Hit by scandals, Brazil's Lula faces run-off vote
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must contest a run-off after a string of corruption scandals turned many voters against the former factory worker in Sunday's presidential election.
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The corruption-tainted president is still favored to win reelection, but his failure to gain a majority in the first round has shaken him
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- More than 125 million Brazilian voters are set to choose a new government today, and polls show they want more of the same, despite more than a year's worth of political scandals.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da   Silva's commanding lead over his main rival in Brazil's   presidential race narrowed by 4 percentage points in the past   five days, a poll showed on Friday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilians voted in elections on Sunday with signs that public disgust over sleazy politics might prevent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from securing the outright victory that seemed a foregone conclusion until a few weeks ago.
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Romanians went to the polls to elect a president with fighting corruption and joining the EU the main themes in a run-off round pitting Prime Minister Adrian Nastase against Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu.
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An election to choose a new leader for the influential Orthodox Church in Cyprus is marred by claims of irregularities.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won 46.79 percent of the votes in Brazil's presidential election with 41.37 percent of the votes tallied, the top electoral court said on Sunday.
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Thanks mostly to a robust economy, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been coasting to re-election victory in two months. But a new threat is rising.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was battling to secure the votes needed to clinch an outright victory in Sunday's presidential election after public disgust over corrupt politics eroded his support in the final days of campaigning.
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Exit polls in key Romanian elections are showing a likely win for the ruling Social Democrats. But as in Ukraine, the opposition has demanded an investigation into voting irregularities.
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By Tiago Pariz BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's biggest party votedto leave the governing coalition on Sunday in a move that couldcomplicate President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's reform agendaand pressure him to give the centrist party extra governmentposts.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazil's ruling Workers'  Party (PT) held onto the mayoralty in at least three major  cities in Sunday's municipal vote but will face a tough run-off  contest for the biggest prize, the city of Sao Paulo, according  to early results and an exit poll.
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Political analysts are uncertain if BrazilÂs president, made vulnerable by another corruption scandal, will obtain the majority he needs to avoid a runoff.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Candidates in Brazil's   presidential race assailed each other over crime and corruption   in the final weekend of campaigning but opposition hopes that a   "dirty tricks" scandal would derail President Luiz Inacio Lula   da Silva's charge to victory looked to be fading.
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More than 90 people in Brazil face possible charges after a two-year inquiry into money laundering.
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Former Sao Paulo Gov. Geraldo Alckmin forced a presidential runoff election by capitalizing on Brazilians' anger over scandals that reached ever-closer to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva