Gunsmiths and goons get set for Philippine election
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DANAO CITY, Philippines  - With the whiff of elections in the air, the gunsmiths of Danao City are working overtime to meet demand for their signature .38-caliber revolvers.
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The presidential election is predicted to be the tightest race in the countryâs history.
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National elections on Sunday are shaped by one of the world's highest murder rates.
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People in Venezuela are set to take part in a presidential poll which incumbent Hugo Chavez is expected to win.
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Indonesians vote in a landmark  presidential election run-off on Monday and are expected to  hand power to a former general who has vowed firmer leadership  in fighting terrorism and boosting the economy.
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Thais are voting in an election that is expected to give Thaksin Shinawatra's party a landslide victory.
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There is no shortage of hopefuls for the upcoming special election in Indiana's 7th Congressional District, as both major parties' local organizations prepare to pick their nominees this weekend.
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Voters in Ghana queued on Tuesday to choose a new leader for their West African country in what was expected to be a race between incumbent John Kufuor and long-standing rival John Atta Mills.
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The Philippine government Monday promised a strong leadership in the regional anti-terror campaign after the country was unanimously elected as new chairman of the Counter-Terrorism
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A former general who wants the army to tackle rampant crime will face a center-left businessman in Guatemala's presidential runoff in November after a close first-round vote, results showed on Monday.
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LIMA, Peru  - The leader of a 200-strong armed  group that seized a police station and part of a southern  Peruvian town to demand the resignation of President Alejandro  Toledo said it would hand in its weapons on Monday.
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MULTAN, Pakistan  - The strength of a sympathy vote for assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in the country's biggest province is likely to determine the result of a general election on February 18.
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Thailand was poised Saturday for the first election since last year's bloodless coup, under the close watch of the military and the looming shadow of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Key figures in Pakistan's parliamentary elections who could emerge as candidates for prime minister.
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Republicans in the US state of Florida prepare to choose their candidate for the presidential elections.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Parliament was set to vote on pair of thorny government expenses late Thursday: the scandal-plagued gun registry and the Governor General's budget.
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Two candidates standing in Northern Ireland's elections say they have been sent bullets in the post.