Women candidates in June vote banned
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Iran's hard-line leadership ruled out allowing women to run for president in June elections, denying reports in the state-run media yesterday that it had decided to allow female candidates for the first time.
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Police barred voters from polling stations and arrested about 100 opposition members Monday, activists said, as Egyptians chose members of the upper chamber of parliament in an election marred by violence that killed one person.
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Former premier Benazir Bhutto Monday condemned a ban on large rallies in the run-up to general elections proposed by the government after last week's deadly suicide attack on her convoy.
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Campaigning for Sunday's Palestinian elections ends with one of the leading candidates barred from East Jerusalem.
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The Saudi interior minister says women will not be allowed to vote in the county's  municipal elections.
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Ukraine's Supreme Court lifts a ban on publication of the presidential election results.
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KIEV, December 25 (Itar-Tass) - Ukraineâs Constitution Court has passed a ruling that lifts the December 8 parliamentary ban on voting at home.
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About a dozen Greek women violated a 1,000-year ban on the male-only monastic community of Mount Athos on Tuesday during a protest over disputed land, one of the demonstrators said on Wednesday.
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A group that helps female Democratic candidates who support abortion rights is asking a federal judge to block new campaign finance rules that it argues will cripple its ability to participate in state and local elections.
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President Musharraf last week banned the killing of females accused of 'dishonoring' their families.
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Iran's legislative watchdog said on  Saturday women could run in June's presidential election,  clearing up an ambiguous article of the constitution.
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A California judge says Diebold Election Systems broke the law when it threatened students for posting internal company memos on the web. Advocates say this is a precedent-setting victory for free speech on the web, and a warning to litigious companies. By Kim Zetter.
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Ukraine&#39;s Central Election Commission has suspended vote counting from the 31 October presidential election. The opposition says that&#39;s because a complete count would reveal that its leader, Viktor Yushchenko
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LABOUR have called for a review of access laws after a landmark ruling let Scotland's richest woman ban ramblers from the grounds of her home.  They want the Lord Advocate to tell sheriffs the "right to roam" is an integral part of the land reforms passed by parliament.
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This really makes me miss THK speaking in public on a daily basis. In Lancaster, PA the wife of the democratic presidential candidate showed again why the Kerry campaign has kept her silent for so long.
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Few women will vote in Afghanistan's election because of threats by warlords, Human Rights Watch says.
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A watchdog says all-postal voting should not be used in UK elections. Do you agree with these findings?