December 22, 2011
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev makes his annual state of the nation address in the Moscow Kremlin, on December 22. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday unveiled political reforms in response to an outburst of protests, but warned that “provocateurs and extremists” were seeking to stir unrest in the country. Two days ahead of a new [...]
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November 21, 2011
An Egyptian protester tries to put out a fire at Cairo’s Tahrir Square during clashes with security forces. At least 13 people were killed as security forces tried to clear protesters from Cairo’s Tahrir Square, casting a dark shadow over Egypt’s first elections since Hosni Mubarak’s downfall. Police and military forces used batons, tear gas [...]
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May 28, 2011
Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, puts his vote into a ballot box Sunday in Hanoi. Over 97 percent of voters across the country cast their votes in the elections to national and local legislative bodies on Sunday, according to the National Assembly’s office. Â The Ministry of Home Affairs [...]
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May 20, 2011
Residents and soldiers of the Truong Sa (Spratlys) Archipelago in the central province of Khanh Hoa were early voters in the national parliamentary elections as they cast their ballots Sunday .   Voting in the elections, being held simultaneously for both central and local legislative bodies, are set to begin in the rest of the country this [...]
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May 14, 2011
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga It is Vietnam’s internal affair to hold legislative elections at Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokeswoman said at a press conference on Thursday. Â Nguyen Phuong Nga made the statement when asked about Vietnam’s response to China’s recent protest against its elections [...]
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May 1, 2011
Vietnam has spent VND700 billion (US$34 million) on preparations for the elections of the central and local legislative bodies scheduled for May 22, the Ministry of Finance told a press conference Wednesday. Â The expenditure will probably increase as the election nears. Â According to the VnExpress, a financial ministry representative said last Friday [...]
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March 8, 2011
A meeting held by the Vietnamese Father Front before the National Assembly elections on May 22 More non-party members should become National Assembly delegates while the number of parliamentarians from executive and judicial agencies should be reduced, the Vietnam Fatherland Front said at a meeting held to discuss elections to be held in May. Â [...]
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January 9, 2011
People gather for a vigil at University Medical Center for US Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was in critical condition after being shot in the head by a gunman in Tucson, Arizona. A gunman shot a congresswoman in the head, seriously wounding her, and killed six other people in a shooting rampage at a public meeting [...]
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December 16, 2009
Chile’s opposition candidate Sabastian Pinera got 44.2 percent of the votes of the general elections on Sunday when 59.9 percent of votes have been counted, according to the first official results. Chilean presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera casts his vote at a polling station in Santiago, Chile, Dec. 13, 2009. Chile’s general elections kicked off on [...]
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December 8, 2009
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 [...]
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