Officials Extend Venezuela Poll Hours Until Midnight
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan electoral  officials on Sunday extended voting hours for the recall  referendum on the rule of left-wing President Hugo Chavez until  12 a.m. to accommodate massive voter turn out.
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Registration for overseas absentee voting in Iraq's national election has been extended by two days because the turnout so far in the weeklong campaign has been running far behind expectations, organizers said Saturday.
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East Timor extended by 10 days a state of emergency imposed after assassination attempts on the president and the prime minister
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Venezuela&#39;s electoral authorities Friday ratified the results of a recent referendum that kept President Hugo Chavez in power.
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Venezuelans voted for state governors and mayors on Sunday in a regional election expected to strengthen President Hugo Chavez&#39;s political power two months after he won a referendum on his rule.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - The opposition's long and bitter campaign to oust Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez finally came down to a recall referendum Sunday, with the leftist leader hoping a huge turnout among the poor will keep him in power.    Activists on both sides set off fireworks and blared recordings of bugle music to wake voters hours before dawn, hoping for a flood of early votes in their favor...
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Iraq's U.S.-backed government said on  Thursday it was extending emergency powers equivalent to  martial law for a further 30 days to try to safeguard Jan. 30  elections under threat from deadly attacks by insurgents.
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Clubs across Europe have until midnight to add to their squads before the transfer window slams shut.
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Slow-moving talks between the European Union and the four-nation South American Mercosur trade bloc, aimed at building the world&#39;s largest free-trade area, will be extended beyond the October 31 deadline into next year, negotiators at talks here announced
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The deadline for Nigerians to register for elections is extended as officials struggle to cope.
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Zimbabwe's central bank chief extended a deadline Monday to exchange 200,000 dollar bills just hours before they were to cease being legal tender after scenes of chaos at banks across the country.
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CARACAS -- Venezuelans deciding the fate of Hugo Chavez's presidency thronged polling stations in such overwhelming numbers yesterday that election officials were forced to extend voting hours until midnight. Many voters rose before dawn and lined up for hours to cast their votes on whether to recall Chavez, a populist former paratroop commander whose controversial rule has polarized this oil-rich ...
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The militants holding three foreign hostages in Afghanistan today extended the deadline by which they have threatened to kill them from Wednesday to Friday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. President Hugo Chavez was favored to win re-election on Sunday as Venezuelans decided whether to give the former soldier six more years to broaden his promised socialist revolution.
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An Afghan militant group holding three  U.N. workers hostage extended their deadline until Saturday  night to allow the Afghan government and the United Nations to  hold talks, a spokesman for the group said.
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Ukraine's president gives parliament an extra day to approve early elections to end a political stalemate.
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BAGHDAD - Several Iraqi political parties on Friday called on the interim government to postpone the January national election for at least six months, until the safety of voters can be guaranteed.