Ex-Soviet Georgia votes in democracy test election
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Georgians voted on Saturday in a presidential election expected to hand the former Soviet state's leader a narrow win, but opponents accused him of rigging the poll and threatened street protests.
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili  voted on Thursday in local elections which will test his  popularity after a major confrontation with Russia.
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Western election observers said on Sunday Georgia's presidential election was broadly fair and Washington urged the opposition, gathering in the capital to protest the result, to show restraint.
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KIEV, Dec 13 (IPS) - Most western analysts rejoice in what they describe  as the latest struggle for democracy in former Soviet territory,  but among the divided Ukrainian and Russian commentators the mood  is slightly different. Some ask why for the West democracy is  orange, and the blue votes do not count.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili claimed victory in Saturday's presidential election after an exit poll showed him winning outright, but the opposition cried foul and called for mass protests.
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Albanians have cast ballots in municipal elections seen as a gauge of democratic headway made in the former communist bastion as it bids for eventual European Union and NATO membership.
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A court validated the results of parliamentary elections Thursday, opening the way for the formation of a government in this ex-Soviet republic struggling to emerge from prolonged political turmoil.
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Exit polls suggest Georgia's President Saakashvili is on track for re-election, in a vote seen as a test for democracy.
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Election officials counted ballots Monday after Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region held its first post-Soviet presidential election, a race in which all five candidates vowed to keep the separatist Black Sea resort area independent of Georgia.
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Georgians began voting in an election on Saturday that pro-U.S. leader Mikhail Saakashvili is likely to win but surveys differ on whether his victory will be big enough to avoid a second round.
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Bitter rivalry between TV stations accompanies Georgia's tense presidential election.
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MOSCOW -- Russian voters went to the polls yesterday in regional elections dominated by two pro-Kremlin parties, a result that critics said presented the appearance of democracy without its substance.
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KIEV: Voting began Sunday in Ukraine&#39;s presidential elections, seen as a critical test for the future of democratic development in the former Soviet state, a foreign news agency reported.
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Georgia's main opposition leader says the authorities are preparing to rig Saturday's presidential election.
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SKOPJE, Macedonia Voters are set go to the polls here Sunday in a referendum that will test the success of a three-year-long peace process to allay tensions between Macedonians and ethnic Albanians in this former Yugoslav republic.
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Georgia's presidential election was broadly free and fair but had shortcomings, international observers say.
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TBILISI, Georgia, Jan. 13 -- Tens of thousands of Georgians on Sunday protested the election victory of U.S.-allied President Mikheil Saakashvili, claiming fraud and demanding a recount.