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  • January 2008

    • Georgians Want New Vote, Plan Hunger Strike

      Independent (UK)  |  Jan 10, 08 10:47 AM CST

      Georgians Want New Vote, Plan Hunger Strike

      (Newser) - Opposition leaders in Georgia have vowed to go on a hunger strike after the country's election committee declared Mikheil Saakashvili the winner of last week's presidential election. The Independent reports that Saakashvili won 52% of the ballots, and although international observers have said the voting was largely fair, the opposition insists the polls were rigged and is demanding a second round of voting. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • election  • Mikheil Saakashvili  • election fraud  • hunger strike  • Levan Gachechiladze

    • Merkel Trades Compromise For Hard Line

      Der Spiegel  |  Jan 8, 08 4:04 PM CST

      Merkel Trades Compromise For Hard Line

      (Newser) - Ahead of a regional election later this month, Angela Merkel has left behind the conciliatory tone of her first 2 years and come out swinging. The German chancellor gave her strongest backing to the minister-president of Hesse, who is running for reelection on a harsh anti-immigrant platform. In an interview with Der Spiegel, Merkel supported her colleague's proposal to introduce boot camps for "criminal young foreigners." More »

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      Germany  • immigration  • election  • Angela Merkel  • Hesse  • anti immigrant platform

    • Georgia Prez 'Confident' He's Won

      BBC  |  Jan 5, 08 5:48 PM CST

      Georgia Prez 'Confident' He's Won

      (Newser) - Exit polls in Georgia's national election are giving pro-Western President Mikhail Saakashvili 57% of the vote, enough to win, but the opposition calls the survey a "big lie," the BBC reports. Candidate Levan Gachechiladze, who scored 28% in the poll, accuses the president of rigging the ballot and urges voters to protest en masse tomorrow. More »

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      Georgia  • election  • NATO  • Mikhail Saakashvili  • Levan Gachechiladze

    • Kenya Prez: 'I'm Ready to Talk'

      Reuters  |  Jan 3, 08 2:48 PM CST

      Kenya Prez: 'I'm Ready to Talk'

      (Newser) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said today he's ready for talks with political opponents "once the nation is calm," Reuters reports. After three days of rioting and burning slums, in the wake of a hotly contested election, opposition leader Raila Odinga postponed until tomorrow a rally scheduled for a Nairobi park today. Odinga remained combative, accusing Kibaki allies of "genocide." More »

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      election  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • election fraud

    • Kenya Spirals Toward Ethnic War

      Time  |  Jan 2, 08 9:58 PM CST

      Kenya Spirals Toward Ethnic War

      (Newser) - The tribal violence gripping Kenya could reach a bloody climax tomorrow, Time reports, when an opposition leader has urged supporters to converge on a park in Nairobi to protest the results of last month's general election. Raila Odinga blames a rigged vote-count for re-electing President Mwai Kibaki, igniting disarray that has left more than 300 dead in four days. More »

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      election  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Rwanda  • Kikuyu  • tribes  • Luo  • ethnic warfare

  • December 2007

    • Kenyan Prez Kibaki Declared Victor, Sworn In

      BBC  |  Dec 30, 07 11:38 AM CST

      Kenyan Prez Kibaki Declared Victor, Sworn In

      (Newser) - Kenya today declared President Mwai Kibaki the winner of Thursday's election, igniting riots in Nairobi as protesters accused the Kibaki government of election fraud and demanded a recount, reports the BBC. At least 10 people have been killed. Kibaki was sworn into a second 5-year term immediately after the announcement that he beat opposition leader Raila Odinga by just 230,000 votes. More »

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      Africa  • election  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • voting  • riots

    • China Allows Hong Kong to Vote in 2017

      BBC  |  Dec 29, 07 4:23 PM CST

      China Allows Hong Kong to Vote in 2017

      (Newser) - Reacting to years of pro-democracy rallies in Hong Kong, China agreed today to let the territory elect a leader in 2017 and a legislature in 2020, BBC reports. Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang had lobbied Beijing for elections by 2012, but hailed today's news as a "hard-earned opportunity." Activists, however, were outraged over the decade-long delay, AFP reports. More »

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      China  • Great Britain  • election  • Beijing  • Hong Kong  • suffrage

    • Kenya's Prez Appears Defeated

      New York Times  |  Dec 28, 07 9:57 AM CST

      Kenya's Prez Appears Defeated

      (Newser) - A populist challenger appears to be winning Kenya's presidential election, the New York Times reports. Raila Odinga, a businessman who promises to spread Kenya's growing wealth more equitably, has a 57%-40% lead over incumbent Mwai Kibaki in early results, while many in Kibaki's inner circle, including the vice president and 14 ministers, are losing their seats in parliament, Nairobi's Standard newspaper reports. More »

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      Africa  • election  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Nobel Peace Prize

    • Violence as Kenyan Vote Nears

      Mail & Guardian (South Africa)  |  Dec 25, 07 10:00 AM CST

      Violence as Kenyan Vote Nears

      (Newser) - Kenya's presidential election remains too close to call with 48 hours to go, writes the Mail and Guardian . President Mwai Kibaki is seeking a second term but facing a stiff challenge from former ally Raila Odinga for the leadership of East Africa's bellwether nation. Yesterday police fired teargas at supporters of the two camps who began hurling stones at each other in downtown Nairobi. More »

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      election  • presidential election  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kikuyu

    • Party of Ousted Prime Minister Wins Thai Races

      Reuters  |  Dec 23, 07 6:15 AM CST

      Party of Ousted Prime Minister Wins Thai Races

      (Newser) - Deposed former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is poised to return from exile now that the party supporting him won the most seats in parliament in today's elections, according to exit polls. It was unclear, however, whether the pro-Thaksin People Power party gained an absolute majority. If not, opposition parties still have a chance to cobble together a coalition government. More »

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      election  • corruption  • Thailand  • Thaksin Shinawatra  • coup  • Thai elections

    • Campaign Ad Spending Sticks With Local TV, Ignores Web

      Wall Street Journal  |  Dec 14, 07 11:46 AM CST

      Campaign Ad Spending Sticks With Local TV, Ignores Web

      (Newser) - This cycle's presidential candidates may have embraced grassroots web campaigns, but they have yet to spend significant sums on web advertising, the Wall Street Journal reports. Instead, they are sticking to local network television ads, which will account for 70% of an estimated $3 billion in advertising dollars. Evan Tracey, an advertising analyst, told the Journal that local TV ads “drive up the volume and get voters to notice you.” More »

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      advertising  • election  • Internet advertising  • campaign

    • Republicans Keep Seats In Special Elections

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 12, 07 4:56 AM CST

      Republicans Keep Seats In Special Elections

      (Newser) - Republican candidates won two congressional seats in special elections yesterday. The spots, in Ohio and Virginia, were left vacant by the deaths of representatives, both Republicans. They were in districts that have long favored Republicans, but Democrats had hoped that the low turnout typical of special elections would help them score wins. More »

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      Congress  • election  • Democratic Party  • Republican Party

    • Law Firm's Lobbying Dogs Giuliani

      New York Times  |  Dec 4, 07 1:49 PM CST

      Law Firm's Lobbying Dogs Giuliani

      (Newser) - Rudy Giuliani's law firm lobbied Congress last year in favor of a law the White House said would undermine the war on terror, the New York Times reports. The firm represented Ethiopian political parties pushing for legislation to withhold American aid if their government doesn't share power. The administration supports the Ethiopian government as an ally against terrorism and considers the legislation detrimental to that effort. More »

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