Brazil set for presidential poll
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Brazilians are due to vote as President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's poll lead narrows amid corruption allegations.
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By Tiago Pariz and Carmen Munari BRASILIA, Brazil  - A leading centrist party isthreatening to leave Brazil's governing coalition next week ina move that could jeopardize the president's reforms inCongress and pressure him to give it more Cabinet posts.
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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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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Nagging corruption scandals thwarted Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's hopes of clinching a first-round election victory and he now faces a high-stakes run-off against an inspired rival.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - With his once-comfortable   lead narrowing, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva   geared up on Thursday for a final campaign push to secure an   outright victory in this weekend's election.
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Brazil's first working-class president slipped in the polls on the eve of elections Sunday, indicating he may not win a convincing first-round victory but will instead be forced to campaign for another month amid spiraling corruption allegations against his party.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must face a run-off election, one of his senior aides said, after a string of corruption scandals turned many voters against the incumbent in Sunday's presidential election.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must fight his main challenger in a run-off vote after many Brazilians turned against him in Sunday's presidential election and punished the former union leader for a string of corruption scandals.
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Despite a corruption scandal in his party, Brazilians are set to reelect President Luiz Ign&#225;cio Lula da Silva on Oct. 1.
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Mozambicans began voting on Wednesday in  presidential and parliamentary elections focusing on who will  succeed President Joaquim Chissano, stepping down after 18  years in office.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz   Inacio Lula da Silva would win the October 1 presidential   election outright despite a smear campaign scandal that forced   several of his top aides to resign this week, two polls showed   on Saturday.
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio will announce a date for snap elections on Friday, his office said, in what looks likely to be a possible rout for the ruling center-right Social Democrats.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil, Sept. 30 -- The dividing lines that will determine Brazil's presidential election on Sunday are extraordinarily clear, as plainly visible as the swinging doors that separate a restaurant's dining room from its kitchen.
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Portuguese voters will decide on Sunday whether the country's strict laws on abortion should be relaxed.
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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 commanding lead over his main rival in Brazil's   presidential race expanded slightly over the past week, a poll   showed on Tuesday.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fell short of outright re-election Sunday but will head into an October 29 runoff leading his closest rival.