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17.09.2010, 22:26
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The vote counting is underway in Afghanistan, where at least 14 people were killed in separate bombings on Saturday’s parliamentary elections. The day was also marred by massive voting irregularities.
09.06.2009, 10:39
Lebanon's pro-western coalition has won the country's parliamentary election over the Hezbollah-led opposition, backed by Syria and Iran.
13.06.2009, 23:26
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Israeli strategists are hoping the Iranian elections are won by Israel's worst enemy - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
14.06.2009, 01:17
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei has praised Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide victory in the country’s presidential election.
16.06.2009, 04:29
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One person is known to have died in Tehran after shots were fired on an angry crowd protesting at the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
20.08.2009, 17:40
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"Everybody knows Hamid Karzai is inefficient, weak and unpopular leader, still everybody would tell you he’s going to win," says Georgy Mirsky, a professor from the Institute of World Economy & International Relations.
02.11.2009, 18:00
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In Afghanistan, presidential candidate Hamid Karzai has secured a second term after his only challenger, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, dropped out of the election runoff.
17.10.2009, 04:39
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Afghanistan is expected to hold runoff elections amid allegations of mass fraud in the first round. Widespread corruption prevents the creation of a legitimate government, says Afghan-American professor Dr Nadir Atash.
11.02.2009, 18:46
Despite taunts that “she’s just a girl”, Tzipi Livni emerged from her scrap with the boys in the election sandbox on Tuesday with a stunning personal victory, even if it does not win her the premiership.
09.02.2009, 18:36
In a “what the hell” moment in Israeli politics, citizens voting in Tuesday’s national elections will turn away from compromise with the Arabs, polls predict, and opt instead for blunt confrontation.
Published: 04 November, 2009, 03:08
Edited: 04 November, 2009, 09:04
David Axe, a military correspondent and a contributor to the blog “WAR IS BORING” elaborates on the situation in Afghanistan and the potential of its development.
