By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 26 July 2007 A total of 19 African countries are holding multi-party elections this year, a far cry from a few years ago when many countries in Africa were dominated by single-party governments or military dictators. But qu

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 22 January 2008 Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf pledged in Brussels Monday that Pakistan's elections next month will be free and fair, and appealed to western nations to be more patient on human rights. Lisa Bryant has more

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Political opponents of Mauritania's military government say they will demonstrate against plans for new elections in June. The military says it will not allow unauthorized protests. Mauritania's military ruler Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (File) Now

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US Hails Afghan Elections 美国对阿富汗大选表示欢迎 WASHINGTON President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel are hailing Saturdays elections in Afghanistan, which are expected to produce the count

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By Franz Wild Abidjan 15 October 2006 The United Nations' elections supervisor in Ivory Coast, Gerard Stoudman, has said it will take another year to organize elections in the war-divided country. The United Nations had already said elections would

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 19 March 2008 An international human rights group says the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe are not likely to be fair because of human rights abuses and flaws in electoral procedures. The Human Rights Watch group made the ass

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By Brian Wagner Miami 21 November 2007 Cuba has set January 20 as the date for national elections that will determine whether ailing leader Fidel Castro will remain the island's president. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the vote may confirm the

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 25 November 2007 Voters in Romania are casting ballots in their country's first European parliamentary elections since it joined the European Union this year. As Stefan Bos reports from Budapest, among those participating is a

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By Scott Stearns Dar es Salaam 17 February 2008 President Bush says there should be free and fair elections in Zimbabwe next month. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports from Dar es Salaam, Mr. Bush discussed the issue Sunday with the n

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In September parliamentary elections were held in Belarus. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at what the results mean for the political life in the former Soviet republic, governed by authoritarian presid

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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 08 November 2007 Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has announced national elections will be held before February 15. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that Mr. Musharraf also promised to step-down as army chi

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 16 August 2007 U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher reaffirmed Washington's support for Pakistan's embattled President General Pervez Musharraf during a visit to Islamabad Thursday. The visit comes amid mountin

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 January 2007 The United Nations is suspending technical support for parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. The elections are being boycotted by one of the country's two main political alliances. As Anajana Pasricha re

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By Prospero Laput Zamboanga Del Norte, Philippines 16 May 2007 Philippines elections are traditionally violent and costly. On May 14th, millions of voters in the Philippines went to the polls to fill more than 18,000 local and national positions. The

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 09 November 2007 In Zimbabwe, the government has indicated that it intends to move ahead with national elections early next year. But civic groups and some political activists say there is not enough time, and they should b

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 02 January 2008 Officials in Pakistan say parliamentary elections will be delayed until next month. VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins in Islamabad reports the Pakistan Election Commission says the delay is due t

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 13 November 2009 Palestinian elections, originally set for early next year, will not take place on schedule. The elections were postponed because of divisions between rival Palestinian factions: the Fatah movement that con

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By David Gollust Manila 13 November 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (File) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday elections planned in Burma next year will not be seen as legitimate unless the military government engag

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 10 December 2006 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is threatening to call early elections Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to end an impasse with the ruling Islamic militant group, Hamas. As Robert Berger reports from

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Who are those faces that we see in bill boards all around our town or city? These are people who want to represent you on the council, or community board, or hospital board. Every three years, we have a chance to vote for the people we want on these

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