Swapo man wins Namibia landslide
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The candidate of Namibia's ruling Swapo, Hifikepunye Pohamba, is elected president after a landslide victory.
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Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Muta Maathai has been named winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, beating a number of much better known world names to the prestigious award.
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Queueing patiently for hours before polling stations opened, Namibians on Monday began voting for a successor to founding president Sam Nujoma, who stands down in March after 15 years in charge.
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The main rival of President Hamid Karzai has conceded defeat in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election with less than six per cent of the vote left to be counted.
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Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won Indonesia's presidential election run-off in a landslide, preliminary final results showed on Monday.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has won a landslide general election victory,  exit polls say.
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Hifikepunye Pohamba, elected the next president of Namibia according to official results on Sunday, spent most of his country&#39;s freedom struggle and all of its independence in the shadow of outgoing President Sam Nujoma.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Incumbent Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election, the body organizing the vote has said.
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Opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma win's Sierra Leone's presidential election run-off.
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WINDHOEK, Jan 23  (IPS) - Namibia held out longer than the majority of its  counterparts in Southern Africa before signing the interim  economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union,  managing in the process to squeeze some concessions from Brussels  after intense diplomatic efforts.
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Windhoek - Hifikepunye Pohamba who won the presidential election in Namibia on Friday is staunchly loyal to his mentor and fellow veteran of the liberation struggle Sam Nujoma, the southern African country&#39;s founding president.
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The son of Kenya's first president wins the battle for control of the former ruling party, Kanu, amid claims of fraud.
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Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali won a landslide re-election victory, official results showed today, in a vote opponents denounced as a manipulation and a democratic flop.
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Incumbent Hamid Karzai won a landslide  victory in Afghanistan's first ever presidential election at  the weekend, according to an exit poll conducted by a U.S.  think tank.
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Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono  has won Indonesia's presidential election run-off in a  landslide, preliminary final results showed on Monday.
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HAMID Karzai has emerged as the undisputed winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential elections after his nearest contender conceded defeat.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili won a snap presidential election with 52.8 percent of the vote, election officials said on Sunday.