Tag: election

Insider view of National Assembly

VietNamNet will provide portraits of the 12th National Assembly deputies through a new column: “Discover Vietnamese Congressmen”. Readers are invited to send questions to them at evnn@vietnamnet.vn. Thuyet was born in 1948 in Thai Nguyen, but his hometown is Hanoi. He graduated from the Philology Faculty of Hanoi University in 1969 and received... Read more

Geoana wins Romanian presidential run-off: exit polls

Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana has won Romania’s presidential run-off on Sunday, according to the first exit poll announced as voting ended at 9:00 p.m. ( 1900 GMT). Romanian Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana (C) celebrates his victory at the Social Democratic Party’s headquarters in Bucharest, capital of Romania, Dec. 6, 2009.  (Xinhua/Agerpres)... Read more

Bolivian incumbent president Morales wins in elections

Bolivian incumbent president Evo Morales is expected to win a five-year second term until 2015 in the general elections on Sunday, exit polls showed. People celebrate Evo Morales winning the presidential election in La Paz, Bolivia, on Dec. 6, 2009. Evo Morales from the ruling Movement for Socialism has won the presidential election in Bolivia on Sunday, as exit... Read more

Emergency rule declared after Philippine political massacre claims 46 lives

The Philippine government placed part of the restive southern region under emergency rule on Tuesday Dead bodies lie on the ground near their vehicles at the crime scene of a massacre of a political clan that included several journalists in the outskirts of Ampatuan, Maguindanao in southern Philippines Nov. 24, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)As night fell in remote... Read more

Exit polls show incumbent president narrowly leading Romania’s presidential elections

Exit polls gave incumbent President Traian Basescu a narrow lead in Romania’s presidential elections on Sunday with 32.8 percent of the vote, against 31.7 percent for his main opponent. The incumbent Romanian President Traian Basescu speaks to media after casting his ballot at a polling station in Bucharest, Nov. 22, 2009. (Xinhua/Lin Huifen)According to... Read more

Kosovo holds local elections

Kosovo citizens are voting Sunday in local elections, the first since its unilateral declaration of independence in February 2008. A Kosovar Albanian casts his ballot at a polling station in Pristina, Kosovo, on Nov. 15, 2009. (Xinhua/Astrit Ibrahimi)Kosovo leaders claim they are committed to organize free and fair elections as they have for the first time all... Read more

Obama, Democrats tested in 2009 elections

Barack Obama’s party is faced up with another test on Tuesday as a handful of local elections are held in states and cities. A voting guide is posted outside a polling station in New York Nov. 3, 2009. Citizens of New York City went to polls on Tuesday for the general election of the city. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is seeking for his third term. (Xinhua/Shen... Read more

Obama urges Karzai to improve governance

President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States is looking forward to a closer cooperation with Afghan government led by President Hamid Karzai. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul November 2, 2009. Ban made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Monday as pressure grew to abandon plans for a risky... Read more

Afghan run-off to be held as scheduled: Election Commission

Afghanistan’s run-off election will be held on November 7 as scheduled despite the withdrawal of President Hamid Karzai’s only challenger Abdullah Abdullah from the contest. Afghanistan presidential election candidate Abdullah Abdullah (front) speaks during a press conference at his residence in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Nov. 1, 2009.(Xinhua/Zabi... Read more

New LDP chief fills key party posts

Sadakazu Tanigaki, newly-elected president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), appointed Tadamori Oshima Tuesday as the party’s new secretary general. Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has chosen former finance minister Sadakazu Tanigaki to be its new leader as it struggles to rebuild itself after last month’s crushing... Read more

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