fared poorly in the U.S.-allied kingdom, preliminary results showed Sunday.
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Voting got under way on Saturday in some overseas French territories in the decisive round of parliamentary elections which are expected to hand President Nicolas Sarkozy a huge majority for his reform plans.
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Turkeyâs election is being cast as a battle between Islamists and secularists. But the real struggle is not over whether the country should be more religious but over whether it should be more European--and more free.
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A vote in Parliament set the stage for a showdown with the secular elite over Islamâs place in Turkish society.
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Turkish lawmakers Tuesday began a decisive round of voting in presidential elections expected to install Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as the secular republic&#39;s first head of state with an Islamist past.
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Turkey's politicians made a final pitch for votes on the eve of a parliamentary election the ruling AK Party is tipped to win, despite rivals' claims this would boost Islam in the secular nation's public life.
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US Muslims have embarked on a vast drive get the community registered to vote in the presidential election to build what could be a potentially powerful voice in deciding the winner.
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BAGHDAD -- Catapulted by heavy turnout among Iraq's long-oppressed Shi'ite Muslim majority, an alliance of Shi'ite religious parties won nearly half the vote in the national elections and will probably capture a narrow majority of seats in the new parliament, according to a nationwide tally released yesterday.
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The main Palestinian faction, Fatah, is set to back Mahmoud Abbas in January's presidential poll.
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Opposition Islamists could emerge as the largest single party in Moroccan parliamentary polls on Friday, helped by the support of poor voters disenchanted with the 50-year rule of a modernizing elite.
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Morocco has raised its terrorism threat level to "maximum", the highest category indicating a radical Islamist attack is expected imminently, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Friday.
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A showdown is shaping up in Pakistan's turbulent northwest between secular-minded ethnic Pashtuns and those who support Taliban-style Islamists Â a conflict that is likely to sharpen regardless of which side wins Monday's elections.
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Partial election results from six of Iraq's 18 provinces showed the cleric-endorsed Shiite ticket running strong for seats Thursday in the National Assembly.