IOC respects Lukashenko ban: Rogge
July 27th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge says his organization respects the decision of the British Home Office to deny London Games accreditation to Belarusian ... Read more...
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Egypt Supreme Court calls for parliament’s dissolution
June 14th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, June 14 (IANS) The Egyptian Supreme Court Thursday caused outrage after calling for the dissolution of the parliament's lower house in the country.It ruled that last year's parliamentary election ... Read more...
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Egypt’s presidential vote begins
May 23rd, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 23 (IANS) Egyptians went to polls Wednesday morning to elect their new president after last year's fall of Hosni Mubarak who had ruled for 30 years.The polling stations ... Read more...
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US concerned over Egypt violence
May 5th, 2012 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 5 (IANS) The US has expressed concern over a recent clash in Egypt that led to the death of at least 11 people and injured more than 200 ... Read more...
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‘Over 70 percent vote in French presidential elections’
April 22nd, 2012 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, April 22 (IANS) The French government said Sunday that the presidential elections recorded a voter turnout of over 70 percent, slightly lower than the figure registered in ... Read more...
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Millions of French vote to decide Sarkozy’s fate (Third Lead)
April 22nd, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, April 22 (IANS) Millions of French voted Sunday in the first round of presidential elections bogged down by a weak economy and high unemployment, issues that may spell trouble ... Read more...
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Mugabe fighting for life in Singapore hospital?
April 10th, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 10 (IANS) Long-time Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe - affected by a mystery illness - is fighting for life in a hospital in Singapore, a British media report said.The ... Read more...
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Sarkozy calls for Schengen reform
March 12th, 2012 - 6:21 am ICT by IANS
Paris, March 12 (IANS) French President Nicolas Sarkozy Sunday said that Europe's border-free Schengen agreement should be rethought and re-founded.Sarkozy was addressing some 60,000 supporters in a reelection campaign in ... Read more...
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Russians rally as Medvedev offers reforms
February 4th, 2012 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Over a hundred thousand people braved the bitter cold at two major rallies in Moscow Saturday as a power play between champions of political liberalisation ... Read more...
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Russian city approves fair election protest
January 31st, 2012 - 11:07 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's St. Petersburg city government Monday approved staging of a demonstration Feb 4 for seeking a fair presidential vote.The authorities approved the opposition's request to ... Read more...
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Russia to invite 700 foreign monitors for presidential vote
January 13th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will invite up to 700 foreign observers to monitor the presidential election in March, double the number compared to the last poll in 2008, ... Read more...
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Rally in Moscow for fair presidential vote
January 9th, 2012 - 3:09 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Around 100 people gathered in Moscow Sunday to call for fair presidential elections in March.The protesters turned out at the "Fed-up" rally in central Bolotnaya ... Read more...
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Key Russian websites hacked, down on election day
December 4th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Popular Russian media websites, the major LiveJournal social network and the website of the country's biggest independent election watchdog, were inaccessible for several hours ... Read more...
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Russian girls urged to strip for Putin’s presidency
July 18th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 18 (IANS) In an online campaign, young Russian women have been urged to take off their clothes to support Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the next year's ... Read more...
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Mohamed ElBaradei to run for Egyptian presidency
March 10th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Mar 10(ANI): Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has said that he plans to contest the first presidential elections to be held after mass demonstrations ended former President Hosni Mubarak's three-decade rule. ... Read more...
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Medvedev’s ‘chin-ups stunt’ to match Putin’s exploits ‘looks silly’
December 3rd, 2010 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 3 (ANI): Russian president Dmitry Medvedev's publicity stunt of performing a series of chin-ups to match rival Vladimir Putin's strong man persona ended up looking rather silly.Medvedev, a 45-year-old former ... Read more...
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Violence erupts after opposition candidate Conde wins Guinea’s first free presidential election
November 17th, 2010 - 3:26 am ICT by BNO News
CONARKY, GUINEA (BNO NEWS) -- Violence on Tuesday erupted in Guinea after the electoral commission announced that opposition candidate Alpha Condé won the first free presidential elections in the West Africa country.Condé ... Read more...
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Colombia presidential vote heads for run-off
May 31st, 2010 - 5:46 am ICT by BNO News
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) -- Colombia's former defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos of the ruling National Unity party received the most votes on Sunday's presidential election, but not enough to avoid a ... Read more...
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Afghan rival says Karzai criticism helps Taliban
April 3rd, 2010 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, April 2 (DPA) A prominent rival of President Hamid Karzai accused him of helping the Taliban by making negative comments about the presence of the international community in Afghanistan.
