North East ballot gets underway
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People across the north-east of England are voting in a referendum on whether they should have a regional assembly.
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Albanians have cast ballots in municipal elections seen as a gauge of democratic headway made in the former communist bastion as it bids for eventual European Union and NATO membership.
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Hard-liners raced ahead Thursday in an election to decide who will control the Northern Ireland Assembly &#151; and hold the key to revived power-sharing in this British territory.
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A SECRET weapon to swing Geordies behind their beleaguered devolution plans is to be unleashed next week in the closing stages of the north-east English referendum campaign.
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The Labour Party issued activists at its annual conference with a &quot;campaign toolkit&quot; Wednesday, the latest hint that it is preparing for a possible election within weeks.
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Labour and Lib Dem activists choose their candidates for the Sedgefield by-election.
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As the Vote for Change tour kicks off tomorrow (Oct. 1) in Pennsylvania, London will have its own, similarly motivated event the same night.
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Voting has begun in Afghanistan for the first direct presidential election in the country's history.
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Senator John McCain and the two Democratic presidential hopefuls made campaign appearances in the Northeast, while Mitt Romney set off on a coast-to-coast swing.
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Five contenders and the lobbying has already begun
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THE ballot is finally to lay the bullet to rest in Northern Ireland. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart, Bertie Ahern, will travel to Belfast this week to formalise a historic agreement ...
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Afghans have begun heading to the polls in the country&#39;s first direct democratic election, almost three years after the hard-line Taliban regime was ousted by a US-led military campaign.
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The primary day debacle in Montgomery and Prince George's counties will add momentum to regional efforts to ensure that election systems create a paper record of each vote, according to some elected officials and activists critical of paperless balloting.
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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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Northern Ireland's main Protestant and Catholic parties were out in front as the first results were declared Thursday in elections that could usher in a new power-sharing administration.
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Farmers across the North-East are getting ready to throw open their gates this week as part of this year's Open Farm Sunday.
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Description: Palestinians prepare to vote for new leadership in a Jan. 9 election that no longer looks like a tight race. There are seven candidates for the presidency, but interim leader Mahmoud Abbas&#39; victory now seems assured.