Lebanon presidential vote postponed
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Lebanon's parliament on Monday postponed a presidential election until December 22, the ninth such delay, because rival factions are still arguing over how to share power after the army commander becomes head of state.
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The presidential election in Lebanon is postponed for a ninth time, despite more efforts to resolve the crisis.
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Lebanon's parliament voted overwhelmingly Friday to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud, ignoring U.N. calls to hold an election to choose the head of state.
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The final of the African Confederation Cup between Ghanaian clubs Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko has been postponed to avoid a clash with the country&#39;s presidential elections.
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Lebanon's parliament adjourns a crucial session to elect a new president until 23 October.
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The speaker of the Lebanese parliament has postponed for the 11th time the election of a new president.
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Pakistan's parliamentary elections have been postponed until February 18 because of unrest following the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The elections were originally set for January 8. Both opposition parties wanted the elections to go ahead as scheduled, hoping to capitalize on the sympathy following Bhutto's killing.
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Pakistan's Election Commission has postponed general elections until February 18, saying polling was not possible on January 8 because of disturbances following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
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Baghdad (BBC) -- Several leading Iraqi political parties have called for the national elections scheduled for 30 January to be delayed.
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Berlin- Germany said Sunday it was delaying a decision on sending troops to Lebanon, pending a formal request to the United Nations by the government in Beirut.
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Lebanon on Friday postponed its presidential election to January 21 from Saturday, the 12th such delay, despite efforts by the Arab League to get rival Lebanese leaders to agree an Arab plan to end the country's crisis.
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Pakistan's Election Commission on Wednesday postponed a general election by six weeks due to the turmoil sparked by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
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Hezbollah and its allies said on Monday they would boycott a parliamentary session to prevent the anti-Syrian majority from electing a new president for Lebanon.
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President Jacques Chirac said Lebanon had missed an  opportunity for democracy by bowing to Syrian pressure and extending the term of its president through a constitutional amendment rather than putting the issue to a popular vote.
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BEIRUT, Sept. 25 -- Hezbollah and its political allies on Tuesday blocked the election of a new president in Lebanon by boycotting parliament, deepening the fierce power struggle between the U.S.-backed government and the pro-Syrian opposition.
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Lebanon's presidential election was postponed from Monday to February 11, the parliament speaker said on Sunday, announcing the 13th delay of a vote blocked by the country's political crisis.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A group of leading political parties on Friday called for a six-month delay to the Jan. 30 parliamentary elections, expressing concerns that widening violence would make voting impossible in large swaths of Iraq.