Turkmenistan holds election for new president
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Turkmenistan was choosing a new president in its first contested election on Sunday but the outcome was beyond doubt and diplomats say they expect at best only gradual change in the reclusive Central Asian country.
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Turkmenistan's exiled opposition groups said Monday they will not recognize the result of a tightly controlled election to replace late President Saparmurat Niyazov, calling the poll undemocratic. Nearly 100 percent of voters in this ex-Soviet republic cast ballots Sunday in a one-party election without foreign monitors.
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Taiwanese in Taipei and a major port city vote for new mayors in a key test for the president.
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is set to  be elected Turkey&#39;s next president on Tuesday, the first time  in the secular but predominantly Muslim country&#39;s modern  history that the post will go to a former Islamist.
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Turkmenistan is set to inaugurate its new leader, following the death of  President Saparmurat Niyazov.
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Â· President makes surprise move ahead of elections Â· Choice of Zubkov a bid to keep power, say critics
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ZNAMENSKOYE, Russia  - Chechens voted on Sunday  for a new president in a tense election, but many doubted the  Moscow-backed police officer who was set to win would manage to  stamp out rebellion in the turbulent region.
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President Hamid Karzai has won the majority of votes in the presidential election, securing a new five-year term as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president
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Polling stations were nearly empty throughout Sunday&#39;s Parliament election in Turkmenistan, forcing officials to carry ballot boxes door to door.
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Voters in the Gulf state of Bahrain go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new parliament.
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The breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia defiantly voted for a new president on Sunday, injecting further tension into relations between Georgia and its former colonial master Russia.
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The people of Turkmenistan, ruled for more than two decades by an eccentric autocrat, are about to vote for his replacement in their first presidential election with more than one candidate &#151; but still only one party.
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Multiple construction plans were announced at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. A new phase in the implementation of a large-scale construction program in Turkmenistan was announced by President Saparmurat Niyazov.
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Voters in the tiny West African nation   of Gambia go to the polls on Friday in a presidential election   widely expected to hand incumbent strongman Yahya Jammeh a   third elected term.
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The election for Mauritania's new leader takes place on Sunday, two years after a military coup.
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People in Uzbekistan vote in a presidential election widely expected to be won by incumbent Islam Karimov.
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Turkmenistan was choosing a new president in its first contested election on Sunday but the outcome was beyond doubt and diplomats say they expect at best only gradual change in the Central Asian state.