Reclusive governor wins Nigeria ruling party ticket
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Nigeria's ruling party on Sunday chose a reclusive Muslim state governor, Umaru Yar'Adua, to be its candidate to succeed Olusegun Obasanjo as president of Africa's most populous nation in elections next year.
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OSHAKATI, Namibia  - Hifikepunye Pohamba, who has  spearheaded moves to expropriate white-owned land for  redistribution to black peasants, is virtually guaranteed  victory in Namibia's presidential polls next week.
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Deval Patrick, a Democrat making his first run for elective office and a bid to become the state's first black governor, beat two opponents in Tuesday's gubernatorial primary to win a place in November's general election.
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Puerto Rico's congressional envoy who favors the island's status as a U.S. territory narrowly won a recount in the governor's race, election officials announced Thursday.
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Umaru Yar'Adua, the candidate of Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2007 presidental elections, has named Goodluck Jonathan, the governor of the southern oil state of Bayelsa as his running mate, a Bayelsa State spokesman has said.
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Nigeria's ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has chosen Umaru Yar'Adua, governor of the northern Katsina State, as its candidate for the April 2007 presidential election.
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won control of Indonesia&#39;s parliament yesterday when Jusuf Kalla, his vice-president, was elected head of the biggest party in the legislature.
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The opposition Democratic party candidate, Apirak Kosayodhin, was unofficially set to be the next Bangkok governor with a landslide victory in the vote finished in the wee hours Monday morning.
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Niger's president is elected for a second term after comfortably winning a run-off vote, officials say.
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Outgoing Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was set Tuesday to hand over power to the man he handpicked to succeed him, Umaru Yar&#39;Adua, who was a little-known governor of an obscure northern state.
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Nationalist Shinzo Abe became head of Japan's ruling party by a landslide Wednesday, a victory expected to lead to his election as prime minister next week.
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Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won Indonesia&#39;s presidential election run-off in a landslide, preliminary final results showed on Monday.
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The moderate veteran politician Yasuo Fukuda easily won election as president of Japan's struggling ruling party on Sunday, assuring his selection as the new prime minister in a parliamentary vote later this week.
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Mitch Daniels, the former White House budget director whom President Bush proclaimed &quot;My Man Mitch,&quot; was elected governor Tuesday by soundly beating incumbent Joe Kernan.
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Unofficial results from Cameroon's presidential election point to a huge victory for incumbent Paul Biya.
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Namibia&#39;s ruling party candidate, Hifikepunye Pohamba, has won an overwhelming victory in the country&#39;s presidential election.
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Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe wins the International Man Booker Prize in honour of his literary career.