Brazil's Lula battles to avoid run-off vote
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was battling to secure the votes needed to clinch an outright victory in Sunday's presidential election after public disgust over corrupt politics eroded his support in the final days of campaigning.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's standing as a man of the people may not be enough to carry him to victory when Brazilians vote in a presidential election on Sunday.
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Brazil's Senate has rejected a proposal to expel its leader, an ally of President Lula, following a corruption scandal.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz  Inacio Lula da Silva has begun the task of reshuffling his  government to revive political alliances he needs to get  reelected and to pass slow-moving reforms in Congress.
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Brazil's President Lula says rich nations are not doing enough to fight global warming.
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By Angus MacSwan SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazil's ruling Worker'sParty (PT) was looking to strengthen its hand in its fight totransform this huge Latin American country with a goodperformance in nationwide municipal elections on Sunday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da   Silva's commanding lead over his main rival in Brazil's   presidential race expanded slightly over the past week, a poll   showed on Tuesday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, facing a run-off in Brazil's election, is toning down his class-war rhetoric in a bid to woo the middle class and business votes that cost him a first-round victory.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pulls out of a TV debate with other presidential candidates.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces a month of high-stakes campaigning against an inspired challenger who will try to hammer on corruption scandals to unseat the former metalworker in a run-off vote.
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Brazil's leftist president was falling just short of the majority of votes needed to avoid a runoff and win re-election Sunday after his party was slammed in the final days of the campaign with charges of corruption and dirty tricks.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - A source close to President   Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's election committee said on Tuesday   a poll due to be released shortly would show Lula's commanding   lead over his main rival in Brazil's presidential race   narrowing slightly from last week.
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In the first electoral test for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his plans to remake Latin America's largest country, Brazilians Sunday chose municipal mayors and councils nationwide.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Candidates in Brazil's   presidential race assailed each other over crime and corruption   in the final weekend of campaigning but opposition hopes that a   "dirty tricks" scandal would derail President Luiz Inacio Lula   da Silva's charge to victory looked to be fading.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da   Silva's commanding lead over his nearest rival in Brazil's   presidential race narrowed by 4 percentage points in the past   five days, a poll showed on Friday.
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Brazilians vote in local elections - which are regarded as the first political test of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Exit polls in Romaniaâs vote show the ruling party in the lead in todayâs parliamentary elections, but forced into a run off for the presidential election.