Bahrainis vote after tense campaign
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Bahrainis voted in national elections on Saturday with the majority Shi'ite Muslim opposition taking part for the first time after a 2002 poll boycott, although it alleged some voting irregularities.
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BAGHAD -- The Iraqi political campaign officially kicked off yesterday, colored by hope but tempered by violence that highlighted security concerns leading up to the national election set for Jan. 30.
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Voters began casting their ballots in Hong Kong's legislative elections, considered a test of feeling towards the city's authoritarian rulers in Beijing following a year of political strife here.
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Pakistanis began to vote in parliamentary elections on Monday amid anxiety over further political turmoil and violence.
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AMMAN, Jordan -- Jubilant Iraqi exiles around the world cast their ballots yesterday in Iraq's parliamentary election, coping with tight security and other hardships to take part in the historic event.
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Long lines of people braved a blistering sun Saturday to cast their vote in tight elections pitting Lesotho's ruling party, which has brought stability to the mountain kingdom, against a new rival set up on a platform of change.
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Iraq chose January 30 for its first democratic election in decades today, but violence in Sunni Muslim areas underlined the challenge of holding polls on time.
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Turkmenistan voted for a new president on Sunday in its first contested election, but one virtually certain to be won by an aide to the country's former authoritarian leader, who died in December.
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Two-thirds of registered voters in the  Iraqi capital say they will cast their ballots in the Jan. 30  election despite the threat of violence, an independent Iraqi  newspaper survey found Monday.
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Bahrain's Shia opposition wins 40% of the vote a general election which sees women and liberals fare poorly.
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The Iraqi political campaign officially kicked off yesterday, colored by hope but tempered by violence that highlighted security concerns
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Iraq has chosen January 30 for its first democratic election in decades but violence in Sunni Muslim areas is underlining the challenge of holding polls on time.
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Vote-counting began in Pakistan Monday after voters defied bombings and shootings to cast their ballots in elections that will decide the political fate of key US ally President Pervez Musharraf.
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Moroccans chose their political future Friday in elections that could give an Islamic party greater power than ever before in a country seen as a pillar of moderation in the Arab world.
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One man was killed on Monday in a clash between supporters of rival candidates as Egyptians voted in an election for parliament&#39;s upper house amid a massive crackdown on the main opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Saudi men started voting in municipal elections in the capital Riyadh on Thursday, the first stage in an unprecedented nationwide vote in the absolute monarchy which is inching toward reform.
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Hundreds of Bahraini Shiites clashed with riot police Tuesday after the funeral of a protester who died after a similar confrontation a day earlier.