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IN THE NEWS - Week of Final Presidential Debate Ends With More Campaign Activities 时事新闻 - 美国总统选举进入白热化阶段 From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语时事新闻节

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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

美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-11-08

First up, we want to talk a bit about how this day is going to go. For starters, its already going. In a unique election day tradition, two New Hampshire towns started voting at midnight. For the rest of the country, polls started opening up as early

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By Dorian Jones Ankara 04 August 2007 Turkey swore in its new Parliament Saturday. In elections last month, the Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party achieved a landslide victory, prompting some analysts to voice concern about Turkey's future

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - Bush Wins Over Gore in Contested 2000 Election STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we look at the presidential election of two thous

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President Robert Mugabe opened Zimbabwe's parliament in a ceremony marked by colonial-era symbols and defiant protest songs by the majority Movement for Democratic Change legislators, which drowned out parts of his speech. Peta Thornycroft reports f

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Presidential electors met in state capitals around the United States on Monday to confirm last month's presidential election results that will make Barack Obama the 44th U.S. president on January 20. Members of New York state's electoral college at

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By Scott Stearns Dakar 27 September 2009 Gabon's constitutional court has ordered that all presidential ballots be recounted, following complaints from opposition candidates that the results are fraudulent. The son of Gabon's long-time ruler Omar Bo

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By Scott Stearns Dakar 29 September 2009 Gabon begins recounting presidential votes following an electoral challenge by opposition leaders, who say the results are fraudulent. Constitutional Court President Marie Madeleine Mboramsou'o ordered the re

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The Democratic Republic of Congo's speaker of parliament has resigned, after he opposed the government's decision to invite Rwandan troops into the country to pursue a militia. Rwandan troops have since left the country, while U.N. peacekeepers and

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By Greg Flakus Mexico City 06 July 2006 After a detailed vote count, Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, known as the IFE, is expected to release shortly a final report showing ruling-party presidential candidate Felipe Calderon ahead of leftist r

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 15 September 2007 Analysts say a decision by Kenyan lawmakers this week to limit the powers of the country's anti-corruption commission was the latest sign that President Mwai Kibaki's much-heralded drive to root out graft has

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By Greg Flakus Mexico City 07 July 2006 Felipe Calderon waves to supporters After a detailed and meticulous vote count, Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, known as the IFE, on Thursday released a final report showing ruling party candidate Felipe

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By Kari Barber Freetown 05 September 2007 Sierra Leone electoral officials say there is concern that voters will not turn out in large number for Saturday's presidential runoff like they did in the first round, which saw a voter participation rate of

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By Steve Herman Islamabad 17 March 2008 Pakistan's parliament has convened in Islamabad, but nothing significant is expected to happen until later this month when a new government is installed. But as VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from the c

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 02 April 2008 With less than 20 seats in the parliament elections still outstanding, Zimbabwe's state-controlled Herald newspaper has reported the possibility the ruling ZANU-PF has not won the parliament elections - the fi

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South African president Jacob Zuma has addressed a packed stadium in Soweto, wrapping up his partys election campaign. The latest polls are predicting a 63% victory for the African National Congress, almost the same percentage it won five years ago.