Chechnya election has few voters
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GROZNY, Russia Under heavy security and with few voters visible in this hushed and abandoned capital, the republic of Chechnya on Sunday held a special presidential election, a step toward replacing a predecessor who was killed by a bomb.
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The Kremlin candidate won Chechnya&#39;s presidential election but now faces a struggle to keep the warring region under control and subdue a resurgent separatist rebellion that has frustrated Russia for a decade.
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A new pro-Russian populist political party stumbled in elections Sunday, apparently failing to get enough support to win a stake in the government in the second and final round of parliamentary elections, a vote marked by record low turnout.
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The Kremlin-backed candidate Alu Alkhanov has got 73.48 percent of the ballots in Sunday&#39;s presidential election in Russia&#39;s Chechen republic, assuring his landslide victory, the election commission said Monday.
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Chechens marked the birthday of their murdered leader, days ahead of an election to replace him at the helm of the Caucasus republic where a five-year guerrilla war shows no signs of dying down.
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Singing, socialising, and scepticism: the Chechen elections received a mixture of responses from the local population.
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OISKHARA, Russia - A man tried to bring a suspicious package to a polling station in Chechnya on Sunday during the republic's presidential election, then died in an explosion as he ran away, the head of the Chechen election commision said on Russian television.    The Chechens voted for a president to replace the Kremlin-backed leader who was killed in a bomb blast in May...
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OISKHARA, Russia - A man tried to bring a suspicious package to a polling station in Chechnya on Sunday during a presidential election, then died in an explosion as he ran away, the head of the Chechen election commision said on Russian television.    The Chechens voted for a president to replace the Kremlin-backed leader who was killed in a bomb blast in May...
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A presidential election aimed at  restoring national government to lawless Somalia for the first  time in 13 years went into a second round Sunday after no  outright winner emerged in the first ballot.
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Russia&#39;s republic of Chechnya elected Alu Alkhanov president in a poll held to replace Akhamad Kadyrov, who was assassinated in May.
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Opponents have questioned the Chechen election win of Alu Alkhanov, who vowed to triumph over the region&#39;s rebels. Mr Alkhanov, Moscow&#39;s preferred candidate, was officially reported to have won more than 73.
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On 29 August, Chechen voters will go to the polls for the second time within 11 months to endorse or reject the candidate perceived by the Kremlin as most capable of imposing some semblance of normality in the war-torn region.
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OISKHARA, Russia - Against a backdrop of war and squalor, Chechens voted Sunday for a replacement for their assassinated president in a vote the Kremlin hopes will bring some stability to the violence-torn region. A man was killed when he attempted to blow up a polling station...
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Latvians head to the polls, but low turnout is expected amid a lack of issues and series of corruption scandals.
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GROZNY, Russia  - The Kremlin's candidate has won  Chechnya's presidential election but faces an uphill struggle  to subdue a resurgence of a separatist rebellion that has  frustrated Russian leaders for a decade.
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Russia&#39;s restive republic of Chechnya will elect a president to replace Akhmad Kadyrov, the pro-Moscow leader killed last May, the BBC reported Sunday.
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A mere trickle of voters showed up at polling stations in Uzbekistan&#39;s capital yesterday in an election from which all opposition groups are barred.