Hardline candidate wins first Serb poll
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Reaction to the victory of Tomislav Nikolic, an extreme nationalist, in the first leg of the Serbian presidential election
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Lithuanian election officials say a party led by a Russian-born millionaire has won the initial round of the country&#39;s first parliamentary ballot since it joined the European Union and NATO earlier this year.
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Serbia is heading for a showdown next  month between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a  liberal favoring the West following the first round of a  presidential election.
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The Christian Science Monitor - European leaders breathed a sigh of relief after Serbian democrat Boris Tadic eked out a victory Sunday over ultranationalist Tomislav Nikolic in a divisive election held days before the expected loss of Kosovo, often spoken of here as the soul of ancient Serbia.
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Nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic conceded defeat in Serbia's presidential election on Sunday, congratulating pro-Western incumbent Boris Tadic on his victory.
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US-backed Hamid Karzai has been officially declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election. Wednesday&#39;s announcement came almost a month after eight million Afghans defied threats of violence to vote in the elections.
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A nationalist candidate won the first round of Serbia's presidential election on Sunday, setting up a run-off with the pro-Western incumbent that will shape Serbian ties with the EU after the expected loss of Kosovo.
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Serbia is heading for a showdown next month between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the West following the first round of a presidential election.
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"There is a risk of the return of the old guard that led Serbia into conflicts and isolation during the 1990s and led people into turmoil and uncertainty"  By Ellie TzortziBELGRADE  - Pro-Western president Boris Tadic and hardline challenger Tomislav Nikolic vie in elections on Sunday that will decide who drives Serbia's response to the trauma of the expected breakaway of its Kosovo region.Opinion polls ahead of a first-round ballot gave Nikolic a slim lead over Tadic, but not enough for a knockout victory.The winner of the February 3 run-off will be the candidate who can attract third-party votes with promises of better living standards, jobs and the defense of Kosovo, heading for independence with Western backing within months. Read more
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Serbia's pro-Western President Boris  Tadic won re-election on Sunday against nationalist challenger  Tomislav Nikolic in a vote that will determine the country's  future ties with the European Union.
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Serbia's pro-Western President Boris Tadic says his re-election shows the strength of Serbian democracy.
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A pro-Western reformist and a hard-line nationalist loyal to Slobodan Milosevic led the race for Belgrade mayor on Sunday, preliminary results showed.
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On Sunday Serbia held its first democratically organized local elections since Slobodan Milosevic's ouster in what was expected to be a close race between nationalists loyal to the former president and ...
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Montenegrins voted Sunday in the first parliamentary elections since their tiny Balkan state split from Serbia, while police announced a crackdown on an alleged ethnic Albanian terrorist group authorities said ...
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Serbs voted on Sunday in the first round of a tight presidential election that could decide the country's future ties with the West after the expected loss of its breakaway Kosovo province.
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Nationalist challenger Tomislav  Nikolic conceded defeat in Serbia's presidential election on  Sunday, congratulating pro-Western incumbent Boris Tadic on his  victory.
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SARAJEVO : Bosnia&#39;s ruling Croat, Muslim and Serb nationalists, who led the Balkans country throughout its 1992-95 inter-ethnic war, confirmed their dominance in local elections over the weekend, first partial results showed.