Italy moves towards early polls
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Italy's president is to meet the parliament's speakers in what is seen as a first step towards early polls.
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Early voting begins in Belarus parliament elections and a referendum on whether the president should stand for a third term.
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President Giorgio Napolitano starts crisis talks on Friday meant to rescue Italy from political limbo after the resignation of the prime minister raised the specter of snap elections.
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Italy's president dissolved parliament on Wednesday, clearing the way for early elections this spring, just two years after the last parliamentary vote.
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Italy's president will decide on Saturday who should now lead the government, leaving acting Prime Minister Romano Prodi in suspense over whether he will be asked to return to power or sent into political retirement.
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Poland's ruling conservatives  pushed ahead with attempts to build a new majority in  parliament on Friday and said they would seek early elections  if no deal was struck by Monday.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday he would demand early general elections if he failed to clinch a deal with his fractious coalition partners to cut income taxes at the start of next year.
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MIAMI, OCTOBER 18 : Early voting for next monthâs Presidential election got underway in Florida on Monday, with Democrats in particular urging supporters to use their early ballot as a means of avoiding a repeat of the recount fiasco in the 2000 election
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Italy's upper house of parliament will hold a confidence vote on Prime Minister Romano Prodi's government on Thursday evening, a Prodi ally said on Tuesday.
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The campaign is expected to come to a head early next year when the introduction of new international accounting standards will require shareholders to inject fresh capital into many Italian banks.
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Early voting for next month's presidential election began in Florida on Monday, with Democrats in particular urging supporters to use their early ballot as a means of avoiding a repeat of the recount fiasco in the 2000 election.
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Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has announced an early election, to be held on 13 November.
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Premier Romano Prodi's center-left coalition appeared to have fended off a major challenge by conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi in local elections across Italy seen as a test for the year-old government, early returns indicated Monday.
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The Italian Senate prepares to hold a vote of confidence in Romano Prodi's nine-month-old government.
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Italy's municipal elections give a boost to Romano Prodi's centre-left bloc after tight national polls.
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Finding a working majority for a transitional government in Italy is proving extremely difficult
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Italy's president consulted with minor  parties on Saturday in an effort to resolve a political crisis,  with politicians divided between favoring snap elections or an  interim government to enact reforms.