Uzbek Leader Scorns 'Revolutions' as Nation Votes
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Uzbekistan voted on Sunday in a  election that featured only parties loyal to autocratic  President Islam Karimov, who said he would not tolerate  "revolutions" such as those in Ukraine and Georgia.
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Uzbekistan's president wins 88% of the vote in Sunday's election, which monitors have dismissed as a sham.
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An Uzbek opposition party announced Saturday that it would boycott next month's parliamentary vote, saying the government has failed to embrace democracy and calling on the international community to ignore the election.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 24 -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was greeted with protests Monday as he prepared to address university students and speak before the U.N. General Assembly.
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TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN -- Uzbeks voted in a parliamentary election yesterday in which opposition groups were barred from running, provoking criticism from Europe&#39;s top election watchdog and a fierce defence from authoritarian President Islam Karimov, who
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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- President Islam Karimov slammed Europe&#39;s top election watchdog for criticizing Sunday&#39;s parliamentary vote in this Central Asian nation, where all opposition groups were barred from running for office.
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An outlawed Uzbek opposition party made a new attempt to get formal recognition Thursday, as Uzbekistan prepared for parliamentary elections that can only be contested by the country's five legal parties, which ...
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Opposition leaders alleged Friday that Georgia's local and regional elections were riddled with fraud, but international monitors said the balloting was conducted "with general respect for fundamental freedoms."
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TASHKENT  - Uzbekistan held parliamentary polls that critics have slammed as a farce and which have been overshadowed by recent unrest in the strategic Central Asian country.
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President Islam Karimov, the former communist boss who has ruled this former Soviet nation since independence, seems certain of winning re-election Sunday in a ballot his foes say will be little more than political theater.
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ASHGABAT  - Turkmenistan&#39;s Soviet-style parliamentary elections got a wary response from locals and were denounced by exiled opponents of hardline President Saparmurat Niyazov.
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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- Uzbeks voted yesterday in a parliamentary election in which opposition groups were barred from running, sparking criticism from Europe's top election watchdog and a fierce defense from the country's authoritarian president, who insisted that Uzbekistan has no "real" opposition.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili claimed victory in presidential elections after an exit poll showed him winning outright, but the opposition cried foul and called for mass protests on Sunday.
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Uzbekistan has voted in an election that featured only parties loyal to autocratic President Islam Karimov, who said he would not tolerate "revolutions" such as those which shook Ukraine and Georgia.
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GROZNY, Russia : The Kremlin-anointed career police officer elected Chechnya&#39;s new leader in a vote condemned by many observers vowed to consign separatist extremists to the &quot;dustbin of history&quot;.
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If there is one common concern that people in Uzbekistan share it is their president's silence.
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The opposition parties are crying foul, claiming that Mikheil Saakashvili has rigged the election. But his position looks secure