Jamaican polls close, voters await results
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Jamaicans faced down long lines at polling stations, threats of violence and the fringes of a hurricane to vote on Monday in an election that could bring a quick end to the tenure of Jamaica's first woman prime minister.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica  - Jamaicans rushed to  supermarkets and schools closed as Hurricane Ivan swept toward  the Caribbean island with 160-mph winds on Thursday after  killing at least 20 people on the tiny spice island of Grenada.
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It&#39;s possible that everyone who votes by Tuesday will wake up Wednesday morning a loser. The presidential election could produce a clouded result because of disputed ballots or challenges to ballot tallies.
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A final count is under way in Jamaica's elections, amid allegations by the ruling party of "irregularities".
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Romanians anxiously awaited an official count on Monday to reveal who will be their next president after exit polls from Sunday's run-off vote put Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu neck-and-neck.
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The opposition Jamaica Labour Party appeared to win power in a cliffhanger election on Monday but the ruling party, facing the end of an 18-year reign, served notice it would likely challenge the result.
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Initial results from Botswana&#39;s election were delayed on Sunday but President Festus Mogae&#39;s ruling party has won the first seat and is seen as safe to win the overall poll in the world&#39;s largest diamond producer.
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The nation is bracing for election-day violence Sunday, as the rerun of a nasty, personal campaign comes to a close. &quot;We&#39;re certainly expecting violent actions,&quot; said
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Northern Ireland's polling stations closed Wednesday after a day of voting aimed at triggering one last shot at creating a power-sharing administration between Protestants and Catholics.
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Kenyans voted on Thursday in presidential and parliamentary polls preceded by violence and soured by delays and charges from the main opposition challenger that the government was plotting to rig the result.
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Kenyans waited for the result of their closest ever presidential election on Sunday, fearing more unrest after a chaotic vote count marred by widespread ethnic violence over accusations of rigging.
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Apathy will be the winner of the British general election on May 5. If Labour remains well ahead in the opinion polls, many will view the result as a foregone conclusion - as they did in 2001.
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People in Ghana are closely following the vote counting after Tuesday&#39;s election, with final results expected late Wednesday. After waiting patiently in line Tuesday to cast votes in their fourth consecutive
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Pakistani electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January 8 poll, with expectations it will be delayed by up to two months after Benazir Bhutto's killing.
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BUCHAREST  - Romania&#39;s presidential election ended in suspense as exit polls disagreed on whether Prime Minister Adrian Nastase had won narrowly or tied with his centre-right rival Traian Basescu.
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Jamaica's main opposition party won a close election Monday, ousting the country's first woman prime minister and ending her party's nearly 20-year-old hold on power, according to preliminary results.
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Taipei (AsiaNews) - Polling stations will close at 4 pm (local time, GMT +8). Over 16.5 million Taiwanese voters will have had the opportunity of casting their ballot to elect 225 members of parliament.