Congress party in election defeat
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India's governing Congress Party suffers a setback in key state elections in Punjab and Uttarakhand.
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Opposition Labor party leader Mark Latham gestures as he concedes defeat of general election Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004 in Sydney. John Howards conservative coalition party the Liberals, won a fourth consecutive term in power.
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Pakistan&#39;s opposition parties lambasted President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday for going back on his word to step down as army chief by the end of the year, calling it another blow to democracy.
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A rout in parliamentary elections leaves the President defiant but vulnerable  -  if his  political foes can unite
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A rout in parliamentary elections leaves the President defiant but vulnerable -- if his  political foes can unite
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Pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong have expressed disappointment at the outcome of Sunday&#39;s parliamentary elections. The pro-democracy camp secured 25 seats on the
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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia  - Prime Minister Anton Rop conceded defeat Sunday after preliminary results showed the centre-right opposition winning Slovenia's parliamentary elections.
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Opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham has conceded defeat in Australia&#39;s general elections and congratulated Prime Minister John Howard for winning a fourth consecutive term in office.
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India&#39;s ruling Congress party won power in a giant state on Saturday, a victory that would boost the fortunes of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi&#39;s party
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KABUL, Afghanistan The top challengers in the Afghan presidential election are conceding defeat to Hamid Karzai (HAH&#39;-mihd KAHR&#39;-zeye).
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DR Congo President Kabila's party falls short of winning an overall majority of parliamentary seats, results show.
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Thailand's main opposition Democrat Party conceded defeat in Sunday's general election, saying Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had won enough support to form a one-party government. "I would like to congratulate Thai Rak Thai for achieving its goal of being a single-party government," Democrat leader Banyat Bantadtan told reporters after exit polls showed Thaksin's party was likely to win 399 of the 500 seats in parliament.
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Musharraf's leading lieutenants appear to have lost their seats in early results in Pakistan's election
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AHMEDABAD, India  - India's Hindu nationalists were headed for a strong majority in a bitterly fought state election on Sunday, a verdict that could mean a setback to Congress party plans to call an early national election.
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BOMBAY : India&#39;s Congress-led alliance held onto power in the nation&#39;s richest state, Maharashtra, after winning the most seats in assembly elections and dealing a humiliating defeat to the opposition Hindu nationalists.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko suffered a defeat in parliament today, when his foes blocked electoral amendments intended to avert fraud in a new presidential runoff later this month.
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Calcutta, Sept. 29: Sharad Pawarâs one-day match is over but his defeat has thrown up the first-ever formidable challenge to the way Indiaâs cricket establishment decides who should run it.