Parties in dead heat in Swedish election
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Sweden's long-ruling Social Democrats were locked in a dead heat in elections Sunday with the center-right opposition that campaigned on a promise to revamp the Scandinavian country's cherished welfare system.
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Prime Minister Andrus Ansip's center-right Reform Party and the left-leaning Center Party led by political veteran Edgar Savisaar have topped most surveys in the run-up to Sunday's vote.Comment
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Labour market woes dominate the agenda as Sweden gears up for a tight general election.
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Russian and Western leaders are sharply at odds over the country's election crisis.
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Germany&#39;s mainstream political parties were sharply rebuffed yesterday when voters in two regional elections in formerly communist East Germany handed extremists their best results in years.
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Prime Minister John Howard and his Labor Party challenger were in a virtual dead heat on the eve of parliamentary elections, with Australians focusing on the economy and social programs more than Howard's decision to send troops to Iraq.
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Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶der&#39;s ruling Social Democrats were dealt a heavy blow yesterday by voters in two east German states where anger at high unemployment and economic reforms
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Riven by deep policy divisions and  personal rivalries, Italy's centre left is in tatters after the  collapse of Romano Prodi's government and faces a likely  drubbing if a snap election is called.
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is down to the wire with its two contenders locked in an apparent dead-heat. challenger Viktor Yushchenko in Sunday&#39;s election.
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STOCKHOLM -- A center-right opposition vowing to revamp Sweden's welfare state ousted the Social Democratic government in a close parliamentary election yesterday .
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Riven by deep policy divisions and personal rivalries, Italy's centre left is in tatters after the collapse of Romano Prodi's government and faces a likely drubbing if a snap election is called.
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MOSCOW, Oct. 23 -- With parliamentary elections just weeks away, Russia has still not extended an invitation to Europe's principal election watchdog to monitor the vote. Opposition activists and Western diplomats charge that the authorities here are deliberately stalling to limit the work of an...
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As results come in, party appears highly conflicted about its direction and guiding principles
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European equity markets were set for a cautious start on Monday on a light day for corporate earnings releases and economic data.  Attention is expected to focus on the Swedish market after a centre-right alliance proposing tax cuts and privatisation plans won the election, ending 12 years of Social Democrat rule.
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Unlike the past two elections, both Democrats and Republicans face potential headaches in the fall voting if terrorism is a major concern, a poll suggests.
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Voters rejected SwedenÂs longtime prime minister for a conservative who has pledged to revise the welfare state.
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UKRAINE was in agonising limbo yesterday after results of a presidential election showed a dead heat between the Prime Minister and his liberal challenger, setting the stage for a tense runoff in three weeks.