Leone poll peace rally cancelled
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A peace rally involving the two candidates in Sierra Leone's presidential run-off on Saturday is called off.
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A play which led to violent protests among the Sikh community has its run cancelled by a city's theatre.
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Opposition leaders canceled a political demonstration that many feared would turn violent on Friday after Youssou N'Dour interceded.
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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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Lebanon's parliamentary speaker postponed a vote on Friday that was the last chance to choose a president before the pro-Syrian head of state, Emile Lahoud, leaves office at midnight.
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Talks to disarm Iraqi insurgents collapsed, after a tentative peace pact was abruptly canceled by Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.
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Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed to February 26 from Monday, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Saturday, announcing the 14th delay in the vote caused by the country's political crisis.
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Boycott of top companies plotted after last planned day of street protests over disputed election
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British tour operators on Thursday cancelled holidays to Kenya for the rest of the week as a result of the violence in the country after disputed elections and as the government advised against all unnecessary travel there.
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Sierra Leone counted votes on Sunday from a tense presidential run-off which went peacefully despite fears of violence, but both sides accused the other of fraud and intimidation, and observers reported ballot stuffing.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly cancelled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremony in Athens on Sunday, a visit which had triggered angry protests from anti-war groups.
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The Iraqi electoral commission rejects a request for the elections due at the end of January to be postponed.
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BIR NABALA, West Bank  - Palestinian presidential  frontrunner Mahmoud Abbas canceled an election rally in  Jerusalem on Friday, objecting to Israeli security, and his  main rival was detained at a holy site in the city.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly  canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremony in  Athens on Sunday, a visit that had triggered angry protests  from anti-war groups.
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British tour operators on Thursday  cancelled holidays to Kenya for the rest of the week because of  violence following disputed elections and government advice  against all but essential travel there.
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Voters in Sierra Leone wait for the results of Saturday's presidential run-off, which passed off peacefully.
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A strike planned by London Underground signal workers on New Yearâs Eve was called off today after a deal was agreed during last-ditch talks.