S.Leone chooses president under shadow of violence
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Sierra Leoneans voted in a runoff presidential election on Saturday after a turbulent campaign but the opposition complained of intimidation and said its officials had been unable to reach some polling stations.
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More post-election attacks are reported in Sierra Leone, despite assurances from the new president.
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Guatemalans voted for a new president on Sunday in an election marred by the worst political violence since the end of civil war, with drug gangs and political rivals killing 50 people on the campaign trail.
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Dozens of people are hurt in clashes between supporters of rival presidential candidates in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
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Mozambique&#39;s poor, many carrying small children, trudged along narrow dirt roads in oppressive heat Wednesday to pick a replacement for the president who has ruled
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With Iraq&#39;s elections only five weeks away, waves of violence continue to grip the country. In one incident, five Iraqis were killed and several wounded in a car bomb attack
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Opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma won Sierra Leone's presidential election after a run-off vote marked by tensions and some ballot fraud in the war-scarred West African state, electoral officials said on Monday.
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Outgoing President Sam Nujoma opened polls in Namibia on Monday by casting the first vote to elect his successor in the vast southwest African country.
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Sierra Leone opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma has won the West African country's presidential election, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) said on Monday.
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The dominance of Damascus in Lebanese politics gives rise to a new opposition leader.
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Opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma holds a commanding lead in Sierra Leone's presidential runoff with three-quarters of the vote counted.
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President Joseph Kabila called on Congo's citizens Friday to shun violence during this weekend's historic elections, telling thousands of cheering supporters that their votes can bring peace to the Central African country. But unrest continued ahead of Sunday's vote, with a presidential candidate claiming one his armed guards died and another was injured when Kabila's security forces fired on them.
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Voters in Ghana queued on Tuesday to  choose a new leader for their West African country in what was  expected to be a race between incumbent John Kufuor and  long-standing rival John Atta Mills.
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The president of this West African country appeared to have a strong lead in the election Tuesday, garnering more than half the votes counted.
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BASRA, Iraq -- Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who is responsible for bringing democracy to Iraq, got a stirring taste of electoral politics on a recent swing through the impoverished Shi'ite south of the country.
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President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner amid riots in Kenyaâs slums and evidence of election mischief.
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Sierra Leone counted votes on Sunday from a tense presidential run-off which went peacefully despite fears of violence, but both sides accused the other of fraud and intimidation.