Hong Kong Democrats Make Small Gains In Poll
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HONG KONG, Sept.13, 2004âPro-democracy parties in Hong Kong made small gains in Sunday&#39;s Legislative Council elections but said mass protests of July 1 had failed to translate into stronger support for their candidates.
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Hong Kong voters are expected to turn out in record numbers today for a legislative election in which pro-democracy groups are expected to win most of the votes, but not most of the seats, pollsters said yesterday.
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Polls show Obama holding a slight lead in an electorate polarized along racial lines.
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HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Pro-democracy parties look set to increase their seats in Hong Kong&#39;s Legislative Council elections next month, a result that could finally pave the way for a direct dialogue with Beijing.
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Results from the Legislative Council elections in Hong Kong came too late for the region&#39;s press, but papers on both sides of the political spectrum welcome the high turnout as a victory for democracy.
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Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez has opened a slight lead over Republican Tom Kean Jr., helped by Democrats rallying around their candidate, according to a poll released Thursday.
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Few recent changes have affected life in Hong Kong more than the opening of the border with the mainland.
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Hong Kong residents voted on Sunday in a legislative election seen as a referendum on greater democracy and a test of popularity for China&#39;s communist rulers in the former British colony.
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The Labour Party has opened up a slim lead on the Conservatives, according to an opinion poll published in The Independent on Monday showed.
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Hong Kong goes to the polls today in an election seen as a showdown over calls for greater democracy in the territory. A record voter turnout is expected in Hong Kong.
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Elections in Hong Kong on Sunday were a big disappointment as an exercise in democracy. Pro-democracy or independent-minded candidates won about 60 percent of the vote, a stunning victory by any measure except the one applied to this election.
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New polling data suggest that Sen. John Kerry has made little headway with voters in a five states that President Bush narrowly won in 2000.
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HONG KONG As the legislative election campaign entered its final week Monday, a series of sex and financial controversies involving democracy advocates was making it look less and less likely that Democrats could win a majority.
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YESTERDAY&#39;S legislative elections in Hong Kong threw up a surprise winner in outspoken and colourful pro-democracy activist Leung Kwok-hung.
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HONG KONG  - Hong Kong residents began voting early Sunday in a legislative election that could give pro-democracy figures more clout than they have held since China reclaimed the territory from Britain in July 1997.
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Democrats in the US state of Washington say hand recount results from one county give its candidate a narrow victory in the November governor&#39;s race.
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After a campaign marred by scandal and alleged intimidation, the people of Hong Kong voted Sunday under gray skies in legislative elections that could give pro-democracy figures more clout than they have held since China reclaimed Hong Kong in July 1997.