More than 7,100 to run in Iran election
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More than 7,100 people have registered to run in Iran's March parliamentary election when reform-minded opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hope to profit from growing disenchantment with the hardline leader.
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Around 1,500 opponents of hardliners in Iran rallied in Germany in a demonstration timed around the 26th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, police said.
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A record 1.7 million Hong Kongers turned out today for an election that sent a fresh contingent of pro-democracy opposition politicians to the legislature.
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Iran said on Saturday turnout was high in elections for local councils and a powerful clerical body, with some initial reports suggesting allies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might not have won resounding backing.
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The Iranian body that vets election candidates reinstates another 251 who had been banned from March's vote.
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Under a banner showing coffins draped with American, British and Israeli flags, more than 100 Iranian men and women pledged Thursday to become suicide bombers &amp;#151; if necessary &amp;#151; to defend their country and Islam.
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A former Iranian leader who is considered an opponent of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was far ahead in the race for a seat on a powerful clerical body, according to partial election results reported by state-run television Sunday.
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Backed by Iraq&#39;s Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the political coalition of 228 candidates is expected to sweep next month&#39;s elections.
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Under the guidance of Iraq&#39;s most powerful Shiite cleric, Shiite parties presented a list Thursday of 228 candidates for next month&#39;s elections.
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About 40 percent of the 7,200 people who have registered to run in Iran's March parliament election "have a record" with the authorities, a senior official said Monday, an indication they would not be allowed to run.
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An Iranian embassy official said that American troops released seven Iranians early Wednesday, hours after they were detained at a central Baghdad hotel.
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Campaign group Fathers-4-Justice plans to field up to 200 candidates at the general election, leaders say.
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Iranians voted Friday in local council elections that were expected to be a first test of support for hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad since he took office more than a year ago.
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About 1,000 candidates are running for 300 municipal seats in West Bank villages and towns. It will be the first electoral test before the January 9 presidential elections.
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Iranian officials like to portray U.S. presidential elections as a choice between bad and worse but there is little doubt they would prefer Democratic challenger John Kerry to win next week.
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Up to Tuesday evening, around 600,000 Palestinians have registered for the Palestinian elections,a senior Palestinian leader of elections said on Wednesday.
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Up to 1 million are expected to cast ballots in the most extensive expatriate vote ever organized.