Armenia votes for new president
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Armenians go to the polls to elect a new president, as a former leader tries to make a comeback.
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Syrians went to the polls on Sunday to re-elect President Bashar al-Assad for a second term in a ballot for which he was the only candidate allowed to run.
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Chechens began voting Sunday for a new president, but few expect peace to follow from a Kremlin-sponsored contest overshadowed by fighting and twin plane crashes some have linked to rebels in the region.
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Guatemalans voted for a new president on Sunday in an election marred by the worst political violence since the end of civil war, with drug gangs and political rivals killing 50 people on the campaign trail.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad cast his vote at a polling station Sunday as part of a one-day public referendum to endorse him for a second term and bolster his autocratic rule.
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Armenia's parliament voted Friday to send 46 non-combat troops to Iraq, a move that was backed by President Robert Kocharian but drew sharp criticism from many Armenians and opposition groups.
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GROZNY, Russia : Chechens voted in an election expected to crown a Kremlin-backed candidate as the strife-torn republic&#39;s new leader, with thousands of security personnel patrolling its streets against the threat of rebel attacks.
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Chechens elect a new president today, but few expect peace to follow from a Kremlin-sponsored contest overshadowed by fighting and twin plane crashes some have linked to rebels in the region.
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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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Turkmenistan's voters are choosing a successor to the late autocratic president amid hopes of a political thaw.
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Argentines vote for a new president on Sunday with first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner poised to succeed her husband in a rare democratic handover between spouses.
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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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Armenia's main opposition candidate alleged widespread violations in a presidential election Tuesday shadowed by tension with Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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The disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh is a hot topic in Armenia's presidential polls, Matthew Collin reports.
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Chechnya has elected Moscow&#39;s clear favorite, Alu Alkhanov, as president, with nearly 74 percent of the vote, the BBC reported Monday.
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Turkmenistan goes to the polls to vote for a new parliament, although all candidates back the president.
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Against a backdrop of war and squalor, Chechens voted Sunday for a replacement for their assassinated president in a vote the Kremlin hopes will bring some stability to a region wracked by a decade of violence.