Lebanon vote to be delayed until next week
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Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed from Saturday until the end of next week, a senior political source said on Friday, prolonging a power vacuum that threatens to further destabilize the country.
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BEIRUT - The Lebanese Parliament, which was scheduled to elect a new president yesterday, postponed the vote until Oct. 23 after it failed to muster a quorum because of the deadlock among the country's political factions.
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A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for this week will be postponed until October because rival leaders have yet to agree on a compromise candidate to replace the pro-Syrian incumbent, political sources say.
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A meeting of the Israeli Labor Party Central Committee to approve an agreement with Likud on forming a new coalition government has been delayed until Tuesday,Israel Radio reported Sunday.
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The presidential election in Lebanon is postponed for a ninth time, despite more efforts to resolve the crisis.
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Their comments follow calls by Sunni Muslim politicians and others to postpone the Jan. 30 election. Yesterday, 17 Iraqi political parties representing Sunni Arabs, Kurds, Christians and secular groups demanded a six-month delay.
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The legal battle: The election might be held on Tuesday, but voters could be forced to wait until weeks after the polls close to find out who the winner is.
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The speaker of the Lebanese parliament postpones the election of a new president for the 14th time.
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Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday postponed a parliamentary session to elect a new president until Nov. 12 to give rival factions time to agree on a compromise candidate, a statement said.
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Pakistani electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January 8 poll, with expectations it will be delayed by up to two months after Benazir Bhutto's killing.
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The election of Lebanon's president must  go ahead on Saturday as scheduled, French President Nicolas  Sarkozy told his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in a phone  call, Sarkozy's spokesman said on Friday.
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The election of a president by Lebanese members of parliament has been  postponed fro a second time.
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Florida Democrats would forfeit their votes in selecting a presidential nominee unless they delay their state election by at least a week, the national party said in a stern action Saturday meant to discourage others from leapfrogging ahead to earlier dates.
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Jamaica has postponed a national election originally scheduled for next week until September 3 as it grapples with the clean-up from last Sunday's encounter with Hurricane Dean, authorities said on Friday.
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France to suspend diplomatic contacts with Syria until progress is made on choosing a new Lebanese president.
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The Indian Ocean atoll nation of the Maldives postponed parliamentary elections due Friday by three weeks after devastating tidal waves killed at least 55 here.
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The Senate late Monday delayed its consideration of a vote on a new government eavesdropping bill until January.