Uzbeks vote for new Parliament; opposition barred from election
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Uzbeks voted in a parliamentary election Sunday in which opposition groups were barred from running, sparking criticism from Europe&#39;s top election watchdog and a fierce defence from the country&#39;s authoritarian president, who
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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- Uzbeks voted yesterday in a parliamentary election in which opposition groups were barred from running, sparking criticism from Europe's top election watchdog and a fierce defense from the country's authoritarian president, who insisted that Uzbekistan has no "real" opposition.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's opponents headed for a big election victory on Tuesday after voters rejected his former ruling party, raising questions about the future of the U.S. ally who has ruled since 1999.
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TASHKENT  - Uzbekistan held parliamentary polls that critics have slammed as a farce and which have been overshadowed by recent unrest in the strategic Central Asian country.
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Uzbekistan voted on Sunday in a  election that featured only parties loyal to autocratic  President Islam Karimov, who said he would not tolerate  "revolutions" such as those in Ukraine and Georgia.
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Turkmenistan voted for a new president on Sunday in its first contested election, but one virtually certain to be won by an aide to the country's former authoritarian leader, who died in December.
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Parliament adjourned a raucous session Tuesday without voting on amendments to secure a fair rerun of the disputed presidential vote later this month, and throngs of opposition
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President Islam Karimov, the authoritarian and repressive leader of Uzbekistan, was seeking to extend his rule in a tightly controlled election that featured three other candidates Â all of whom publicly supported his policies.
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Uzbekistan voted Sunday in a election that featured only parties loyal to autocratic President Islam Karimov, who said he would not tolerate "revolutions" such as those which shook Ukraine and Georgia.
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Kyrgyz voters go the polls on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election expected to hand President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's party an overwhelming victory though it has been criticized as undemocratic by the opposition.
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Islam Karimov is sworn in for a seven-year term as President of Uzbekistan, following elections in December
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Ukrainian opposition supporters tried to enter parliament after lawmakers seemed to cool on their support for efforts to overturn the results of the allegedly fraudulent presidential election.
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PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro  - Kosovo counted  votes for a new parliament on Sunday after an election that  exposed Albanian apathy and defiance from the Serb minority in  a province taken over by the United Nations five years ago.
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Uzbeks head to the polls on Sunday in an election certain to extend President Islam Karimov's long rule and criticized by the opposition and human rights activists as a Soviet-style contest.
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Supporters of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko kept up their siege of government buildings Sunday after pro-government lawmakers blocked election law changes designed to ensure fair balloting in a rerun of the country&#39;s
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Turks began voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election pitting the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party against nationalists who disagree strongly over the future path of the rigidly secular Muslim country.
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ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties in the National Assembly on Friday blocked Constitution Avenue and protested in front of Parliament House against the passage of the bill allowing President General Pervez Musharraf to hold two offices simultaneously.