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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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election stories: 228 news summaries

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Royal Slams Sarkozy in French Debate

Socialist assails conservative for
'law and order' failures

May 3, 07 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Socialist candidate Ségolene Royal scored points for passion and toughness, and conservative Nicolas Sarkozy for policy brilliance in the French presidential debate last night. Commentators said Royal, who was trailing in opinion polls, helped close the gap by seizing the offensive, turning the tables on the notoriously combative Sarkozy.... More »

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Segolene Royal • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • election • French elections

Turkish PM Backs Election Overhaul

Court annuls vote with sole Islamist candidate for president

May 1, 07 7:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Turkey's prime minister put his weight behind a new, popular presidential vote, hours after a court invalidated Friday's election by parliament. The secular opposition had boycotted that vote because of the Islamist background of the lone candidate, foreign minister Abdullah Gul. More »

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Islam • Turkey • Abdullah Gul • secularism • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • election

Million Turks Rally for Secularism

Apr 30, 07 6:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secular Turks staged an enormous rally yesterday amid a constitutional crisis over the election of the next president, the BBC reports. As many as a million protesters turned out in Istanbul to oppose ruling-party candidate Abdullah Gul, who they're afraid is orchestrating an Islamic coup in the country even as... More »

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Islam • Turkey • Middle East • politics • European Union • Abdullah Gul • protests • modernization • rally • radical • secularism • Istanbul • election

French Winners
Woo Centrist

With 7 million supporters, Francois Bayrou is courted by left and right

Apr 24, 07 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Defeated presidential candidate Francois Bayrou is now the most wanted man in France, as Sarko and Ségo compete to woo his seven million voters. Socialist Ségolène Royal has appealed directly to Bayrou to form an alliance, while right-wing Nicolas Sarkozy is rebranding himself as a centrist-friendly “... More »

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Segolene Royal • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Francois Bayrou • election • French elections

Nigerians Reject Election Results

Candidates charge fraud; observers say  polling should be repeated

Apr 23, 07 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Opposition candidates in Nigeria’s presidential elections have rejected the results of  Saturday’s voting, accusing the governing party of fraud. Foreign observers concur that the polling was faulty, with violence, intimidation, missing ballot boxes, and even abduction and murder of electoral officials and the police officers escorting them the... More »

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Africa • politics • Nigeria • government • People's Democratic Party • voting • election

Sarkozy, Royal in French Runoff

Apr 22, 07 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Segolene Royal won the first round of voting today to succeed French president Jacques Chirac, CNN reports. Based on vote counts from hundreds of polling stations, Sarkozy drew 30.46% of the votes, and Royal  24.41%. They will face each other in a runoff... More »

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Segolene Royal • Nicolas Sarkozy • Jacques Chirac • France • election • French elections

Nigerian Court Rules Candidate Was Illegally Excluded

Unclear whether government will comply

Apr 17, 07 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The highest Nigerian court ruled yesterday that opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar was illegally excluded from last Saturday's presidential election. It is unclear whether the government—returned to power by a landslide in the voting—will comply with the ruling, the Times reports. More »

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Nigeria • Atiku Abubakar • democracy • court • Olesugun Obasanjo • election

East Timor Holds Guarded Elections

Fears of violence hover over country’s first presidential vote

Apr 9, 07 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - East Timor is holding its first presidential elections since independence from Indonesia five years ago, with voters choosing between Nobel Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta and seven other candidates. It's hoped that the elections will stabilize the volitile country, where clashes between factions exploded in carnage last summer. International troops—mostly... More »

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United Nations • Indonesia • Australia • East Timor • Xanana Gusmao • election

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