Close race in Swedish elections
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As election day draws near in Sweden, polls show a close run between the left-wing, led by social democrats and the right-wing, led by the Moderate Party.
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Jamaicans have been voting in a general election, expected to be the closest contest for years.
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STOCKHOLM, Sept. 17 Â Sweden appeared set to sweep away 12 years of center-left government today, voting to reject its longtime prime minister, Goran Persson, in favor of a conservative candidate who has pledged to renew the Swedish welfare state.
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Hard-liners raced ahead Thursday in an election to decide who will control the Northern Ireland Assembly _ and hold the key to revived power-sharing in this British territory.Comment
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Exit polls from Romania&#39;s presidential run-off on Sunday showed the race between Social Democrat Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and opposition leader Traian Basescu was too close to call.
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Sweden's center-right opposition alliance declared victory Sunday after nearly complete official results showed it narrowly defeating the governing Social Democrats in parliamentary elections. Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson conceded defeat and said his government would resign.
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The opposition is expected to win by a landslide in a surprisingly smooth election.
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Sweden's election looked set to go  down to the wire on Sunday, with television projections giving  a center-right alliance vowing to trim the welfare state a  razor thin lead over the ruling Social Democrats.
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Opposition leader Fredrik Reinfeldt   declared victory for his centre-right alliance on Sunday in   Sweden's election, ending 12 years of Social Democrat rule by   vowing to lower taxes and trim the welfare state.
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A center-right opposition vowing to streamline Sweden's famed welfare state ousted the Social Democratic government in a close parliamentary election Sunday, ending 12 years of leftist rule in the Nordic nation.
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TOKYO - The race to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeared to narrow to two candidates yesterday as the ruling party's conservative number two leader and a dovish party stalwart who favors warmer ties with Asia announced they will run.
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One of the longest and most vicious presidential campaigns in the annals of the republic finally lurches to a close Tuesday as Americans head to the polls, perhaps in record numbers, to choose the next leader of a deeply divided country.
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With all the votes counted in the Finnish municipal elections held yesterday (see linked earlier reports from Sunday night), the Social Democrats emerged as the largest party in the country, with a 24.1% share.
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The Romanian presidential election was too close to call, with one exit poll narrowly giving the nod to Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, while another survey had him neck and neck with his centre-right rival.
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THE RACE: The presidential race among Democrats in South Carolina.
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A center-right alliance headed by  Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt won power in Sweden,  ending 12 years of Social Democrat rule with vows to cut taxes  and trim back the welfare state to boost jobs.
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Voters are set to elect a new parliament Saturday for the first time since the Baltic nation settled into a new era of stability by joining the European Union and NATO in 2004.Comment