Ruling party candidate Malam Bacai Sanha has won Guinea-Bissau's presidential election. It was a vote to replace long-time leader Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was killed by mutinous troops five months ago. Malam Bacai Sanha at a polling station in Biss

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Undecided Voters Key to 'Super Tuesday' Vote in Ohio This is an incredible opportunity we have to exercise the rights that God has given us, but also our civic responsibility and our spiritual responsibility, said Pastor Matt Keller, Sunday morning a

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Local body elections will be held from 17th September to 9th October this year. You can vote if you are a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident, are 18 years old or older, and have lived in New Zealand continuously for at least one year. To rec

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 02 March 2008 With 80 percent of the ballots counted, Medvedev has 70 percent of the vote. While the result is hardly a surprise, two of his opponents are crying foul. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports. Speaking

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 29 May 2007 The U.N. Security Council is to vote Wednesday to create an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. VOA's Peter Heinlein at U.N. headquar

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By Scott Stearns White House 28 January 2006 President Bush and Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito pose for photographs in front of the Oval Office (file photo) In his weekly radio address Saturday

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Wisconsin Vote Could Impact US Presidential Election It was a moment of sweet vindication for Wisconsins embattled Republican governor, Scott Walker. Voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions, Walker said. Walker angered

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Egypt's Conservative Rural Vote Appears Split As Egyptians await the results of their first truly open presidential election, fault lines between Islamists and old guard secularists appear to cut across the nation. In the village of Kafr Kandil, sout

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NGO Dispute Means Fewer Monitors for Egypt Vote Egypt's historic presidential campaign comes to a close with the first round of voting to choose a new civilian leader. The Elections Commission says there will be monitors from the Arab League, the Afr

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Maryland Shop Cooks Up Chocolate Vote Making chocolate is chef Randy Olmsteads specialty and passion. And this election season, he has cooked up something special for his customers: a political truffle campaign. He came up with the idea during the 20

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Young South Africans of Born-Free Generation Not All Keen to Vote 南非年轻一代并非都热衷于投票 JOHANNESBURG As general elections in South Africa approach, many young people who were born after the end of apartheid will vote for the firs

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We're going to hear now about congressional efforts to pass an immigration bill. The House of Representatives had planned on voting this afternoon on a bill written around President Trump's immigration priorities. And with its pa

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By Phuong Tran 15 August 2007 Partial results from Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission show opposition candidate Ernest Koroma leading the presidential race. About 20 percent of the ballots from Saturday's election have been officially relea

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By Michael Bowman Buenos Aires 25 October 2007 Argentines go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president, along with legislators and provincial governors. In a country that produced the iconic figure of Eva Peron [wife of two-time President Juan Per

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US Congressional Vote On Syria Faces Tough Road CAPITOL HILL The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has begun considering whether to authorize U.S. military force against Syria in response to last month's chemical attack t

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The U.S. Senate is headed toward a possible vote on a $900 billion version of an economic stimulus bill aimed at stopping the U.S. economic decline. President Obama said failure to quickly approve the measure would be irresponsible, as he continued

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Ghana's ruling party wants to stop Friday's voting in a single constituency that could decide the nation's next president. Ghana's opposition candidate is holding a slight lead over his ruling-party rival. Ghana's opposition party candidate John Att

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Voters in Angola go to the polls Friday for the first time in 16 years. They are to cast their ballots for a new parliament in what is seen as preparations for presidential polls next year. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Luanda. More than 8 million r

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By Deborah Tate Washington 13 February 2008 The U.S. Senate has defied a veto threat from President Bush and approved legislation that would prohibit intelligence agencies from using extreme interrogation techniques, including waterboarding. The meas

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 13 March 2008 Voters in Iran go to the polls on Friday for a parliamentary election seen mainly as a contest between competing conservative factions, after authorities barred the majority of reformist candidates from runni

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