Ghana Prepares for December General Elections The National Democratic Congress, or NDC, has been at the helm for four years now, after wrestling power from the New Patriotic Party, or NPP, in the 2008 general elections. NDC leader and interim Preside

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 01 January 2008 Pakistani officials say elections will be delayed until February because it is impossible to hold next week's parliamentary vote on time. Election Commission Secretary-General Kanwar Dilshad told rep

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Early elections in Israel could bring a change in power and a change in direction for the Middle East peace process. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. A picture of former Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is seen as part of a promo

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will call for early elections in 2009 if reconciliation talks do not succeed between rival Palestinian factions. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from Jerusalem. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (File) The sp

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During the elections in South Africa, a great deal of attention was paid to young voters whose growing numbers are causing a major demographic shift in the country. Young voters turned out in large numbers and emerged as a new force in South African

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Indonesia, which has has the world's largest Muslim population, holds legislative elections Thursday, amid concerns about vote buying, fraud and some regional violence in the country. But the elections mark a transition for the young democracy. Elec

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Indonesians voted Thursday in legislative elections across the vast nation of islands. Results are not yet in, but opinion polls show President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party may be the big winner. Indonesian woman casts ballot at polli

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Tahrir Square Looms Over Egyptian Elections Egypt's military rulers insist parliamentary elections will go ahead as planned Monday, despite unrest that has left dozens of anti-military protesters dead, and the center of Cairo in upheaval. A capital c

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Somalia Government Postpones Elections to 2012 With its mandate set to expire in less than four months, the Somali government has decided to postpone national elections until 2012. On August 20, the original mandate bestowed to Somalia's transitional

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Bombings, Intimidation Mar Run-up to Pakistan Elections Militants are hitting early election rallies hard in Pakistan. The victims of one blast: supporters of the secular Awami National Party. The Taliban has threatened the largely secular parties of

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Central Africans in Diaspora Praise Recent CAR Elections After years of unrest, the Central African Republic recently observed peaceful elections. Now, two candidates and former prime ministers, Anicet Dologuele and Faustin Touadera, head to a runoff

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Venezuela's economic crisis helps make the government there highly unpopular. Hugo Chavez, the late leader, and his socialist allies used to win nearly every popular vote, but the current president, Nicolas Maduro, is fast losing s

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The Islamic militant group Hamas has won important victories in West Bank municipal elections. prompting concern for both the Palestinian Authority and Israel. 伊斯兰激进组织哈马斯在约旦河西岸的城市选举中赢得重大胜利。巴勒

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By Gary Thomas Washington 14 February 2008 Voters in Pakistan are set to go to the polls Monday in elections for the lower house of parliament and the four provincial assemblies. As VOA correspondent Gary Thomas reports, the elections and their afte

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By Ravi Khanna Washington, DC 01 February 2008 Pakistan's deposed chief justice has called on Western leaders to stop backing President Pervez Musharraf, accusing the Pakistani leader of detaining him and his family in dire conditions. Iftikhar Muham

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By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 12 October 2007 There is growing concern in Zimbabwe that presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for next March will not live up to the expectations of the people. Peta Thornycroft reports that one of t

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 08 September 2007 Poland's parliament has voted to hold early elections following high level corruption allegations. Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Budapest that more political turbulence is expected ahead of the October 21 vo

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By Meredith Buel Rawalpindi 15 February 2008 Voters in Pakistan go to the polls Monday in one of the most crucial elections in the South Asian nation's 60-year history. The elections to four provincial assemblies and the lower house of Parliament com

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Although the Australian elections were held yesterday, there is no still no decision about which party won. Labor won about 72 seats and the Liberals won about 73. Some seats are still too close to know who won. There are 150 seats in the Federal par

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By Anne Look Dakar 07 October 2009 Ivory Coast's electoral commission has officially delivered the provisional voter list to President Laurent Gbagbo, bringing the country a step closer to its long-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled for N

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