Kibaki leads Kenyan election: exit poll
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Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki leads Thursday's presidential election with 47.4 percent of the vote, versus 42.7 for opposition leader Raila Odinga, according to an exit poll by a local independent observer group.
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Two heavyweights of Kenya's post-independence politics square off in a presidential vote on Thursday after a campaign that has overshadowed Christmas and seen the opposition holding a small lead in opinion polls.
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Kenya opposition challenger Raila Odinga's lead sharply narrowed over President Mwai Kibaki to just 38,000 votes on Saturday, latest official election figures showed.
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Kenya's opposition will call off planned protests over the disputed election victory of President Mwai Kibaki at the request of former U.N. chief Kofi Annan, opposition sources said on Wednesday.
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Kenya's opposition challenger Raila Odinga took the lead on Friday in the race to govern east Africa's biggest economy, media tallies showed, while activists voiced fears over delayed official results.
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KIEV, Ukraine -- The opposition candidate won the most votes today in Ukraine&#39;s presidential election but fell short of a first-round victory, according to an exit poll conducted by a consortium of non-governmental and polling groups.
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Guarded by armed police, Kenyans voted on Thursday in a general election preceded by violence, tainted by allegations of rigging and likely to be the closest in more than four decades of independence from Britain.
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Kenya's opposition won the post of speaker of parliament on Tuesday, confirming its supremacy in the house and signaling legislative problems for President Mwai Kibaki after his disputed presidential election.
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T wo days after Christmas, Kenyans will vote in a general election that will shape more than just the future of Kenya itself. A stable Kenya helps hold together a rough neighbourhood that includes Sudan and Somalia. A prosperous, globalised Kenya, where the spread of mobile telephones has spawned a new generation of entrepreneurs, should be an example for the region. Kenya is where a million tourists a year form their impressions of the continent of Africa. Hence my concern for the future of my country, from which I chose to exile myself three years ago.
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All three exit polls tracking Sunday's presidential election in Ukraine gave opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko a commanding lead of at least 15 percent.
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Early forecasts showed Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki in a close fight on Friday with his main challenger after an election diplomats praised as smooth, despite sporadic violence and rigging claims by both sides.
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Kenya's opposition candidate called on President Mwai Kibaki to concede defeat Sunday in the closest presidential race in the country's history, accusing him of fraud after a chaotic vote count sparked widespread violence and fears of rigging.
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Kenyan voters went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new president and parliament with delays reported in some locations and charges from the main opposition candidate that the government was trying to rig the outcome.
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Opposition leader Raila Odinga vowed to defy police and hold a rally on Thursday to demand Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki quit over a disputed election, which has sparked violence that has killed more than 300 people.
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Kenya's opposition party struck a significant blow against the government as its candidates were elected as the house speaker of parliament and deputy speaker in the third round of voting Tuesday.
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Kenya's opposition claimed victory on  Saturday in the presidential election but fears of rigging  after counting delays ignited ethnic violence across the east  African nation.
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Kenya's opposition challenger Raila Odinga took the lead on Friday in the race to govern east Africa's biggest economy, media tallies showed, while tempers frayed over delayed official results.