Bosnians to vote, split on how to move ahead alone
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A general election on Sunday is   intended to help Bosnia stand on its own two feet after 10   years of international supervision, but the divisions left by   its 1992-95 war are pulling the country in opposite directions.
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By Renee C. Lee and Matt Stiles, Houston Chronicle  Dec. 8--Voters in The Woodlands could decide as early as next year whether to take the first steps toward self-government under a deal that also would remove the possibility of annexation by Houston, local officials announced Thursday.
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Turkey's ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party looks on course to win enough votes on Sunday to govern alone again in an election that has divided the country over religion's role in a secular state.
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BELGRADE, Oct 2 (IPS) - The results emerging from the crucial general  elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina Sunday confirm the deep ethnic  divisions between its Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs.
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For some, voting day will be violent and disappointing. For others, just plain confusing. And the Sunnis may have to be drawn in after the fact
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People in the breakaway region of Azerbaijan vote in the hope their bid for independence will be boosted.
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2 October 2004 -- Bosnians began voting today in the country&#39;s first locally organized local elections since the 1992-95 war. Around 2.3 million voters are eligible to elect local councils and mayors in 142 municipalities.
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Bosnia'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.
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A Serb boycott of Kosovo&#39;s general election increased tension between ethnic communities yesterday, raising the prospect that ethnic Albanian leaders may declare unilateral independence
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"I don't think the remaining votes will change anything."  A conservative former prime minister won the most votes in Slovenia's tight presidential elections Sunday, but fell far short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff.Lojze Peterle, who campaigned as an independent but has the backing of Prime Minister Janez Jansa's center-right government, had about 28 percent of the vote with 95 percent of the ballots counted, according to the Electoral Commission. Fifty percent was needed to avoid a runoff.Although the president's powers are largely ceremonial, the job carries some influence in foreign and defense matters. Read more
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Montenegro's ruling coalition faces a divided opposition The people of Montenegro are going to the polls on Sunday for the first general election since the independent state was created earlier this year.
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3 October 2004 -- Election officials in Bosnia say the country&#39;s main Muslim, Serb, and Croat nationalist parties were leading as results for yesterday&#39;s local elections came in.
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Bosnians appeared split in key elections on the country's future Sunday, with Muslims and Catholic Croats voting for politicians who want to unify the Balkan nation, but Serbs backing a candidate who advocates ethnic division, early results showed.
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The Israeli Government remains divided on whether to allow Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem to vote in next year&#39;s Presidential elections, which is scheduled to be held on January ninth.
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Armenians vote for a new president Tuesday amid growing unease that Kosovo's declaration of independence could increase secessionist pressure in breakaway territories in the Caucuses and other former Soviet regions.
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As random selection placed registered entrants on a ballot that is expected to be several pages long, officials worried that violence aimed at preventing the election is surging.
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Nationalist parties took the lead in weekend municipal elections in Bosnia, but moderate Serbs made inroads in some traditionally hard-line areas, according to preliminary results in a vote marked by disappointingly