Most in region favor opposition leader
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OLGA Kornyushyna hasn't been sleeping much for the past few days. "My friends in Kiev were protesting on the streets 24 hours a day, so I was on the phone and Internet 24 hours a day supporting them," said the ...
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SIALKOT, Pakistan, Feb. 17 -- Many people in this gritty rural district of wheat fields and cinder-block factories believe one of the country's two main opposition parties deserves to win Monday's crucial voting for parliament. Yet they also believe the government will do everything it can to steal...
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Venturing to different parts of the state but aiming at the same goal, Democratic Gov. Joe Kernan and Republican challenger Mitch Daniels were surrounded by supporters
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KIEV -- Supporters of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko took the so-called Orange Revolution on the road yesterday, piling into cars and buses for a 10-day odyssey to spread their message beyond the capital, targeting eastern provinces largely hostile to their candidate.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Once again the Kremlin-backed candidate will face the opposition leader who favours closer ties with the West. But little else will ever be the same for Ukraine, where a sea of protesters decked in opposition orange have reshaped the political landscape.
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JALAPA, Mexico  - Mexico's main opposition party  clung to a narrow lead early on Monday in the race for governor  in Veracruz state, where it is fighting to hold on to one of  its oldest electoral bastions before 2006 presidential  elections.
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SYDNEY : Opinion polls give Australia&#39;s opposition Labor Party a big lead over Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s conservative government as campaigning begins for October 9 elections, but analysts say the real race is still too close to call.
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The Tory opposition enjoys the support of 38 percent of voters, far higher than the 31 percent who back Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party, according to a poll.
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Opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held an early lead in key races in Iran's local elections, including in the capital Tehran, according to results announced Monday.
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The extreme right may have seen their support surge in regional elections in two former Communist states in eastern Germany but analysts concluded that the results were better than expected for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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Candidates backed by President Hugo Chavez swept all but two of 23 governorships in Sunday&#39;s regional elections, but opposition incumbents in two key states were re-elected, according to preliminary results announced by elections authorities.
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LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Indigenous groups andindependent candidates were poised to win local elections inBolivia on Sunday, while support for traditional parties sankfurther after a popular revolt last year toppled formerpresident Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada.
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An Australian opinion poll has indicated a rise in support for the governing coalition led by Prime Minister John Howard. But two days in to the six-week election campaign the main opposition Labor Party headed
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Preliminary results of Ghana&#39;s presidential elections showed that President John Kufuor of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) was leading against his main challenger John Atta Mills.
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A party that supports the former prime minister who won the parliamentary election appeared to be ahead of one backed by the generals who ousted him in a coup.
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A leading opposition candidate won his party's nomination Saturday for this year's presidential election, the first time an incumbent president has faced a credible challenge in Kenya.
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Supporters of Ukraine&#39;s opposition leader and top contender for the presidency Viktor Yushchenko, seen on poster behind, wave campaign posters during a rally in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Monday.