Bhutan holds its first elections
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The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan holds its first parliamentary vote after 100 years of absolute monarchy.
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It was the first meeting between opposing political leaders since the elections that plunged the country into chaos.
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The campaign for Afghanistan's first  direct presidential election opened to little fanfare on  Tuesday, while the Taliban, ousted in 2001 in a U.S.-led  invasion, vowed again to disrupt the Oct. 9 poll.
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The vote, which could shape the way the island handles relations with China, was the first since Mr Chen narrowly won the presidency in March.
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Montenegrins went to the polls on   Sunday in a general election expected to give their center-left   government a fresh mandate for their first term as an   independent country.
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KABUL : Observers gave their approval to Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential election, deeming it &quot;fairly democratic&quot; and rejecting opposition calls for a re-poll on the grounds of fraud.
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Thais are set to head to the polls in the first general election since the overthrow of PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Kabul, Afghanistan -- An estimated 10 million Afghans lined up outside schools, mosques and hospitals to take part in the first direct presidential election in the nation&#39;s 200-year history.
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Voting began in the volatile island nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, with heavy security dampening electoral turbulence that threatened to erupt over "mix-ups" of thousands of voters' names on electoral rolls.
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Voters in Taiwan begin voting to elect MPs in a contest seen as a barometer for March's presidential election.
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In insular Bhutan, a learn-by-doing film industry is beginning to emerge.
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World News, KABUL - Voting began in Afghanistan Saturday for the first direct presidential election in the countryâs history. Some 10.
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DEOTHANG, Bhutan  - Bhutanese voted on Monday to elect members to a new upper house of parliament for the first time, a step towards democracy after a century of absolute monarchy.
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The first results are declared in Ghana's general elections, with the two major parties ahead in their strongholds.
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GUWAHATI, India  - A bomb exploded in Bhutan on Monday, the latest in a string of blasts blamed on ethnic Nepali exiles and designed to disrupt the Himalayan kingdom's first-ever parliamentary poll next month, police said.
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The people of Slovenia are voting in the first parliamentary elections since the country joined the European Union and Nato earlier this year.
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Kyrgyz voters began casting ballots for a new parliament Sunday in an election that many fear could cause further political turmoil in this poor nation in strategic Central Asia.