Results Show Da Silva Leading Brazil Vote
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Brazilian voters gave a boost to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in nationwide municipal elections on Sunday, according to initial results, in the first electoral test for the leftist leader and his plans to remake Latin America's biggest country.
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THE VOTE: Polls indicate victory for Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's first elected leftist president, when he seeks a second four-year term in elections Oct. 1.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's standing as a man of the people may not be enough to carry him to victory when Brazilians vote in a presidential election on Sunday.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's leftist Worker's Party appears set to lose control of South America's biggest city, Sao Paulo, with polls showing voters will replace the mayor with the man who lost the presidential election to Silva two years ago.
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In the first electoral test for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his plans to remake Latin America's largest country, Brazilians Sunday chose municipal mayors and councils nationwide.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he will not seek a third consecutive term as Brazil's leader, but will try to influence the choice of his successor who might come from outside his ruling party.
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BUCHAREST : Romania's Social Democrat Prime Minister Adrian Nastase was leading the country's presidential race with some 40 percent of the vote, exit polls showed after voting ended.
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President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has a commanding lead ahead of Russia's presidential election with 63 percent support, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.
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The Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, received a boost in local elections on Sunday, in what was widely seen as a referendum on his first two years of government.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces a month of high-stakes campaigning against an inspired challenger who will try to hammer on corruption scandals to unseat the former metalworker in a runoff vote.
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The president of this West African country appeared to have a strong lead in the election Tuesday, garnering more than half the votes counted.
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned Thursday to the gritty suburb where he campaigned as a radical leftist for years before winning Brazil's presidency. This time, he's a popular centrist who stabilized Brazil's economy and brought millions out of poverty.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, facing a run-off in Brazil's election, is toning down his class-war rhetoric in a bid to woo the middle class and business votes that cost him a first-round victory.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's opposition is   maneuvering to annul a likely victory by President Luiz Inacio   Lula da Silva in Sunday's election in a type of legal "coup   d'etat," a top government official said on Thursday.
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Brazilians were doubting the Selecao at the start of Copa America. Milan's Kaka and Barcelona's Ronaldinho opted not to play in Venezuela and Brazil started the tournament with a loss to Mexico. But the Brazilians showed up when it counted, dominating Argentina and taking a 3-0 victory in Sunday's final in Maracaibo.
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Political analysts are uncertain if BrazilÂs president, made vulnerable by another corruption scandal, will obtain the majority he needs to avoid a runoff.
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By Carlos DeJuana and Terry Wade SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazil's ruling Workers'Party (PT) held onto the mayoralty in at least three majorcities in Sunday's municipal vote but will face a tough run-offcontest for the biggest prize, the city of Sao Paulo, accordingto early results and an exit poll.