South Africans Head to the Polls
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POLOKWANE, South Africa Dec. 18--Thousands of African National Congress activists lined up in the rain Tuesday morning to elect a new leader: either incumbent President Thabo Mbeki or the man he fired in 2005 because of alleged corruption, former deputy president Jacob Zuma.
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People in Botswana, where more than a third of the population is HIV positive, go to the polls today in elections that were expected to be dominated by the ruling party - like every other vote since the southern African country gained independence
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Polls are due to open in an election which the government hopes will bring a return to devolution
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After a week of at times bitter campaigning, Sen. Barack Obama faces a crucial test of his support from within the party Saturday as South Carolina Democrats will head to the polls in a race that features black voters for the first time this presidential primary season.
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Swiss voters go to the polls after a campaign marred by riots and accusations of racism.
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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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Afghans have begun heading to the polls in the country&#39;s first direct democratic election, almost three years after the hard-line Taliban regime was ousted by a US-led military campaign.
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US presidential candidates scramble to get out the vote as final polls show dead heats on each side
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Belgians began heading to the polls Sunday in legislative and senate elections widely expected to spell defeat for Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.
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TUNIS : Tunisians head to the polls to cast their ballots in legislative and presidential elections in which the ruling party of long-time President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is widely tipped to come out victorious.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC chose a leader on Tuesday, a vote in which Jacob Zuma was expected to oust President Thabo Mbeki as party head and put himself on course for the presidency.
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Zambia went to the polls on Thursday to   elect a new president after a razor-tight race pitting the   internationally respected incumbent against a fiery populist   who has promised to give impoverished Zambians a bigger share   of their nation's copper riches.
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Retiring president Sam Nujoma, founder of the state who has held office for 15 years, cast the first vote at a polling station in the capital, Windhoek.
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Delegates meet ahead of vote in bitter South African leadership election
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Mozambicans go to the polls this morning to vote in both presidential and parliamentary elections. The country&#39;s electoral commission says half of the country&#39;s estimated 18 million people have been registered
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Belgian voters go to the polls in an election which is likely to see PM Guy Verhofstadt struggle to keep his job.
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Voters in the tiny West African nation   of Gambia go to the polls on Friday in a presidential election   widely expected to hand incumbent strongman Yahya Jammeh a   third elected term.