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Tunisia's Ben Ali Set for 5th Five-Year Term
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25/10/2009 15:31
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Tunisians began voting on Sunday to elect a new President and parliament in a race expected to achieve another landslide victory for Zine El Abidine Ben Ali despite timid measures by authorities to let the nascent opposition have its say. Ben Ali is running for a fifth five-year term, having taking power in a bloodless palace coup in 1987 that authorities dub "The Change." He was last re-elected in 2004 with more than 94 percent of votes ...
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Merkel Wins New Term, Centre-Right Govt Likely: Exit Polls
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27/09/2009 19:18
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Chancellor Angela Merkel won a new term in German elections on Sunday and looked set to be able to form her preferred centre-right coalition, exit polls showed. The exit polls released as voting stations closed showed that Merkel's conservative Christian Union bloc (CDU/CSU) and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) likely scored enough votes to give them a majority in parliament. Merkel and her main challenger, Foreign Minister ...
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Japan Election Set to Break Political Mould
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29/08/2009 12:48
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Japan holds a landmark election on Sunday set to end half a century of almost unbroken conservative rule and bring to power a centre-left party in Asia's largest economy. Polls predict the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) will trounce Prime Minister Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has been in power for all but 10 months since its founding in 1955. The DPJ could win more than 300 seats in the 480-seat lower house, the ...
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Niger's People Prolong President's Mandate
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07/08/2009 17:05
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Niger's people have enabled President Mamadou Tandja to stay in power beyond the end of his term by agreeing to change the constitution in a referendum, the electoral agency announced on Friday. The "yes" votes accounted for 92.5 percent of the results in Tuesday's controversial referendum in which turnout was 68.26 percent, the head of the electoral agency, Moumouni Hamidou, said. "We are going to give immediately these global provisional ...
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Skaff Lists Violations during Elections, Accuses Sate of Bias
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09/06/2009 17:55
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Agriculture Minister Elias Skaff said on Tuesday he will challenge the outcome of polls in Zahle with the Constitutional Council, revealing that some ballots boxes were manipulated. Speaking during a press conference, Skaff spoke about a list of violations during the electoral process and said the elections took place according to "financial standards not democratic ones." "We will file complaints (to challenge the outcome) because ...
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"Popular Majority" Goes to… Opposition with 55% of Votes
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09/06/2009 18:47
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"There is a difference between parliamentary majority and popular majority," Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah recalled on Monday while commenting on the elections' outcome. Yes, the parliamentary majority is not necessarily the same as the popular majority… The Lebanese case seems to be the best example. Thanks to the electoral law, the majority of elected members of the Parliament does not necessarily represent ...
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Israel: "Victory" of "Moderate Camp" in Lebanon Positive Sign!
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09/06/2009 14:48
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For the second consecutive day, the Zionist entity was "celebrating" what it called the "victory" of the March 14 bloc, or the "moderate camp" in Lebanon… Israel, that seemed to be "satisfied" with the results of the Lebanese parliamentary elections that came following a period of "announced worries" in Israel over a potential opposition win, continued to declare its "happiness" for the results and "calls" for the next government to ...
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Obama Urges New Lebanese MPs to Work to Build Stable Nation
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08/06/2009 19:21
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US President Barack Obama Monday welcomed the results of Lebanon's elections urging the new members of parliament to work to build a stable, independent nation, but warning them they must govern by consent not coercion. "It is our sincere hope that the next government will continue along the path towards building a sovereign, independent and stable Lebanon," Obama said in a statement. "Government of the people and by the people sets a ...
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Western Media: Hezbollah Will Remain Strong after Elections
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08/06/2009 15:34
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The Lebanese parliamentary elections remained, one day following its holding, an "international concern"… According to Robert Fisk, the prominent journalist and columnist in the Independent, the first outcome of the elections is that there will be neither a Lebanese Islamic State nor a pro-Western state, but instead a government of 'national salvation' set to rule under a former General with an increasing authority. Fisk, who said ...
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Baroud Announces Official Election Results in All Districts
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08/06/2009 15:11
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Interior Minister Ziad Baroud held a press conference on Monday in which he announced the official results in all 26 districts all over Lebanon. In Bcharri district, Baroud announced the victory of Strida Geagea and Elie Keyrouz. Voter turnout was 37%. In Tyre: Abed al-Majid Saleh, Mohammad Fneish, Nawwaf al-Moussawi and Ali Khreis won. Voter turnout was 48%. Hasan Fadlallah, Ayoub Hmayed and Ali Bazzi won in the ...
