Syrian president easily wins referendum
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President Bashar Assad won another seven years in office, getting 97 percent of the vote in a nationwide referendum on his leadership in which he was the only candidate, according to results announced Tuesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon easily won a crucial party vote to reinforce his shaky government to carry out his Gaza pullout plan, party officials announced Thursday.
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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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DAMASCUS, Syria -- Posters plastered on walls of the capital and songs blaring from cars and loudspeakers proclaimed "We love you" as Syrians voted yesterday in a referendum to endorse President Bashar Assad -- the only candidate -- for a second term.
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MINSK. Oct 18 (Interfax-West) - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has expressed his pleasure over the results of the parliamentary elections and a constitutional referendum held on Sunday.
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As expected, Lebanon&#39;s Parliament on Friday rubber-stamped Syria&#39;s order to keep its handpicked president in office, voting in an extraordinary session to amend the Constitution to give him three more years.
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Guyana's President Jagdeo wins another term in office after his party easily won the general election.
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Preliminary figures in the Afghan poll suggest interim Hamid Karzai has won enough votes to be elected.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad cast his vote at a polling station Sunday as part of a one-day public referendum to endorse him for a second term and bolster his autocratic rule.
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GROZNY, Russia - The Russian government's candidate to lead warring Chechnya easily won a presidential election held in the wake of last week's terrorist destruction of two airliners, election officials said Monday. The opposition charged voting was tainted by fraud...
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Preliminary figures in the Afghan presidential election indicate interim leader Hamid Karzai has won the simple majority needed to avoid a run-off.
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President Hamid Karzai has won the majority of votes in the Afghan election, securing over 55 % and paving for the way for him to become the country&#39;s first popularly elected president.
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The moderate veteran politician Yasuo Fukuda easily won election as president of Japan's struggling ruling party on Sunday, assuring his selection as the new prime minister in a parliamentary vote later this week.
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Hamid Karzai maintained his clear majority in the Afghan presidential elections as the vote count passed 75 percent, according to the official poll website.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country can play a major role in bringing security to Iraq.
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_ The Russian government&#39;s candidate to lead warring Chechnya easily won a presidential election held in the wake of last week&#39;s terrorist destruction of two airliners, election officials said Monday.
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Description: Interim President Hamid Karzai is the unofficial winner of this month&#39;s Afghan national elections, according to preliminary results.