Uzbekistan Re-elects Its President
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President Islam A. Karimov won 88.1 percent of votes in an election that drew criticism from observers.
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Yanukovych is facing a rerun of a presidential election he was officially declared to have won.
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President Hamid Karzai has won the majority of votes in the presidential election, securing a new five-year term as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president
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Uzbeks were casting ballots Sunday in a tightly controlled presidential vote that is widely expected to extend the rule of one of the most autocratic and anti-Western leaders in strategic Central Asia.
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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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A glance at Turkmenistan, which voted Sunday to replace the late longtime autocratic President Saparmurat Niyazov:
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of the ex-Soviet state ahead of a re-run of a poll rigged in favour of the man Moscow backed. to outgoing President Leonid Kuchma, who wanted to hand power to Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, the declared winner.
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Sports Network) - Uzbekistan&#39;s own Iroda Tulyaganova returned to the WTA Tour on Tuesday and upset top-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli in the opening round of the Tashkent Open.
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While Ukrainians are heading to the polls, citizens of the fellow ex-Soviet republic of Uzbekistan are also voting, in this case for parliament.
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Uzbek officials said on Monday a weekend parliamentary election was free and fair, but opposition parties shut out of the poll called it a fraud and said the impoverished nation&#39;s patience was running out.
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The Kremlin&#39;s choice for president of Chechya, Alu Alkhanov, has won the troubled region&#39;s presidential election, officials said today.
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Mauritanians voted on Sunday to choose a president and restore civilian rule to the Saharan Islamic state after 19 months under a military junta.
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MOSCOW, Jan 7 (IPS) - Mikheil Saakashvili has been elected to a second  term of presidency amid electoral disputes. He leads with 55.23  percent of the vote, followed by opposition candidate Levan  Gachechiladze with 23.86 percent.
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Uzbekistan's authoritarian leader was sworn in for a third presidential term Wednesday, news reports said, despite a constitutional two-term limit.
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26 December 2004 -- Uzbek President Islam Karimov has lashed out at Europe&#39;s top election watchdog for criticizing today&#39;s parliamentary vote.
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Voters in Russia&#39;s breakaway region of Chechnya vote Sunday for a regional president to replace Akhmad Kadyrov, who was assassinated in a bomb attack last May.
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SANAA, Yemen -- Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, was reelected with more than 77 percent of votes in the face of the strongest challenge since he came to power 28 years ago, officials said Saturday. Supporters of Faisal bin Shamlan, who had a substantial popular following, alleged fraud and...