Madagascar leader is re-elected
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Madagascar's Marc Ravalomanana is re-elected as president of the Indian Ocean island country.
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Ousted Thai PM Thaksin's wife returns to fight corruption charges, as his allies try to form a government.
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The party that has governed Botswana for the past 38 years has won another election by a landslide. The Botswana Democratic Party has taken 38 of the 50 parliamentary seats that have been declared so far, leaving
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Yemen's president was re-elected to another seven-year term, grabbing more than 77 percent of the vote in the first serious balloting since he came to power 28 years ago, state-run TV reported late Saturday.
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MOSCOW, Jan 7 (IPS) - Mikheil Saakashvili has been elected to a second  term of presidency amid electoral disputes. He leads with 55.23  percent of the vote, followed by opposition candidate Levan  Gachechiladze with 23.86 percent.
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Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade comfortably won a second term in Sunday's election, results showed on Thursday, and he warned opposition leaders they could now face corruption probes suspended during the poll campaign.
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Irish President Mary McAleese is returned unopposed for a second seven-year term.
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Zimbabwe&#39;s opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, surged back as a political force yesterday after a court acquitted him of plotting to assassinate President Robert Mugabe, ending a two-and-a-half year case that could have seen him executed.
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The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar voted peacefully on Sunday in an election expected to return dairy tycoon Marc Ravalomanana to a second term as president of one of the world's poorest countries.
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Former president Carlos Menem was greeted by hundreds of cheering supporters Wednesday as he returned to Argentina following months abroad to avoid arrest. Menem announced he would run again for the presidency after an Argentine judge last week dismissed a warrant against him.
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Tunis - Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected in presidential elections with 94,48 percent of the vote, according to official results published on Monday.
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The arefully choreographed vote was almost certain to be won by a confidante of the reclusive nationâs former autocratic leader, who died seven weeks ago.
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As expected, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) headed by President Festus Mogae won the elections, winning 29 of the 57 seats up for election, giving Mogae a second five-year term in office.
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Mikhail Saakashvili appears close to winning a second term as president of Georgia
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Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa is to be sworn in for a second term of office, after his disputed election victory.
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Supporters of opposition leader hailed the result that The parliament has passed a package of constitutional and electoral amendments earlier in the day to shifts more presidential powers to parliament in another move to satisfy the opposition and end the
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling African National Congress elected Jacob Zuma as its new leader on Tuesday, ousting President Thabo Mbeki and putting the populist politician on course to lead the country in 2009.