Calls for early polls in Pakistan
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Opposition parties urge Pakistan's government to go ahead with 8 January polls, despite an expected delay.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec. 16 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced Saturday that he has decided to call early elections, including for his own office, to end a political crisis in the Palestinian territories that has brought a surge in deadly factional violence over the past...
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Musharraf's leading lieutenants appear to have lost their seats in early results in Pakistan's election
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Eight weeks after Benazir Bhutto was slain, Pakistan is holding elections that could shepherd a troubled nation into a new era of civilian rule and gird it against the Islamic extremists suspected of her killing.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will seek re-election on Oct 6., despite legal challenges in the Supreme Court and slumping popularity, the Election Commission announced on Thursday.
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Pakistan's Election Commission will consult political parties about a postponement of a January 8 general election and will announce a decision on Wednesday.
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Nawaz Sharif called for the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf amid strong indications that the government would postpone the elections set for Jan. 8.
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ISLAMABAD, Feb. 18 -- Outbreaks of sporadic violence were reported across Pakistan on Monday as polls closed and election officials began tallying votes in the country's first parliamentary elections in five years.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected on Monday to urge Hamas Islamists to agree to early elections, cede control of the Gaza Strip and hold talks with his Fatah faction, a Palestinian official said.
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Pakistanis cast their votes in parliamentary elections on Monday amid fears of violence, accusations of vote-rigging and surveys indicating opposition parties could fare well.
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Pakistan's Election Commission calls on political parties in forthcoming elections to run campaigns free of rancour.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard could call an election as early as Wednesday, after a regional summit marked by questions over his future, reports said Saturday.
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 9 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is inclined to call early elections, including for his own office, to end the political and economic crisis in the territories, Palestinian officials said Saturday.
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Traditional military allies question Pakistan president's abilities on eve of election.
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Pakistan's electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January poll in a nation plunged into crisis by the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
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Pakistan is expected to set a new  date for elections on Wednesday after the assassination of  opposition leader Benazir Bhutto sparked bloodshed and rage  against President Pervez Musharraf's government.
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The Pakistani PM files papers nominating President Pervez Musharraf to contest the  presidential elections.