Early lead for Italy opposition in local elections
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Early results for Italian local elections in which 10 million people were eligible to vote put the centre-right opposition ahead on Monday, but Romano Prodi's left-leaning government appeared to have avoided a drubbing.
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Urne aperte dalle 8 di questa mattina per le elezioni suppletive della Camera dei deputati in sette collegi uninominali. Si potrÃ  votare fino alle 22 di oggi e dalle 7 alle 15 di lunedÃ¬. Sono 739.809 gli
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Riven by deep policy divisions and  personal rivalries, Italy's centre left is in tatters after the  collapse of Romano Prodi's government and faces a likely  drubbing if a snap election is called.
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Zambia LUSAKA -- Populist opposition leader Michael Sata took an early lead in vote-counting in Zambia yesterday, but the final result remained uncertain in the battle for control of the copper-rich country. The election yesterday pitted Sata's vows for a more equitable distribution of wealth against the policies of President Levy Mwanawasa, which have won international praise but left millions ...
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Lebanon's opposition, led by Syrian-backed Hezbollah, called on Monday for early parliamentary elections after the ruling anti-Syrian coalition refused to meet its demand for veto power in government.
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Kenya's opposition leader takes a strong early lead as voters turn on political old guard
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Early returns on Saturday showed hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's conservative opponents leading in elections for local councils and a powerful clerical body, widely considered a test of popular approval for the hardline leader.
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi&#039;s center-left coalition appeared poised late Monday to retain its grip on several major cities in mayoral races across Italy.
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Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party surged to a big lead in early vote counting in the island's legislative elections Saturday, TV reports said.
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Lebanon's opposition, led by the Syrian-backed Hezbollah, called on Monday for early parliamentary elections after the anti-Syrian majority coalition refused to agree to its demand for a national unity government.
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Opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held an early lead in key races in Iran's local elections, including in the capital Tehran, according to results announced Monday.
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Al voto per le regionali il 13 e 14 aprile
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SYDNEY, Australia - Australian Prime Minister John Howard's governing Liberal Party took a slight lead in nationwide elections Saturday, according to initial results, an early sign that one of President Bush's most ardent allies in the Iraq war may retain power.    With just over 10.4 percent of the vote counted, the Liberal Party had 53.7 percent of the vote and the opposition Labor Party had 46.3 percent, according to the early results...
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ROME - Italy's Romano Prodi is scrambling for support ahead of a vote of confidence this week which he must win to stay on as prime minister.Prodi resigned last week after suffering an ...Comment
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Bosnia's main Muslim, Serb and Croat  nationalist parties were ahead in local polls, partial results  showed on Sunday, but voter turnout fell below 50 percent for  the first time.
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Riven by deep policy divisions and personal rivalries, Italy's centre left is in tatters after the collapse of Romano Prodi's government and faces a likely drubbing if a snap election is called.