Lula widens lead in Brazil presidential race: poll
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da   Silva's commanding lead over his main rival in Brazil's   presidential race expanded slightly over the past week, a poll   showed on Tuesday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, elected to a second four-year term in October, was voted the country's best-ever president, a survey released on Sunday showed.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazil's ruling Workers'  Party (PT) held onto the mayoralty in at least three major  cities in Sunday's municipal vote but will face a tough run-off  contest for the biggest prize, the city of Sao Paulo, according  to early results and an exit poll.
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Brazilians vote in local elections - which are regarded as the first political test of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown&#39;s Labour Party has widened its opinion poll lead over the Conservatives, according to an opinion poll released Wednesday.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was battling to secure the votes needed to clinch an outright victory in Sunday's presidential election after public disgust over corrupt politics eroded his support in the final days of campaigning.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Candidates in Brazil's   presidential race assailed each other over crime and corruption   in the final weekend of campaigning but opposition hopes that a   "dirty tricks" scandal would derail President Luiz Inacio Lula   da Silva's charge to victory looked to be fading.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's popularity rose six months into his second term despite growing violence in cities and a series of corruption scandals in national politics, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - With his once-comfortable   lead narrowing, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva   geared up on Thursday for a final campaign push to secure an   outright victory in this weekend's election.
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The president of this West African country appeared to have a strong lead in the election Tuesday, garnering more than half the votes counted.
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned Thursday to the gritty suburb where he campaigned as a radical leftist for years before winning Brazil's presidency. This time, he's a popular centrist who stabilized Brazil's economy and brought millions out of poverty.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da   Silva's commanding lead over his nearest rival in Brazil's   presidential race narrowed by 4 percentage points in the past   five days, a poll showed on Friday.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- More than 125 million Brazilian voters are set to choose a new government today, and polls show they want more of the same, despite more than a year's worth of political scandals.
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Incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes an early lead after polls close in Brazil's presidential race.
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Brazilians are due to vote as President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's poll lead narrows amid corruption allegations.
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Brazilian voters gave a boost to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in nationwide municipal elections on Sunday, according to initial results, in the first electoral test for the leftist leader and his plans to remake Latin America's biggest country.
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California Gov. Arnold   Schwarzenegger widened his lead over his Democratic   gubernatorial rival to ten points, according to the latest   Field Poll of 557 likely voters released on Wednesday.