Ahmadinejad's allies struggle in Iran elections
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's allies failed to dominate elections for a powerful Iranian clerical body and local councils, early results showed on Sunday, in what analysts said was a setback to the president's standing.
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TEHRAN -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered an embarrassing blow in local council races, according to partial election results yesterday, in voting viewed as a sign of public discontent with his hard-line stance.
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Despite Washington's call for democracy, several Iranian dissidents have been unable to get visas to travel to the U.S.
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Facing internal and external problems, the hard-line administration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has resorted to harsh measures.
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A coalition of Iranian reformists on Friday criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his hardline policies and said they were worsening a crisis with the international community.
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In New York, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad draws ire and boos, but rhetoric plays in Mideast.
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Suspected of seeking nuclear weapons and sponsoring terrorism, Iran could prove to be the biggest foreign policy challenge for the winner of the presidential election.
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Iraq's main Shi'ite alliance, fresh  from winning landmark elections, gathered on Monday to choose a  candidate for prime minister and the allies it needs after  failing to win an absolute majority.
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Iraq's main Shi'ite alliance, fresh  from winning landmark elections, gathered Monday to choose a  candidate for prime minister and the allies it needs after  failing to win an absolute majority.
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BEIRUT, Sept. 25 -- Hezbollah and its political allies on Tuesday blocked the election of a new president in Lebanon by boycotting parliament, deepening the fierce power struggle between the U.S.-backed government and the pro-Syrian opposition.
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Early returns on Saturday showed hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's conservative opponents leading in elections for local councils and a powerful clerical body, widely considered a test of popular approval for the hardline leader.
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Established Shiite parties and upstarts are feuding, and their leading cleric is trying to pull them together before the election.
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Twenty-five years after its revolution of 1979, Iran has yet again become too big of a problem for Washington to play politics with.
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The rejection of his candidates in municipal elections highlights the domestic weaknesses of Iran's fiery president
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The hard-liners who won Iran's parliamentary elections have focused on women's rights in their efforts to reverse the reforms carried out under the moderate president.
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Uzbeks voted in a parliamentary election Sunday in which opposition groups were barred from running, sparking criticism from Europe&#39;s top election watchdog and a fierce defence from the country&#39;s authoritarian president, who
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Iran's anti-Western President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces the first test of his popularity since coming to power 16 months ago with elections on Friday for local councils and a powerful clerical assembly.