Karzai said ... Read more...
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Ex-UN envoy Galbraith denies Afghan poll fraud
April 2nd, 2010 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.2 (ANI): A former UN envoy has dismissed Afghan President Hamid Karzai's claims that foreign observers were responsible for electoral fraud last year.Karzai had accused Galbraith and EU mission head ... Read more...
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Yanukovych wins Ukraine presidential vote
February 10th, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, Feb 10 (RIA Novosti) Former prime minister Viktor Yanukovych received 48.95 percent of the vote in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, 3.48 percent more than his opponent Yulia Tymoshenko, ... Read more...
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Yanukovych wins Ukraine presidential vote
February 9th, 2010 - 2:11 am ICT by IANS
Kiev, Feb 9 (DPA) Viktor Yanukovych has effectively won Ukraine's presidential election with a 3.14 percentage-point margin of victory over his opponent, and practically all ballots counted, a senior election official said ... Read more...
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Old rivals to meet in presidential runoff in Ukraine
January 18th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, Jan 18 (RIA Novosti) Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and current Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko are heading for a runoff Feb 7 in Ukraine's presidential vote set to decide the future of ... Read more...
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UN chief arrives in Kabul amid poll turmoil
November 2nd, 2009 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Nov 2 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived Monday on an unannounced visit to Kabul as political uncertainty deepened in Afghanistan after the pullout of presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah ... Read more...
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UN Afghan envoy denies covering up on fraud Afghan vote
October 9th, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Oct.9 (ANI): The United Nations Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Karl Eide, has denied accusations he tried to cover up fraud in the country's recent presidential election.Eide said the allegations, ... Read more...
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Envoy says his removal from Afghanistan sends out a bad signal about the UN
October 1st, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct.1 (ANI): The senior UN envoy, who was removed from his post in Afghanistan, has told the BBC that his dismissal has sent out "a terrible signal" to the world about ... Read more...
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Afghan body to recount ballots from 10 percent polling centres
September 15th, 2009 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 15 (DPA) Election authorities said Tuesday they would recount ballots from around 10 percent of the polling stations in last month's presidential vote due to indications of fraud.
The UN-backed Electoral ... Read more...
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Taliban claim successful sabotage of Afghan presidential vote
August 29th, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Aug. 29 (ANI): Taliban fighters say they have successfully sabotaged the Afghanistan presidential voting process without sending in a single suicide bomber.A Globe and Mail report says that their ... Read more...
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U.S. fears rifts in Afghanistan if presidential vote heads for runoff
August 22nd, 2009 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Aug.22 (ANI): Western officials here have expressed relief that many Afghans defied Taliban threats of reprisals and came out to vote, but they were clearly concerned on Friday that a ... Read more...
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Iran’s ex-president slams detainees’ trial as ’stage show’
August 2nd, 2009 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 2 (DPA) Iran's pro-reform former president Mohammad Khatami slammed the trial of 100 activists detained during the post-election unrest as a "stage show", his website reported Sunday.
The first session of ... Read more...
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Iranians charged with pushing ‘Velvet Revolution’
August 1st, 2009 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 1 (DPA) A group of demonstrators, political activists and journalists faced charges of fomenting a "Velvet Revolution" in the Islamic state as their trial began Saturday, Iranian media reported.
The official ... Read more...
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Iran’s Guardian Council admits presidential vote was flawed, but won’t change results
June 22nd, 2009 - 6:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 22 (ANI): Iran's powerful Guardian Council has ruled out changing Iran's presidential election result, but admitted that the vote was flawed.The calls came as the Guardian Council, the body ... Read more...
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Britain denies ‘meddling’ in Iran affairs
June 22nd, 2009 - 3:43 am ICT by IANS
London, June 22 (IANS) Britain has rejected the claims by Iran that the post-poll protests and violence were orchestrated by foreign countries.
"I reject categorically the idea that the protesters in Iran ... Read more...
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White House monitoring reports of irregularities after Iranian vote
June 14th, 2009 - 12:33 am ICT by admin
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The White House on Saturday said it is monitoring reports of irregularities after Friday's presidential vote. Violent clashes erupted after official election results showed that President Ahmadinejad ... Read more...
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Ahmadinejad headed for second term as Iran president (Lead)
June 13th, 2009 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 13 (IANS) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seemed set for a second term as Iran's president as he took an insurmountable lead in the country's presidential vote, according to preliminary results Saturday.
First results ... Read more...
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