Pakistan postpones election until February 18
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Pakistan put off its general election by 6 weeks to February 18 on Wednesday following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, over the objections of the main opposition parties which fear a delay will work against them.
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The party backing Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has suspended campaigning for January 8 elections, a spokesman said Sunday, adding that a 12-week delay in the vote was "realistic".
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Top critic Nawaz Sharif says President Pervez Musharraf hopes to silence the opposition ahead of Feb. 18 elections
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Election commission set to announce delay to election because of unrest following Bhutto assassination.
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Pakistani electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January 8 poll, with expectations it will be delayed by up to two months after Benazir Bhutto's killing plunged the country into crisis.
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Elections will be delayed by one month following the turmoil sparked by Benazir Bhutto's assassination, despite opposition threats of street protests unless the crucial vote is held Jan. 8 as originally planned, a top official said Tuesday.
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A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for Monday was postponed until December 22, the parliament speaker said, in the ninth postponement of the vote.
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Elections in Iraq scheduled to take place by Jan. 31 may be postponed because of continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.
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Bangladesh's elections next month will be postponed for two days because of protests by a major political alliance, an official said Thursday.
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A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for this week will be postponed until October because rival leaders have yet to agree on a compromise candidate to replace the pro-Syrian incumbent, political sources say.
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Officials said next weekâs elections would probably be delayed, while the opposition politician Nawaz Sharif called for President Pervez Musharraf to resign.
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Pakistan's Election Commission said on Tuesday a general election scheduled for January 8 would "in principle" be postponed but it had to consult political parties before announcing a new date.
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Thai elections slated for next month will be postponed, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has said,  confirming a delay in polls intended to end months of political deadlock.
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The United States expressed concern  on Monday about any indefinite postponement of elections in  Pakistan after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and  encouraged Islamabad to go ahead with the vote.
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Pakistani electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January poll, with expectations it would be delayed by up to two months after Benazir Bhutto's assassination plunged the country into crisis.
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Pakistan officials said they would announce a February date for general elections on Wednesday, postponing the crucial vote in the chaotic aftermath of Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
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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.