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Collection of election news, found 623 news.

Suu Kyi party `wins 43 seats` in Myanmar elections

Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi`s party won almost all the seats it contested in Myanmar elections, becoming the ...

Some 40 violent acts accompanied Aceh simultaneous polls

The Aceh Institute and the Aceh Forum of Non-Governmental Organizations (Forum LSM Aceh) which monitored simultaneous ...

UN leader praises "courage" of Myanmar President

UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Monday hailed the "courage" of Myanmar`s President Thein Sein after an election which saw ...

US to send election observers to Myanmar

The US State Department said Wednesday it is sending one observer each from two US-funded pro-democracy groups to ...

Pakistan parliament debate on U.S. sputters to halt

A parliamentary debate in Pakistan on the relationship with the United States has stalled on domestic politics, even ...

Breakaway Georgia region S.Ossetia votes for president

The Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia voted for a new president on Sunday, with its former ...

Muslims in France worry about rising bias in wake of Toulouse shootings

Although the Toulouse scooter-riding shootings ended with the al-Qaeda-inspired gunman being killed, to Muslims in ...

Mali hit by looting after coup, president "safe"

Soldiers looted petrol stations and hijacked cars in Mali`s capital Bamako on Friday, 48 hours after a military coup, ...

Russia accuses osce of double standards

Russia on Wednesday accused the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for not sending a ...

Myanmar invites US, EU, UN election observers

Myanmar has invited election observers from the United States, the European Union and the United Nations for its ...

Obama calls Palestinian President Abbas

US President Barack Obama called Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Monday and assured him that the peace process ...

La Nyalla elected general chairman of KPSI-backed PSSI

La Nyalla Mattalitti was elected general chairman of the Indonesian Soccer Secure Committee (KPSI) version of the ...

Opposition ahead in E. Timor election count

Early results from East Timor`s presidential polls on Sunday showed the opposition Fretilin party`s Francisco "Lu Olo" ...

Pakistani president slams militants for exploiting religion of Islam

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday condemned the militants for "exploiting religion of Islam" through ...

East Timor votes in test for young nation

East Timor voted Saturday in the country`s second presidential election as a free nation, seen as a key test for a ...