Uzbek Parliamentary Polls Open Without Opposition Parties
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While Ukrainians are heading to the polls, citizens of the fellow ex-Soviet republic of Uzbekistan are also voting, in this case for parliament.
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Polling stations were nearly empty throughout Sunday&#39;s Parliament election in Turkmenistan, forcing officials to carry ballot boxes door to door.
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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan Europe&#39;s top election watchdog said Monday that Uzbekistan&#39;s parliamentary election fell far short of democratic standards.
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The main Kazakh opposition party on Friday abandoned its efforts to get a court ruling on the legitimacy of recent parliamentary polls that were internationally criticized as flawed.
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The Russian government on Sunday denied an opposition leaderâs application to appear on the March 2 presidential ballot, clearing a path for the Kremlinâs favorite candidate to run all but unchallenged.
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The government has hailed the vote as a democratic breakthrough, but opposition candidates are not allowed to run. Security is tight after an unprecedented year of anti-government protests
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President Pervez Musharraf appealed for national unity as unofficial returns showed the opposition taking commanding leads early Tuesday in parliamentary elections aimed at bolstering democracy and calming political strife
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MOSCOW, Sep 11 (IPS) - A presidential decree allowing political parties to  engage officially in public campaigns for parliamentary elections  has come into effect, but opposition parties fear they may not  get adequate access to media coverage.
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The Uzbek government says it has begun official preparations for presidential elections in late December.
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Kyrgyz voters went to the polls on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election expected to hand President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's party an overwhelming victory though it has been criticized as undemocratic by the opposition.
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Polling booths in Thailand opened at 8 a.m. (0100 GMT) on Sunday in the first election since a bloodless military coup against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra last year.
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Slovenia&#39;s center-right oppositionwon a majority of votes in parliamentary elections on Sunday, according to reports from Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia.
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With the country's electorate wanting President Musharraf out, opposition leaders don't expect him to play fair at the polls
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Belarusian authorities have barred dozens of opposition candidates from running for parliament in next month's elections, a move opposition leaders condemned as part of President Alexander Lukashenko's relentless crackdown on dissent.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Poll stations officially closed in Afghanistanâs historic presidential election on Saturday with no reports of any major attacks by Taliban militants who had vowed to sabotage the process.
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Parliament adjourned a raucous session Tuesday without voting on amendments to secure a fair rerun of the disputed presidential vote later this month, and throngs of opposition
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The campaign for Afghanistan's first  direct presidential election opened to little fanfare on  Tuesday, while the Taliban, ousted in 2001 in a U.S.-led  invasion, vowed again to disrupt the Oct. 9 poll.