Campaigning starts in Russian presidential election
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Campaigning officially  started on Saturday in the Russian presidential election, but  Vladimir Putin's chosen successor has said he is too busy  working to canvass for votes.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin starts a two-day official visit to Ukraine ahead of the country's presidential election.
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The official month-long campaign for Afghanistan's first-ever direct presidential election opened on Tuesday in what will be a major test of U.S.-led nation-building efforts since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban.
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The rival US campaigns launch attack ads, days before the first presidential debate is set to focus on security.
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President Vladimir Putin is not subtle. As the presidential campaign came to a head late last month in Ukraine, a country once dominated by Russia's czars and commissars but now free to choose its own way, ...
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The Kremlin&#39;s preferred candidate was poised for election as head of Russia&#39;s conflict-torn republic of Chechnya last night, after a day of voting marred by at least one death and allegations of improper conduct.
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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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After months of grand rhetoric,  endless fundraising and heavy campaigning, the 2008  presidential race kicks into even higher gear this week at the  start of a four-month sprint to the first votes.
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Campaigning for Morocco&#39;s legislative elections began Saturday with a record number of parties vying for seats and observers expecting Islamist candidates to make gains in next month&#39;s vote.
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Up to 31 million Russians voted on Sunday in regional elections expected to reinforce the dominance of two big pro-Kremlin parties ahead of nationwide parliamentary polls in December.
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Voting in the separatist Russian republic of Chechnya began amid tight security today in an election to replace Chechen President Akhmed-hadji Kadyrov, who was assassinated in a bomb attack in May.
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After the first round of voting, the two leading candidates in Ukraineâs presidential elections are running neck and neck. KIEV, UkraineâUkraineâs presidential elections look certain to go to a second
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The Kremlin's strategy is beginning to take shape.
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Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate  for next month's presidential election seized the opportunity  to emphasize the continuity of power at an event on Sunday in  Russia's future Winter Olympics capital.
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MOSCOW -- Six presidential candidates are barnstorming the country and holding public meetings to talk about improving education, reforming health care, ensuring adequate pensions and boosting agriculture.
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Presidential elections began early Sunday in Romania with around 18 million eligible voters expected to vote in the first round of the race.
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Russia's presidential election campaign is set to begin, with Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev the clear favourite.