Lebanon presidential vote postponed to December 22
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A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for Monday was postponed until December 22, the parliament speaker said, in the ninth postponement of the vote.
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France to suspend diplomatic contacts with Syria until progress is made on choosing a new Lebanese president.
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Canadian PM Stephen Harper delays the return of parliament until October, setting up a vote that could trigger an election.
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Pakistan's parliamentary elections have been postponed until February 18 because of unrest following the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The elections were originally set for January 8. Both opposition parties wanted the elections to go ahead as scheduled, hoping to capitalize on the sympathy following Bhutto's killing.
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Constitutional amendment drafted will allow Lahoud to stand for re-election despite opposition at home, abroad. BEIRUT - Lebanese MPs will vote Friday on a constitutional amendment drafted under pressure from
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Lebanese factions backed by Damascus are set to boycott a presidential election in parliament on Tuesday, blocking the anti-Syrian majority from choosing a new head of state.
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Counting of votes from Afghanistan's election is delayed until the shape of an inquiry into alleged flaws is announced.
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Election of successor to Emile Lahoud is postponed after parliamentary boycott by political wing.
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The Indian Ocean atoll nation of the Maldives postponed parliamentary elections due Friday by three weeks after devastating tidal waves killed at least 55 here.
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Pakistan's general election was postponed on Wednesday by six weeks until mid-February due to the  violence sparked by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, despite the objection of the two main opposition parties.
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DUKAN, Iraq -- Leading Sunni politicians and representatives of Iraq's prime minister and president called yesterday for Iraq's national election to be postponed until order is restored in the violence-racked Sunni Arab heartland, the strongest signal yet that the ballot might not take place in January as scheduled.
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Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday postponed a parliamentary session to elect a new president until Nov. 12 to give rival factions time to agree on a compromise candidate, a statement said.
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Lebanon's parliamentary speaker postponed a vote on Friday that was the last chance to choose a president before the pro-Syrian head of state, Emile Lahoud, leaves office at midnight.
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Lebanon's presidential election scheduled for Tuesday will most likely be postponed to give room for rival Lebanese factions to agree on a consensus candidate, parliamentary deputies said late Saturday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A group of leading political parties on Friday called for a six-month delay to the Jan. 30 parliamentary elections, expressing concerns that widening violence would make voting impossible in large swaths of Iraq.
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Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed from Monday to February 11, the parliament speaker said on Sunday, announcing the 13th delay of a vote blocked by the country's political crisis.
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Parliamentary elections in Pakistan appeared set to be postponed by several weeks despite opposition demands they go ahead as planned on Jan. 8, officials said, setting up a new political standoff after Benazir Bhutto's assassination.