Pro-Western president wins Serbia vote
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Serbia's pro-Western president won a closely contested election Sunday, edging an ally of late autocrat Slobodan Milosevic days before an expected declaration of independence by the breakaway Kosovo province.
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Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, accused in the west of flouting democratic norms, won overwhelming approval in a referendum to run for a third term in office, the top election official said Monday.
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Belarussian President Alexander  Lukashenko, accused in the west of flouting democratic norms,  won overwhelming approval in a referendum to run for a third  term in office, the top election official said Monday.
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President Boris Tadic wins Serbia's run-off presidential poll, beating challenger Tomislav Nikolic.
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Nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic conceded defeat in Serbia's presidential election on Sunday, congratulating pro-Western incumbent Boris Tadic on his victory.
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Serbia warned on Thursday it would  defend Serb rights in Bosnia against Western-inspired threats  with as much determination as it is applying to prevent the  Western-inspired secession of its own Kosovo province.
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Serbia on Monday hailed its acquittal before the World Court on genocide charges filed by Bosnia, saying it would help regional reconciliation.Comment
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Serbia on Sunday held its first democratically organized local elections since Slobodan Milosevic's ouster in what was expected to be a close race between nationalists loyal to the former president and pro-Western reformists.
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The Kosovo parliament has elected ex-rebel leader Ramush Haradinaj as its new prime minister, despite war crimes allegations.
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Croatia's President Stipe Mesic, who is credited for moving this ex-Yugoslav country closer to the West, overwhelmingly won a second term on Sunday.
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Serbs voted on Sunday in a close presidential election that could decide future ties with the West after the expected loss of its breakaway Kosovo province.
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PRISTINA, Serbia -- Kosovo's parliament elected a former rebel leader as prime minister Wednesday, a vote foreshadowing a declaration of independence from Serbia.
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Kosovo&#39;s President Ibrahim Rugova declared victory in a general election marred by a Serb boycott and unlikely to change the tense province&#39;s political landscape.
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The Christian Science Monitor - The largest Serb election turnout since voters tossed out Slobodan Milosevic in 2000 has set up a dramatic runoff for Feb. 3 between a radical pro-Russia nationalist whose mentor is at The Hague for war crimes and a pro-European Union moderate who has favored trade, reconciliation, and even NATO status.
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Serbia votes on Sunday in a  presidential election pitting a pro-Western liberal against a  nationalist in a vote seen as a plebiscite on Belgrade's place  in the world as it prepares for the loss of Kosovo.
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A pro-Western reformist narrowly clinched the Belgrade mayor's race Sunday, while a Slobodan Milosevic ally apparently won in another key city, according to preliminary results.
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Pro-Western Serbian President Boris Tadic faces nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic on Sunday in an election that will decide Serbia's attitude to the West after the imminent loss of breakaway Kosovo province.