Twelve Challenge Croatian President's Bid
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Croats are preparing to choose between a record field of presidential candidates as popular, pro-Western incumbent Stipe Mesic goes up against 12 challengers in Sunday's election.
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President Stipe Mesic won about 49 percent of the votes in Sunday's election, compared with 20 percent for his closest rival, conservative government minister Jadranka Kosor, who is trying to become the ...
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Croatia's incumbent President Stipe Mesic overwhelmingly won the first round of elections and may avoid a runoff to serve a second five-year term to lead the country as it seeks to join the EU, exit polls ...
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Croatia's pro-Western president, Stjepan Mesic, narrowly failed to clinch re-election on Sunday, paving the way for a run-off vote against the candidate of the ruling conservative government.
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Eight candidates are set to campaign for the presidency of East Timor, an official said Saturday, as Australian troops chase a fugitive rebel some fear could destabilise the vote.
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A serious battle to win over the Palestinian public was finally under way yesterday as the entry of a second major candidate galvanised the contest to succeed Yasser Arafat
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The liberal challenger in a closely fought presidential election in Ukraine raised the stakes on Friday, threatening to bring his supporters onto the streets if the authorities tried to deny him victory by ...
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Yasser Arafat may be dead -- but his image and his spirit hovered over the fight to succeed him, as seven candidates launched campaigns on Saturday playing up their links with the late Palestinian president.
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A self-styled tsar, four empresses and  scores of other eccentrics have sought to register for Russian  presidential elections in March, the country's elections chief  said on Monday.
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ZAGREB, Croatia -- Croatia's pro-Western president, Stjepan Mesic, narrowly failed to clinch reelection yesterday, paving the way for a runoff against the candidate of the ruling conservative government.
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The candidate who finished third in Croatia's weekend presidential election said Tuesday he was appealing to the Constitutional Court, insisting that the results were rigged and that he should have had a place ...
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Yasser Arafat's image and  spirit haunted the fight to succeed him on Saturday, as seven  candidates launched campaigns playing up their links with the  late Palestinian president.
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EU leaders are set to offer Croatia a start date for entry talks - but Zagreb is required to hand over war crimes suspects.
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Modernisers and traditionalists are competing for the soul of the party.
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Voting began on Sunday in Serbia's presidential election, a tight race between pro-Western president Boris Tadic and hard-line challenger Tomislav Nikolic.
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Seven candidates are contesting the Palestinian presidential elections on Jan. 9. They are:
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The people of Croatia vote for a  new president in a second and final round of voting.