Hong Kong leader poll by 2017
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Hong Kong's chief executive says Beijing will allow the region's people directly elect their leader by 2017.
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Hong Kong&#39;s voters may turn out in record numbers today to vote for the city&#39;s legislature in an election seen as a plebiscite on fuller democracy for the city.
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Party Seats won Seats +/- Votes Votes % +/-% Democratic Unionist Party (Protestant) 36 6 207,721 30.1 4.4 Sinn Fein (Catholic) 28 4 180,573 26.2 2.6 Ulster Unionist Party (Protestant) 18 -9 103,145 14.9 -7.7 Social Democratic and Labor Party (Catholic) 16 -2 105,164 15.2 -1.8 All others 10 2 71,717 13.5 4 SOURCE: BBC
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Hong Kong&#39;s economy is on track to reach the forecast 7.5 percent growth for the full year, government economist Kwok Kwok-chuen said here Friday at a press briefing.
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Hong Kong's democrats fell short  Monday of expectations in legislative elections after voters  wary of alienating China's communist rulers chose the stability  offered by the Beijing camp.
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By Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Hong Kong Correspondent Roland Lim. HONG KONG : Many eyes will be on Albert Cheng in the race for Hong Kong&#39;s Legislative Council Elections on September 12.
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Â· Leader focuses on family and smaller government Â· Poll shows chancellor is ahead on trust
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South Korea's foreign minister kept his spot as the favorite in the race to succeed UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in an informal poll yesterday, the only one among the seven candidates to get the needed majority of votes. Ban Ki-Moon received 13 votes in favor, one against, and one no opinion, China's UN Ambassador Wang Guangya said. ...
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A new Gallup poll puts President George W Bush 13 points ahead of challenger John Kerry in the US presidential race. The spread -- 55 to 42 per cent -- is among likely voters, Gallup said, and the poll was conducted between 13-15 September.
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Hong Kong residents voted on Sunday in a legislative election that could bring big gains for the democracy camp, which has angered Beijing by demanding universal suffrage in the former British colony.
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy parties are on course to net fewer seats  than expected in legislative elections.
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Prime Minister Andrus Ansip's center-right Reform Party and the left-leaning Center Party led by political veteran Edgar Savisaar have topped most surveys in the run-up to Sunday's vote.Comment
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Rasmussen Reports - Baltimore Mayor Martin O&#39;Malley maintains his seven-point advantage over Gov. Bob Ehrlich, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports election survey.&nbsp; O&#39;Malley is leading incumbent Ehrlich 49% to 42%.&nbsp; Both candidates dropped a point since August&#39;s survey, but the gap remains unchanged.
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HONG KONG, June 30 -- Chinese leader Hu Jintao inspected hundreds of troops gripping rifles Saturday in Hong Kong, and pro-democracy demonstrators scuffled with police as the former British colony prepared to mark the 10th anniversary of its return to China.
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&#39;Climate of Fear&#39; Before Polls Open in Vote for Legislators Human rights conditions in Hong Kong have deteriorated in the run-up to the legislative elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak was leading a close race for the leadership of Israel's Labor Party on Tuesday, television exit polls showed.
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The record turnout in Hong Kong&#39;s legislative council elections shows that the territory wants full democracy, newspapers said on Tuesday.