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WORLD / NEWS Tue Dec 4, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Russia's parliamentary elections, which the pro-Kremlin United Russia party won handsomely, were "not fair" and failed to meet international democratic standards, according to observers from two leading European organizations. The groups' scathing asse.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Dec 3, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Two European groups concluded that Sunday's vote "failed to meet many of the commitments and standards that we have," said Goran Lennmarker, president of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's parliamentary assembly. He said it was "not.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Dec 3, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Foreign observers have said that Russia's parliamentary election, won by President Vladimir Putin's party, was "not fair". The statement was made by a joint observer team of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Counci.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Dec 3, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday declared his party's parliamentary victory as a mandate to cement power, according to The Associated Press, reporting remarks he made on Russian TV. But international electoral monitors and foreign governments have.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Aug 29, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

SF Gate -- Abdullah Gul, a devout Muslim with roots in political Islam, won parliamentary election Tuesday as Turkey's president in defiance of the country's secular generals. Turkey's military, which has overthrown six previous governments in the country's histo.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Jul 22, 2007 @ 5:31am neoform

CNN -- Turks began voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election pitting the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party against nationalists who disagree strongly over the future path of the rigidly secular Muslim country. Opinion polls tip the pro-business AK Party to gove.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Jun 17, 2007 @ 1:47am neoform

USA Today -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks set to be among Europe's most powerful leaders after Sunday's runoff parliamentary elections, which polls suggest may hand his conservative party a majority bigger than any in modern France. Such a landslide, whic.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Jun 10, 2007 @ 9:52am neoform

BBC News -- France's voters are returning to the polls in parliamentary elections, only a month after Nicholas Sarkozy was elected as their new president. His UMP party looks likely to increase its majority in the lower house, the national assembly, enabling him t.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jun 1, 2007 @ 10:31pm neoform

BBC News -- Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has accepted the resignation of his cabinet, a move widely expected after last month's parliamentary election. Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem's ruling coalition won 249 of the 389 seats in the poll, but its v.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat May 12, 2007 @ 11:15am neoform

BBC News -- Armenia is holding a parliamentary election seen as a test of the country's commitment to democracy. The governing Republican Party led by Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan is expected to defeat the opposition. This is Armenia's fourth election since it.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon May 7, 2007 @ 3:21pm neoform

CNN -- Turkey's Islamic-rooted government pushed Monday for a constitutional amendment to let the people -- rather than legislators -- elect a president, calling it the only way to resolve a widening parliamentary rift over religion. On Sunday, pro-secular la.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon May 7, 2007 @ 12:12pm neoform

Al Jazeera -- Sarkozy plans to take over power from Jacques Chirac, the outgoing president, on May 16, Fillon said, not long before France votes in parliamentary elections on June 10 and 17. Sarkozy has promised to enact a series of tough reforms to tackle France's.. Read More