Prime minister and challenger less than a percentage point apart ...
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Pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and his reformist challenger were in a near tie with almost all the votes counted in Ukrainian presidential elections, setting up a runoff vote, the Central Elections Commission said Monday.
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A new opinion poll offered decidedly mixed news for British Prime Minister Tony Blair: while he looks set to win the next election, his finance minister and arch rival Gordon Brown is now a more popular choice as premier.
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BOTH Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Mark Latham today played down new poll results which showed the Government clawing back some of Labor&#39;s lead.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has less potential as a prime minister than David Cameron, the leader of the main opposition party, a poll has shown.
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POLLS out today giving the coalition a lead over the Labor Party proved how close the contest would be, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and his left-wing party faced a tough challenge from the centrist opposition in presidential and parliamentary elections yesterday.
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Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s government has a narrow lead over the opposition Labor Party, according to two polls published Saturday, just three weeks ahead of Australia&#39;s federal election.
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Both Democratic nominee John Kerry and US President George W Bush have campaigned in two key marginal states that could decide the result of the presidential election, just over a fortnight away.
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Preliminary results of Ghana&#39;s presidential elections showed that President John Kufuor of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) was leading against his main challenger John Atta Mills.
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According to Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich and opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko have an equal chance of winning the second round of the Ukrainian ...
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Â· Poll finds support rising for EU membership  Â· Labour up a point to 35%, Tories down two to 37%
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There is more consensus than disagreement in the parties over tax, health and Iraq proposals, though the presidential candidates do disagree over means, priorities and each otherâs sincerity.
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There are times in the life of a minority government when the biggest hurdle on the horizon is not a vote it stands to lose but rather one it can&#39;t avoid winning.
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Both candidates worked hard to keep the focus on their opponent's record.
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Â· ICM results point to hung parliament at electionÂ· Mention of Brown as leader still boosts Tories
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Ukraine&#39;s prime minister has a slight lead in a hard-fought presidential run-off, but his Western-leaning challenger is alleging fraud.
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Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich and ex-premier Viktor Yushchenko, the leader of the opposition bloc Our Ukraine, are obvious two leaders out of the 26 presidency race participants, observers say.