Swedes vote in tight elections
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Swedes began voting in the tightest election race in decades, with voter surveys suggesting a defeat for Prime Minister Goeran Persson at the hands of the centre-right opposition.
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As random selection placed registered entrants on a ballot that is expected to be several pages long, officials worried that violence aimed at preventing the election is surging.
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Dutch voters cast ballots in a general election with polls predicting the centre-right party of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende will emerge with the most seats but well short of a majority.
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Jamaicans are due to vote in a general election which is expected to be the closest contest for years.
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As South Koreans headed to the polls for their countryâs presidential election on Wednesday, voters appeared ready to choose Lee Myung-bak, a pro-business candidate.
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Latvians voted at the weekend to return to power the centre-right parties who guided the country into the European Union, partial results showed.
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MOSCOW, Oct. 23 -- With parliamentary elections just weeks away, Russia has still not extended an invitation to Europe's principal election watchdog to monitor the vote. Opposition activists and Western diplomats charge that the authorities here are deliberately stalling to limit the work of an...
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Â· Millions vote peacefully in country's tightest poll  Â· Former political prisoner out to unseat president
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A center-right alliance vowing to fine-tune Sweden's cherished welfare system has its best chance in 12 years Sunday to oust a Social Democratic government that has seen its support wane despite strong economic growth.
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Poles voted on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election that could weaken the grip of the conservative Kaczynski twins and bring in a government ready to speed up economic reforms and improve relations with EU allies.
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Pakistan's voters head to the polls amid tight security and tension
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Sweden 's governing Social Democratic Party and its two left-wing support parties remain in a dead heat with a four-party center-right coalition, five days before the Sept.
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About 1,000 Swedes are listed as missing, and that number adds to the confusion and angst.
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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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Sweden began voting in a   parliamentary election on Sunday in which a centre-right   alliance could oust the long-ruling Social Democrats on pledges   to fine-tune the country's welfare state.
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The presidential election is predicted to be the tightest race in the countryâs history.
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Voters are set to elect a new parliament Saturday for the first time since the Baltic nation settled into a new era of stability by joining the European Union and NATO in 2004.Comment