Uzbekistan poll draws few voters
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A mere trickle of voters showed up at polling stations in Uzbekistan&#39;s capital yesterday in an election from which all opposition groups are barred.
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Polls opened in Chechnya in an election to replace its slain pro-Moscow leader as residents fearing rebel raids fled the republic's capital, leaving it looking like a virtual ghost town.
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TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN -- Uzbeks voted in a parliamentary election yesterday in which opposition groups were barred from running, provoking criticism from Europe&#39;s top election watchdog and a fierce defence from authoritarian President Islam Karimov, who
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In the second round of the country&#39;s legislative elections on Sunday, some 35 million registered voters are choosing parliamentary deputies in the 467 constituencies where there was no winner in the first round a week ago.
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Opinion polls show that there are fewer supporters of democracy in Russia than in Ukraine.
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Turkmenistan's exiled opposition groups said Monday they will not recognize the result of a tightly controlled election to replace late President Saparmurat Niyazov, calling the poll undemocratic. Nearly 100 percent of voters in this ex-Soviet republic cast ballots Sunday in a one-party election without foreign monitors.
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Moroccans voted in modest numbers on Friday in parliamentary elections expected to show gains for Islamists pushing an anti-corruption message and more vigorous plans to fight poverty.
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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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Uzbekistan's parliamentary election on  Sunday fell significantly short of international standards  because it featured only parties loyal to President Islam  Karimov, Europe's main human rights body said on Monday.
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Some 150,000 men have registered to vote in the first phase of the Saudi municipal elections, the electoral commission announced Saturday, a significantly smaller number than expected.
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Uzbekistan's parliamentary election on  Sunday fell significantly short of international standards  because it involved only parties loyal to President Islam  Karimov, Europe's main human rights body said on Monday.
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President Islam A. Karimov won 88.1 percent of votes in an election that drew criticism from observers.
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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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The Uzbek government says it has begun official preparations for presidential elections in late December.
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The presidents of Central Asian neighbours Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan hold a rare summit.
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Uzbek voters prepare to cast ballots in a parliamentary poll from which opponents to President Karimov are barred.
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Polling stations were nearly empty Sunday in elections for Turkmenistan's rubber-stamp parliament, forcing officials to carry ballot boxes door-to-door in this nation ruled by a former Soviet Communist boss who has been declared president-for-life.