TURKEY:  Islamic Party Wins in Landslide
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ISTANBUL, Jul 23 (IPS) - Turkey's governing Justice and Development  Party (AKP), with its roots in Islam but professing to be secular  and conservative, won a landslide victory in general elections  Sunday. What it does in coming days will determine how long it  stays in office.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press on with reforms to turn his secular, Muslim country into a modern democracy on a par with its European neighbors after a fresh election victory.
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A conservative-leaning secular party will be the largest group in Morocco's new parliament, followed by an Islamic party that had been expected to win, according to final election results announced Monday.
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While his party celebrates victory, Turkey's new president seeks to allay secularist fears.
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A Shi'ite Islamist bloc won Iraq's  first election since Saddam Hussein's overthrow, sealing the  political resurgence of the nation's long-oppressed majority.
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won  Indonesia's presidential election run-off in a landslide,  capping a rapid rise to power for the former general who has  vowed to create jobs, stamp out graft and fight terrorism.
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Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won Indonesia&#39;s presidential election run-off in a landslide, preliminary final results showed on Monday.
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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Turks began voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election pitting the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party against nationalists who disagree strongly over the future path of the secular Muslim country.
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Three political parties are set to win seats in Turkey's new parliament, Turkish FOX television channel reported on Sunday as votes were being counted.
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Abdullah Gul has become the first politician with an Islamist background to be elected president of Turkey. Send us your reaction.
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CAIRO, Aug. 28 -- Beaming as the votes were counted, a veteran government figure with roots in political Islam won a parliamentary vote to become Turkey's president Tuesday, in defiance of the country's strongly secular military. Abdullah Gul's triumph presented Turkey's generals with a choice:...
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Turkey&#39;s ruling AK Party on Monday  celebrated its decisive victory in a parliamentary election,  but strong nationalist gains dented its majority and could  hamper reforms crucial to its European Union bid.
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Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party led parliamentary elections Sunday with 39.2 percent of the votes counted, CNN-Turk television reported. channel. The election is viewed as pivotal in determining the balance between Islam and secularism in the nation of more than 70 million.
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ISTANBUL, Jul 16 (IPS) - Turkey's Islamic-rooted governing party will  soon put its record to test in a parliamentary election dominated  by the role of religion in public life and possible military  incursion into the Iraqi quagmire. It may win, but not govern.
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Malaysia's ruling coalition wins  a key by-election, dashing hopes by Islamic hardliners for political comeback.
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won Indonesia&#39;s presidential election after the former general garnered support from three-fifths of voters, the General Election Commission said.
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ISTANBUL, July 23 -- Voters on Sunday overwhelmingly returned to power a political party that brought a mix of mild Islam and intense economic development to governing Turkey, rebuking the secular military whose challenge led to the early election.