Nigerian frontrunner 'will stand'
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Nigeria's ruling party presidential candidate, Umaru Yar'Adua, says he is well enough to run in April's polls.
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Nigeria's ruling party presidential contender is flown abroad for a medical check-up.
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JOHANNESBURG, May 29 -- Nigeria's new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, pledged in his inaugural address Tuesday to work urgently to quell rising violence in the volatile Niger Delta, a major source of oil exports to the United States.
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Nigeria's ex-military ruler Gen Babangida, a top candidate in next year's polls, says he is proud of his time in office.
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Umaru Yar'Adua will be sworn in as Nigeria's new president, after the outgoing head made a final speech to the nation.
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Nigeria's general strike is set to go ahead on Tuesday despite the government's decision to reduce the price of cooking fuel.
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Militant French farmer Jose Bove says he will stand in the presidential race if he can muster enough support.
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Interim Palestine Liberation Organization leader Mahmoud Abbas is the clear front-runner in upcoming presidential elections, according to a poll released Sunday.
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Nigeria's governing party chooses a little known Muslim governor as its candidate for next April's polls.
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JAKARTA (Antara): Presidential front-runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is leading in the vote-count by a wide margin ahead of President Megawati Soekarnoputri, will likely start drawing up his Cabinet on Oct. 5., a party leader has said.
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Shinzo Abe, the front-runner in the race to be Japan's next leader, is due to announce his bid for the job.
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Umaru Yar'Adua takes office as president of Nigeria on Tuesday, inheriting a catalogue of crises compounded by doubts over his own legitimacy after a flawed election.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo vowed on Saturday the African Union would not give up efforts to bring peace to Sudan's western Darfur region, despite cease-fire violations and months of failed talks.
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Nigeria's president-elect says he will reform the election process - strongly criticised during last month's poll.
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Kicking off his country&#39;s first democratic election campaign Wednesday, Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi declared his own candidacy, saying the country can handle the challenge.
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Egyptian-American sociologist and human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim said he is planning to stand in the process to elect Egypt's next president that kicks off in May.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo spoke to his annointed successor live on television on Wednesday in an effort to dispel rumours that Umaru Yar'Adua had died.