Islamists set to boost clout in Morocco polls
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Opposition Islamists pushing an anti-corruption message are expected to make gains in Moroccan parliamentary polls on Friday, exploiting disillusion among the poor with the liberal elite's vision of secular modernity.
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Morocco is to elect a new parliament, with a moderate Islamist opposition party expected to make large gains.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec 24  - The mainstream Fatah party is on course to win most seats in the landmark Palestinian local elections despite a good showing by Hamas, according to partial and preliminary results Friday.
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Modernisers and traditionalists are competing for the soul of the party.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas changes the election law, which could boost his Fatah party against Hamas.
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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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Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling party, thanks to a deal with the nationalist opposition, on Tuesday submitted to parliament a draft amendment to allow the Islamic headscarf in universities, making good on a six-year-old electoral promise.
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Morocco raised its terror alert to its highest level and ordered stepped up security nationwide Friday, citing a "serious threat of a terrorist act."
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Moroccans voted in modest numbers on Friday in parliamentary elections expected to show gains for Islamists pushing an anti-corruption message and more vigorous plans to fight poverty.
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Morocco's conservative Istiqlal party, a member of the kingdom's ruling coalition, won most seats in parliamentary elections that opposition Islamists said were skewed by vote buying.
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The release of Mohammed Abbou gives human rights advocates hope, and perhaps a formula for more political freedoms in the North African nation.
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Morocco's King Mohammed vowed on Friday to step up security cooperation with neighboring Algeria to weed out terrorism in the Maghreb region.
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Some officials believe the Muslim Brotherhood, a secretive and diverse movement opposed to Western influences, offers a chance for political engagement that could help isolate violent jihadists.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - Pakistani voters are expected to succeed where President Pervez Musharraf has failed, pushing back the Islamist tide and throwing out of power political clerics governing Pakistan's violent northwest.
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Islamist-backed candidates triumphed  over tribal opponents and businessmen in Saudi Arabia's  landmark men-only elections in the capital Riyadh, according to  preliminary results released Friday.
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With the election of its first president with Islamist roots, the country enters a new era. Just what it will bring is the question