Polls open in Zambian elections
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Zambian voters are going to the polls to elect a president, members of parliament and local councillors.
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Polling stations open in the Republic of Congo for parliamentary elections, as opposition leaders cry foul.
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Zambia is placed on high alert and political meetings banned to try to silence opposition leader Michael Sata.
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Zambia began tallying ballots on Friday   after a huge turnout in close elections fought on President   Levy Mwanawasa's economic policies which are praised by the   West but have failed to lift millions out of poverty.
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Cubans opened an election cycle Sunday that will lead to a decision next year on whether ailing leader Fidel Castro will remain atop the communist-run island's supreme governing body
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Polling stations opened Sunday in Spain&#39;s regional and municipal elections, a major test for the Socialist government ahead of general elections expected next year.
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Polls are due to open in an election which the government hopes will bring a return to devolution
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Polls have opened in Hong Kong&#39;s legislative election, which pits pro-Bejing party candidates against those who favor greater democracy for the territory.
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Voters in the West African nation of Senegal go to the polls to elect their next president.
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Polls opened for an extra day Monday in central Congo but it appeared that few took advantage of the second chance to vote in what officials said was a massive boycott called by one candidate.
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Mozambicans began voting on Wednesday in  presidential and parliamentary elections focusing on who will  succeed President Joaquim Chissano, stepping down after 18  years in office.
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Romanians vote today in closely contested elections for the country&#39;s Presidency as well as the Parliament. About 18 million voters began casting ballots at 5am (Irish time) at 17,000 polling stations from
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Ghanaians began to cast their votes on Tuesday morning for the fourth successive democratic elections since 1992, hoping the government for the next
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Banks and businesses stayed shut in Zambia's capital on Monday after a night of looting by protesters alleging vote rigging in favor of incumbent Levy Mwanawasa, who widened his lead in the presidential race.
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Opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma has an early lead as results come in from Sierra Leone's presidential election.
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Polling stations opened in Tunisia on  Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections boycotted by  several opposition parties and seen as test to the U.S.  administration's drive to boost democracy in the Middle East.
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Voters in the landlocked kingdom of Lesotho go to the polls in what is expected to be a closely fought election.