Saudi Men Vote in Landmark Municipal Elections
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Saudi men started voting in municipal  elections in the capital Riyadh on Thursday, the first stage in  an unprecedented nationwide vote in the absolute monarchy which  is inching toward reform.
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In a town southeast of Jerusalem, a slate of candidates called the Reform Bloc campaigned hard in last month's municipal elections. The Reform Bloc ultimately swept seven of the town council's 11 seats, including that of the mayor.
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The terrorist group Hamas made a strong showing in the first municipal elections held in the Palestinian territories since 1976 according to preliminary results from the 26 communities which voted yesterday.
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Police and paramilitary forces were on high alert as civic elections were held in Indian Kashmir's two biggest cities for the first time in decades, officials and witnesses said.
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Yemenis are voting in elections seen as a test of government commitment to reform.
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Palestinians in 26 West Bank towns and villages voted in orderly municipal elections today, an encouraging development before the presidential vote in just over two weeks.
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More than 140,000 Palestinians in the West Bank are heading to 26 ballots on Thursday to elect mayors and municipal councils for their towns and villages.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted on  Thursday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank for  nearly three decades, a dry run for a presidential ballot next  month to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Palestinians in the West Bank vote in their first municipal elections for almost 30 years.
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The people of Najaf, the symbolic heart of Shiite Islam, came out in force to vote in Sunday's election.
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Palestinians cast their votes yesterday for local councils in 26 towns and villages of the West Bank, opening an election season that officials say will underline the Palestinian Authority&#39;s commitment to democracy.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- During 30 minutes at a Riyadh voter registration center, only two people -- an old man and a prince -- walked in to sign up for the kingdom's first nationwide elections. At another center, a mere eight people registered in 45 minutes.
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Saudi pro-reform activists say they are seeking signatures online to back their campaign for free elections.
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Thousands of Palestinians voted yesterday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in 28 years, with the Islamic group
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Dozens of losing candidates in Saudi Arabia's municipal elections complained Saturday that the winners in the capital, Riyadh, unfairly used the endorsement of influential Islamic leaders to secure victory.
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Iraqis embraced democracy in large numbers Sunday, standing in long lines to vote in defiance of mortar attacks, suicide bombers and boycott calls. Pushed in wheelchairs or carts if they couldn't walk, the elderly, the young and women in veils cast ballots in Iraq's first free election in a half-century.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia began its tentative experiment in democracy yesterday as thousands of men filed into schools, government offices, and streetside tents to cast what for many were the first votes of their lives.