Millionaire president expected to win Madagascar poll
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The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar voted peacefully on Sunday in an election expected to return dairy tycoon Marc Ravalomanana to a second term as president of one of the world's poorest countries.
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Opposition Islamists pushing an anti-corruption message are expected to make gains in Moroccan parliamentary polls on Friday, exploiting disillusion among the poor with the liberal elite's vision of secular modernity.
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AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Elezioni presidenziali: il Presidente uscente Ravalomanana Ã¨ in testa ma i risultati ufficiali sono attesi entro Natale Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)-  ÂLe elezioni si sono svolte senza incidenti. Nonostante questo, ci sono state dei problemi riguardanti le liste elettorali e le schede elettorali,  risultate piene di erroriÂ  dicono allÂAgenzia Fides fonti locali da An...
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Vladimir Putinâs pick for a new premier is likely to become the top candidate for president in the upcoming election.
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From the remote jungles of Papua to the sky-scrapers of Jakarta, Indonesia is staging landmark elections which will see the vast Southeast Asian archipelago choose its president for the first time.
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Billionaire financier George Soros is putting his wealth and personal reputation on the line in his quest to convince voters to cast ballots against George W. Bush in the November 2 presidential election.
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TARGETING CORRUPTION: Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, whom preliminary results show to be the winner of the Dec. 26 repeat presidential election, has said he'll make fighting corruption a top priority.
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GABORONE : Voters went to the polls in diamond-rich Botswana in elections that are expected to hand victory to the party in power since independence in 1966 in one of Africa&#39;s most stable countries.
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Voters on the three largest Seychelles islands are casting ballots in a closely fought presidential election that may bring an end to a nearly 30-year political dynasty.
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Indonesia has been staging landmark elections widely expected to see a former general unseat President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Megawati faces her former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the presidential
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Madagascar's president faced 13 challengers Sunday in the first elections since voting five years ago led to a six-month power struggle that split the Indian Ocean nation between two governments.
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Botswana President Festus Mogae&#39;s ruling party was leading in the general elections held on Saturday,according to initial results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission on Sunday.
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THE French Socialists' anointment of Segolene Royal as their presidential candidate is an important step on the road to the Fifth Republic's eighth presidential election, which is set for April 22, with a ...Comment
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu is garnering only single-digit support ahead of September's presidential election, according a poll published Wednesday.
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A former rebel leader is on course to win historic elections in Aceh in Indonesia,  early voting samples suggest.
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Indonesian prospective leader Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is predicted to emerge the winner ofthe presidential election runoff over incumbent President MegawatiSoekarnoputri
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The presidential election is predicted to be the tightest race in the countryâs history.