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Gomes hopes to return and rule - Independent Online
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Gomes hopes to return and rule
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“I am the president of the largest party legitimately elected to Congress, I am the lawfully elected prime minister and I think that we have the legitimacy to continue ruling the country,” he told reporters. The coup cut short a two-round presidential ...
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Seven killed in Libyan desert clash - Independent Online
Seven killed in Libyan desert clash
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Tripoli - Seven people were killed in clashes between armed nomads and residents of a Libyan town on the border with Algeria on Wednesday, officials said, underlining the insecurity that still plagues the country one month before elections.
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Nomads, locals clash in Libya desert - News24
Nomads, locals clash in Libya desert
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Tripoli - Armed nomads clashed with residents of a Libyan town on the border with Algeria on Wednesday, officials said, underlining the insecurity that continues to plague the country one month before elections. Fighting erupted over control of a ...
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Army ruler says Egypt election will be model vote - Reuters Africa
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Army ruler says Egypt election will be model vote
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By Marwa Awad CAIRO, May 16 (Reuters) - Egypt's military ruler on Wednesday promised next week's presidential election would be free and fair, urging people to exercise their right to vote in what the authorities are saying will be the country's first ...
Egypt vote monitors say state hindering their workdefenceWeb
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MIDEAST WEEKAHEAD-Egypt's bourse seen sideways amid uncertainty ahead of elections - Reuters Africa
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MIDEAST WEEKAHEAD-Egypt's bourse seen sideways amid uncertainty ahead of elections
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By Nadia Saleem DUBAI May 16 (Reuters) - Egypt's bourse is seen drifting next week as investors shy away from taking big bets ahead of elections that may not clear the doubts already clouding the country's macro-economic outlook.
Brotherhood faces new challenges in Egypt power questdefenceWeb
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New Palestinian cabinet to be sworn in - News24
New Palestinian cabinet to be sworn in
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The new government has been on the cards since the previous cabinet resigned in February 2011, shortly after the Palestinian leadership announced it would hold legislative and presidential elections "in the coming months".
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Judge to lead Greece to fateful June 17 election - Times LIVE
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Judge to lead Greece to fateful June 17 election
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Greece put a senior judge in charge of an emergency government on Wednesday to lead it to new elections on June 17 and bankers sought to calm public fears after the president said political chaos risked causing panic and a run on deposits.
Greece prepares for 2nd electionNews24
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Egypt vote monitors say state hindering their work - Reuters Africa
Egypt vote monitors say state hindering their work
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By Tom Pfeiffer CAIRO (Reuters) - Foreign observers of Egypt's first real leadership contest will be unable to say whether the process is free and fair because their movements are being restricted by election authorities, one of the groups supposed to ...
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Poll: Kenyans wary of tribal groupings - News24
Poll: Kenyans wary of tribal groupings
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Nairobi - According to new research by Strategic Africa reveals that a majority of Kenyans are opposed to the re-emergence of ethnic based alliances ahead of the General Elections. Daily Nation reports that 62 percent of Kenyans are against the revival ...
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Bonds track rand weaker amid Greece woes - Business Day
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Bonds track rand weaker amid Greece woes
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According to Dow Jones Newswires, Greek politicians officially called for new elections after political party leaders failed to reach an agreement to form a coalition government following an inconclusive election on May 6. "It remains uncertain whether ...
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Algerian women claw their way into parly - News24
Algerian women claw their way into parly
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Algiers - Algeria's legislative election saw women take almost a third of the seats, making the national assembly the most gender-balanced in the region but activists say the battle is far from being won. According to a provisional count, ...
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Greece prepares for 2nd election - News24
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Greece prepares for 2nd election
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Now R394.95 Athens - Debt-stricken Greece must prepare for its second elections in less than two months after failing to form a government, exacerbating the eurozone crisis which France and Germany vowed to resolve. The election, expected on 17 June, ...
Judge to lead Greece to fateful June 17 electionTimes LIVE
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Algerian women claw their way into parliament - Times LIVE
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Algerian women claw their way into parliament
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Algeria's legislative election saw women take almost a third of the seats, making the national assembly the most gender-balanced in the region but activists say the battle is far from won. According to a provisional count, at least 145 of the new, ...
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Greece calls new election after failed talks - Independent Online
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Greece calls new election after failed talks
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The country is set for another month of political paralysis ahead of new elections in June. Athens - Greece abandoned a nine-day hunt for a government on Tuesday and called a new election that may hand victory to leftists who might cut the nation's ...
Markets tumble on Greek election newsTimes LIVE
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Markets tumble on Greek election news - Times LIVE
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Markets tumble on Greek election news
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World stocks slipped and the euro fell to a four-month low against the dollar yesterday after Greece said it would hold new elections and worries rose about its possible exit from the eurozone. Gold touched a four-and-a-half month low, with the euro's ...
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Greece calls new elections - Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Greece calls new elections
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ATHENS - Greece abandoned a nine-day hunt for a government on Tuesday and called a new election that threatens to hasten the nation's slide towards bankruptcy and a future outside the euro zone. An inconclusive election on May 6 left parliament split ...
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Neo-Nazi chief denies gas chambers existed - Independent Online
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Neo-Nazi chief denies gas chambers existed
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The head of the Greek neo-Nazi party elected to parliament during May 6 elections has denied in an interview the existence of gas chambers in Nazi death camps during World War II. Picture taken December 1998. The head of the Greek neo-Nazi party ...
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MIDEAST STOCKS-Egypt falls ahead of elections; Saudi off lows - Reuters Africa
MIDEAST STOCKS-Egypt falls ahead of elections; Saudi off lows
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By Tom Pfeiffer and Nadia Saleem CAIRO/DUBAI May 15 (Reuters) - Egypt's bourse extended declines on Tuesday as investors cut risk ahead of a presidential election that is unlikely to clear up an uncertain economic outlook, while Saudi shares recovered ...
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New election for Greece after failure to form government - Business Day
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New election for Greece after failure to form government
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ATHENS — Greece will hold a new election after politicians failed to form a government on Tuesday, nine days following an inconclusive vote, prolonging a political crisis that pushes it closer to bankruptcy and an exit from the euro.
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Greece changes tackIndependent Online
Greek leaders hit impasse in last push to avert electionsTimes LIVE
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Wall St flat as Greece faces elections - Reuters Africa
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Wall St flat as Greece faces elections
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks traded flat on Tuesday, erasing strong gains in the premarket session after news Greece will hold new elections put the debt-stricken country's bailout package and debt repayments further at risk. The Dow Jones industrial ...
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S&P 500 faces key test, Wall St set to slideBusinessLIVE
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