Contentious race for power
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Cars circle the roundabout in the center of Ramallah in no particular order, and groups of young Palestinian men hang out on a steel structure in the middle.
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He tries to build on momentum of State of the Union and Iraq vote, but resistance runs deep.
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A showdown is brewing in Ukraine ahead of this month's presidential election as the opposition calls for massive protests, charging the government is preparing vote fraud, and police vow to clamp down on dissent.
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The race to succeed outgoing PM Shinzo Abe hots up, as two key candidates indicate they plan to run.
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A look at problems at the polls in recent elections.
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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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Established Shiite parties and upstarts are feuding, and their leading cleric is trying to pull them together before the election.
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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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Democrats competing to lead their national party are battling for the role of "the anti-Dean," the alternative candidate to front-runner Howard Dean.
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The battle for the U.S. presidency  can be seen as a prize fight gone wild -- one with campaign  stand-ins jumping into the ring to throw punches.
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The presidential candidates ventured into bitterly contested territory Saturday, trading barbs over national security, the economy and health care.
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Thabo Mbeki, the president of the African National Congress and South Africa, and Jacob Zuma, Mr. Mbekiâs implacable rival, are battling for the presidency of the party.
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RICHMOND -- Campaigning is hard. Governing is even harder.
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The environment took centre stage in Australia&#39;s election campaign on Friday with the nation&#39;s leaders, neck-and-neck in opinion polls, at odds over whether Australia
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The controversy involves the race between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. Critics cited widespread election fraud when Yanukovych -- who was strongly supported by
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The Democrats who dominate Illinois government face a major problem: each other.
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The contenders to be Labour's next deputy leader continue to battle for support as voting deadlines loom.