Timor presidential race heats up
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Eight candidates are set to campaign for the presidency of East Timor, an official said Saturday, as Australian troops chase a fugitive rebel some fear could destabilise the vote.
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East Timorese voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election that could put the impoverished young country on a new path after communal violence last year.
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The presidential election is predicted to be the tightest race in the countryâs history.
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Indonesians are voting for the first time to elect their nation&#39;s president and vice president. Polls opened early Monday morning with 140,000 police officers deployed across the
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JAKARTA - The official campaign for Indonesia&#39;s run-off presidential election began yesterday, five days after a deadly suicide bombing, but most voters appear unlikely to be swayed by the event.
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ASIA/TIMOR EST - A un mese dal voto per le presidenziali, entra nel vivo la campagna elettorale. Nuovi spiragli per la pacificazione del paese, grazie alla mediazione della Chiesa Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Entra nel vivo la campagna elettorale per le elezioni presidenziali a Timor Est , previste il 9 aprile prossimo. Dopo lÂannuncio della candidatura di JosÃ¨ Ramos-Horta, premio Nobel per la Pace e attuale Primo Ministro, la Corte...
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Ramallah - The race to succeed the late Yasser Arafat as Palestinian leader formally kicked off on Saturday, with the opening of the registration period for potential presidential candidates.
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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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Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Mahmoud Abbas yesterday began his official election campaign for the presidential elections to be held on January 9th, 2005.
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East Timor&#39;s ruling Fretilin party took an early lead Monday as ballot counting gained momentum after weekend parliamentary polls which EU observers hailed as democratic.
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East Timorese Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta declared that he will run for the presidency in the April elections.
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East Timor appeared set Friday for a coalition government led by the independence leader Xanana Gusmao after the troubled nation&#39;s parliamentary election last week.
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Allies of President Hugo Chavez and opposition candidates competed for key gubernatorial and mayoral posts in elections Sunday, with tens of thousands of police and soldiers on hand to prevent politically fueled clashes.
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Indonesia, a nation of 235 million and with the world&#39;s biggest population of Muslims, goes to the polls today for its first-ever direct presidential election.
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East Timor appeared to be headed for a coalition government Wednesday with most votes in last week&#39;s parliamentary polls counted but no one party set to win a majority needed to govern alone.
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East Timor&#039;s former prime minister Mari Alkatiri urged thousands of supporters to take their fight to the ballot box amid hopes of an end to the political crisis paralyzing the country.
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Presidential candidates Megawati Soekarnoputri and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono were all set Sunday after they both spent busy days on the eve of election runoff.