Congo leader's coalition claims majority
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A coalition of parties supporting Congolese President Joseph Kabila said Thursday that it has assembled a majority in parliament, meaning the group will select the prime minister to head the country's first democratically elected government in decades.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - The African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday will hold a leadership vote that could end President Thabo Mbeki's control over South Africa's ruling party and tilt the government to the left.
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Left-wing populist  Jacob Zuma has won the leadership of South Africa's ruling ANC,  lining him up for the presidency of the country but creating  deep uncertainty about his policies.
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The pro-Thaksin party that won most votes in the Thai election claims it has enough backing to form a coalition.
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Electoral officials slowly counting votes from Congo's landmark presidential election said Sunday that support for incumbent Joseph Kabila has slipped to just above 50 percent, increasing the likelihood of a runoff.
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Jamaica's main opposition has won a narrow election victory, preliminary results indicated today.
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Georgiaâs pro-Western president narrowly won re-election, according to official results released Sunday, but the main opposition candidate contested the outcome.
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A coalition of largely Shiite parties tacitly backed by the country's most influential religious leader won the largest number of votes in election results released Sunday, but fell short of the majority that many of its leaders had expected.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - Left-wing populist Jacob Zuma has won the leadership of South Africa's ruling ANC, lining him up for the presidency of the country but creating deep uncertainty about his policies.
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KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo -- After decades of dictatorship and wars, Congo yesterday swore in its first freely elected president since 1960, installing the son of a rebel leader who promised a new era of order and better days ahead.
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DR Congo's Supreme Court confirms Joseph Kabila as the winner of the country's presidential elections.
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Democratic Republic of Congo's Supreme Court on Monday declared Joseph Kabila president, confirming his victory in an October 29 run-off vote.
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Outspoken leftist Hugo Chavez claimed victory in his bid for a new term as Venezuela's president Sunday after the bulk of returns showed him leading challenger Manuel Rosales by a wide margin.
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Botswana&#39;s President Festus Mogae&#39;s ruling party won a landslide victory in the country&#39;s general elections during the weekends, and took well over two thirds of the 57
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There appears to be a lull in the fighting Monday as top regional officials and a delegation from Congo&#39;s capital tour parts of eastern Congo destroyed by recent fighting.
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Botswana President Festus Mogae&#39;s ruling party was leading in the general elections held on Saturday,according to initial results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission on Sunday.
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Mozambique&#39;s ruling Frelimo party and its presidential candidate have won a landslide victory in elections held earlier this month.