Islamists set to boost clout as Morocco votes
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Polls opened in Morocco on Friday in parliamentary elections expected to show gains for opposition Islamists pushing an anti-corruption message that has drawn wide support in the north African kingdom.
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Opposition Moroccan Islamists running on an anti-corruption ticket said they were on target on Saturday to become the largest party in parliament after elections marked by a record low turnout.
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Turkish lawmakers Tuesday began a decisive round of voting in presidential elections expected to install Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as the secular republic&#39;s first head of state with an Islamist past.
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Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, 68, has been re-elected with 94.5% of the votes, for a fourth tenure of five years. Two opposition figures, Mohamed Bouchiha, of the Popular Unity party and Mounir BÃ©ji of the Social
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The Palestinian Authority sees the vote as a possible major boost to Arafat's legitimacy and answer to calls for reform.
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Liberal Turks are pledging votes to religious politicians as well as a new array of independents in Sundayâs election.
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As parties haggle over candidate lists, radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr fights for a top spot.
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Members of the Somali parliament vote on Sunday to elect a new president, in a bid to end years of lawlessness.
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Morocco recorded its lower ever voter turnout rate Friday in elections expected to bolster the main opposition Islamist party and throw up a new challenge for the reformist King Mohammed VI.
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Reports from the West Bank say the mainstream Fatah faction is on course to win municipal elections there despite a good showing by the militant Islamic group Hamas.
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Uzbekistan is to vote in a presidential election widely expected to be won by incumbent Islam Karimov.
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With the election of its first president with Islamist roots, the country enters a new era. Just what that era will bring is the question
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Mauritanians began voting on Sunday to choose a president and restore civilian rule to the Saharan Islamic state after 19 months under a military junta.
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A baby step towards popular suffrage sees conservative Islamists trounce liberal reformers
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Moroccans began voting on Friday in parliamentary elections expected to show gains for opposition Islamists promising to clean up corruption in the north African kingdom of 33 million.
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Morocco has raised the national security  alert rating to &quot;maximum,&quot; the highest level which indicates a  radical Islamist attack is expected imminently, the Interior  Ministry said in a statement on Friday.
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Opposition Islamists could emerge as the largest single party in Moroccan parliamentary polls on Friday, helped by the support of poor voters disenchanted with the 50-year rule of a modernizing elite.