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MP Fadlallah: The Opposition Deals Positively with Polls Results
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08/06/2009 1:12
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Hezbollah said all its 11 candidates in Lebanon's election on Sunday won seats in the new 128-member parliament."All 11 candidates we fielded in the vote have won," Hasan Fadlallah, also an MP in the outgoing parliament, told AFP. He added that overall, Hezbollah and its allies had won 21 seats in districts in southern Lebanon and 10 seats in the eastern Baalbek region. Fadlallah would not comment on claims by the ruling coalition saying that ...
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Problems Reported in Some Lebanese Districts
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07/06/2009 16:17
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Although relative calm prevailed in major Lebanese districts, security problems were reported in some districts due to the huge turnout in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, delays, chaos as well as using money to buy votes in some districts. Citizens complained of slow voting process, unlisted names and mismatches between ID cards and voter rolls. Interior Minister Ziad Baroud assured the Lebanese that all the problems are being resolved ...
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Lebanese, Officials Cast Their Votes
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07/06/2009 17:31
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Lebanese voters flocked since the early morning to the polls on Sunday in a high-stakes election, among these voters there were the officials who have given their votes and they commented on the ongoing elections. Lebanese President Michel Sleiman urged all political parties to tone down their rhetoric. "If we manage to improve the situation in Lebanon, everyone will benefit, however if we fail, we will all be losers," he said after ...
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Long Hours of voting end; Long Hours for Results Begin
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07/06/2009 20:06
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Lebanese polling stations closed Sunday 19:00 (1600 GMT) after a long day of general elections across the country with a general turnout that reached about 53%, according to Interior Minister Ziad Baroud. The mister added that the 53% turnout was not official and may increase according to the flow of data. In 2005, the general turnout was close to 45%. Lebanese voters cast their ballots in the most ‘enthusiastic’ general ...
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Israel "Worried" ahead of Lebanese "Fateful" Elections
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06/06/2009 18:40
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Less than twenty-four hours ahead of the Lebanese parliamentary elections, the Israeli enemy was still expressing "worries" and "concerns" over a potential victory for the opposition, and therefore Hezbollah, in the "democratic" process… While the Lebanese authorities were finalizing preparations for the Election Day, the Israeli enemy was continuing calculations, expressing concerns and developing worries… What if the national ...
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Sleiman Stresses Neutrality, Denies Interference in Elections
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06/06/2009 17:21
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Lebanese President Michel Sleiman confirmed on Saturday that he has not interfered in the electoral process in any region, regarding candidacies, withdrawals, or the formation and organization of alliances. During a meeting with international election monitors in Baabda, Sleiman affirmed that he has not responded to any requests for interference. The president reminded everyone of his firm position concerning the elections, as he ...
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Elections' Supervision Body Bans Statement Made by Sfeir
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06/06/2009 17:33
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A few hours ahead of the beginning of the "fateful" polls, an "electoral silence" prevailed in the country according to the electoral law... However, the electoral silence was "broken" with a statement made by the Maronite Patriarch, a statement that was read by observers as a "violation" of the electoral law and somewhat an "attempt to influence" voters on the eve of the elections. According to press reports, the elections' ...
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Baroud on Polls' Eve: Situation Safe, Fake IDs Will Be Detected
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06/06/2009 15:25
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One day ahead of the "fateful" parliamentary elections in Lebanon, preparations were ongoing to pave the way for a "safe" day and guarantee a "democratic" ending of Sunday's "crucial" process… While candidates went out of the picture on Saturday "thanks to" the "electoral silence" imposed by the law, Lebanon's Interior Minister Ziad Baroud turned to be the "star" of the day per excellence. The Lebanese young minister, who's ...
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Lebanon Finalizes Preparations for "Long Electoral Day"
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06/06/2009 14:26
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Sunday will be another day in Lebanon… On Sunday, Lebanese voters will be the "masters." Their voice will be the loudest one given that they will determine the "face" of the country for the next four years… But, one day ahead of the "long day," Lebanese could finally enjoy a "calm day." With the end of their campaigns, Lebanese candidates, hoping to get a "parliamentary seat" by Monday, had to wait calmly for the voters' ...
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