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Facebook says the company has removed 32 pages and accounts from its social media sites ahead of midterm elections in the United States. In a statement July 31, Facebook said those removed had violated company policy barring inauthentic coordinated b

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UN Official Says Iraqi Elections Must Be Credible

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2012 can be called a year of political change. Many countries including the United States, Russia, Japan and South Korea all held their general elections. As such, today's key words are general elections. CRI's Zheng Chenguang has more. And whether I

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U.S. voter turnout likely to fall short of previous two elections

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Russias ruling party won only half of the votes in elections on Sunday. But opponents say even that poor showing was boosted by widespread fraud. Now they are protesting. Protests against Sundays Duma elections are spreading across Russia. On Tuesday

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CAIRO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The polling stations of Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of parliament) elections closed Sunday on the first day of the two-day vote with a low turnout rate of voters. In the first stage of the upper house elections, vote

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