Uzbekistan's president seeks 3rd term
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President Islam Karimov, the former communist boss who has ruled this former Soviet nation since independence, seems certain of winning re-election Sunday in a ballot his foes say will be little more than political theater.
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Mohamed ElBaradei will run unchallenged  for a third term as head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday,  despite Washington's campaign to oust him.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on  Thursday again ruled out running for a third term in the  Kremlin and pledged to organize elections for a successor in  2008 "in a proper democratic way."
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf  will seek re-election on Oct 6., despite legal challenges in  the Supreme Court and slumping popularity, the Election  Commission announced on Thursday.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will seek re-election on Oct 6, despite legal challenges in the Supreme Court and slumping popularity, officials announced on Thursday.
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Gambian President Yahya Jammeh easily won a third term Saturday and called for a concerted effort to develop the country socially and economically.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is to ask voters to allow him to stand for a third term in 2006.
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Gen. Pervez Musharraf is shoring up his power base as he prepares to run for another term as president.
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Uzbekistan voted Sunday in a election that featured only parties loyal to autocratic President Islam Karimov, who said he would not tolerate "revolutions" such as those which shook Ukraine and Georgia.
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Belarus awaited the outcome of a  referendum on Monday to determine whether President Alexander  Lukashenko, accused in the West of running roughshod over human  rights, can run for office for a third time.
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Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party proposed extending veteran President Robert Mugabe's term by another two years, giving him a full three decades in power.
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, a  respected former Islamist, won a third round of voting in parliament on Tuesday to become Turkey's next president, a ruling AK Party deputy told Reuters.
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GATESHEAD, England -- Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose popularity crashed amid the Iraq war, appealed to voters yesterday for a third term in office.
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MOSCOW, Jan 7 (IPS) - Mikheil Saakashvili has been elected to a second  term of presidency amid electoral disputes. He leads with 55.23  percent of the vote, followed by opposition candidate Levan  Gachechiladze with 23.86 percent.
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Belarus has voted to allow its president, Alexander Lukashenko, the right to run for a third term in office, the top election official said this morning.
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Once again the Kremlin-backed candidate will face the opposition leader who favors closer ties with the West.
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MINSK - Legislative elections in Belarus held at the same time as a referendum on whether President Alexander Lukashenko should be allowed to seek a third term fell âsignificantly shortâ of democratic standards, foreign observers said here Monday.