Elections

Alan Kelly is Labour choice for Euro elections
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
The Labour Party has chosen Alan Kelly to stand in next year's European elections in the South constituency. Kelly defeated Arthur Spring, ...
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Labour selects Kelly for European elections
RTE.ie - Ireland
The Labour Party has selected Senator Alan Kelly as its candidate for the South constituency in the European Parliament elections next June. ...
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Iraq's political camps rework elections law
International Herald Tribune - France
AP BAGHDAD: Iraqi politicians have 48 hours to offer changes to a draft provincial elections law that has left Kurdish leaders at odds with the central ...
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Kurds and Iraqi government resume talks on oil, elections law disputes
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
Kurdish objections have kept parliament from moving ahead with provincial elections planned for this fall. Kurds also are battling the Shiite-led government ...
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Grand Rapids city officials put voting machines to the test to ...
MLive.com - MI,USA
Gowell, who estimated she's had a hand in about 100 elections, knows what can happen if drinks are spilled on pre-printed ballots that need to be ...
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Dispute over candidacy may go to State Board of Elections
Salisbury Post - Salisbury,NC,USA
During a special meeting Friday morning, the Rowan County Board of Elections dismissed the protest against the candidacy of Laura Lyerly. ...
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Hawaii Democrats' Power Struggle Hurts Integrity of Local Elections
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA
Hannemann – who beat Bainum by 1300 votes in the 2004 mayoral election – worked with Caldwell to orchestrate a counter offensive to keep Bainum off the ...
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Hawaii Elections Officials Should Just Obey the Law
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA
Free and fair elections are the foundation of our democracy and the Office of Elections must assure that everyone regardless of political affiliation is ...
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Politics test: Canada calls 3 by-elections
United Press International - USA
OTTAWA, July 25 (UPI) -- Canada's minority Conservative government began to test the federal pulse with the announcement of three by-elections in Quebec and ...
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Obama in London on final stop of world tour
AFP -
Obama, 46, is the favourite to win the election. A Fox News poll on Thursday suggested that 51 percent of Americans believe he will triumph, ...
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McCain Backs Expanding Protections for Disabled
By Associated Press
COTTONWOOD, Ariz. — Republican presidential candidate John McCain is pledging support for a proposal to expand protections for disabled people under an 18-year-old landmark civil rights law. Speaking by satellite to a disabilities forum ...
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Rwandan Journalists Agree Ethics Code for Upcoming Elections
By admin
Over 50 media practitioners and journalists operating in Rwanda, on Friday overwhelmingly approved an ethical pact to guide them to effectively and professionally cover the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for September this ...
Net News Publisher - http://www.netnewspublisher.com

Obama Says Overseas Trip Confirmed Foreign Policy Views
By FOXNews.com
Barack Obama said Saturday that his weeklong trip to Europe and the Middle East only reinforced his foreign policy views, telling FOX News that his proposed troop withdrawal timetable and other military strategies will stay in place if ...
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Taliban Resurgence threatens Elections
By noreply@blogger.com (Juan Cole)
... is odd and you have to wonder where it is coming from. The increasing violence in Afghanistan is threatening the country's ability to hold scheduled presidential elections in 2009, according to Aljazeera International: ...
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Iraqi politicians to issue report on provincial elections law
By abroughton
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A group of Iraqi politicians have two days to review a provincial elections law recently rejected by President Jalal Talabani and Shiite Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi before issuing a final report on the measure ...
The CNN Wire - http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com