Lahud&#39;s re-election steps closer
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The Lebanese cabinet has approved a bill that will allow President Emile Lahud to seek re-election, despite Western and domestic opposition to such a move.
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This is getting monotonous. For the second straight night, a candidate from Boston was looking good after some exit polling, but when the last points/votes were counted, the opponent had the plurality.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon this week resumed efforts to change the make-up of his ruling coalition in the wake of an embarrassing 53-44 defeat in a largely symbolic Knesset vote Monday.
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Talks on the next vital phase of the Northern Ireland peace process were under way yesterday even before counting had concluded in the elections for the revived Belfast Assembly.Comment
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Michigan comes a step closer to moving its primary election forward, as states jostle to be first in the calendar.
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JERUSALEMâPrime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel, described by aides as more angry than embarrassed over parliament&#39;s symbolic repudiation of his term-opening speech, moved yesterday to renew discussions with opposition parties aimed at expanding his
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BEIRUT -- The head of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, said yesterday that there had been progress in his efforts to bring rival Lebanese leaders to reach agreement on defusing political and sectarian tensions.
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The opposition inside and outside Lebanon of giving President Emile Lahoud three additional years is gathering momentum. A report by the Beirut-based An Nahar daily on Monday said that the UN Security Council
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plans to hold elections in January next year. On Tuesday, Washington&#39;s strongest ally in the Middle. interim Iraqi government pushed ahead with them, extremists could well be the biggest winners.
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Contenders act to mend rift opened by contest while ballots are checked after victory by just 511 votes
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Leaders on both sides of a contested election move toward  a new deal, but the impact of weeks of bloodshed may be more difficult to resolve
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The Democrats are facing a long nomination, while Republicans are closer to rallying around a nominee.
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In November 2004, Lebanese President Emil Lahoud will complete his six-year term. Parliament, according to the constitution, has to elect the new president (from the Maronite Christian community).
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A divided world came to terms on Wednesday with the prospect of four more years of President Bush, with friends hailing his re-election and critics vowing to make the best of it, especially in Iraq.
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His margin of victory in the Electoral College was close enough that for a while it seemed possible Ohio&#39;s provisional ballots could change the outcome.
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Iraq's main Shia Muslim coalition is ahead as counting continues in the landmark elections, officials say.
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Democrats, by recruiting former state judge William OÃ¢ÂÂNeill to take on Republican Rep. Steven C. LaTourette next year in OhioÃ¢ÂÂs 14th Congressional District, already have bettered the efforts they expended during a 2006 campaign in which the incumbent easily won a seventh term.