Nepal on edge ahead of polls
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National elections â already twice delayed â are scheduled for April. The interim government voted to abolish the monarchy, meeting a key demand of former Maoist rebels.
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Hong Kong voters are expected to turn out in record numbers today for a legislative election in which pro-democracy groups are expected to win most of the votes, but not most of the seats, pollsters said yesterday.
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The vote count in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election has resumed with interim President Hamid Karzai far ahead of his rivals in early results.
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JAKARTA - Security forces remain on high alert as Indonesians head to the polls in an election that could see the opposition leader become president.
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According to the Third Annual Worldwide Index of Press Freedom released in Paris yesterday by the Reporters Sans Frontiers, Nepal is 160th out of 167 countries, with Denmark at top and North Korea at the bottom.
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Candidates are sparring over anti-graft moves ahead of Thursday's presidential and parliamentary vote.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Vote counting in Afghanistan&#39;s historic elections is almost finished, with incumbent President Hamid Karzai on course to win a simple majority.
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JAKARTA A bomb in Jakarta 11 days before Indonesia&#39;s presidential election may lead voters to decide a neck-and-neck race based on security concerns.
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A new poll shows former Indonesian Security Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono maintaining a strong lead ahead of Monday&#39;s presidential runoff election.
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Pakistan's voters head to the polls amid tight security and tension
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Less than a month before Pakistan's election, the opposition is already claiming it will be rigged, pointing to a stacked judiciary, media intimidation and ballot papers that have allegedly been pre-marked
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Security forces in Nepal have been placed on high alert as a deadline set by rebels for business shut down ends on Tuesday.
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The candidate of South Koreaâs conservative opposition party in next weekâs presidential election has surged far ahead of his rivals in the last opinion polls allowed before the balloting.
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Nepalese soldiers check the bags of people heading for the capital at Naubise, 30 kilometres to the west. Maoists have set up blockades on routes to Kathmandu.
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The United Nations mission in Nepal has told the Himalayan nation's government to move on and organise scheduled elections crucial to the impoverished country's future.
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ABOUT 140 million Indonesians are expected to vote today in the country&#39;s first direct presidential election, with incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri hoping for a late surge of support to cling to office.
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India and Nepal were close to finalising a treaty on Wednesday for faster extradition of terror suspects to help tackle a Maoist insurgency in the Himalayan kingdom that is threatening to spill into India.