Egypt
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Politics
8/13/2022 1:07:50 PM
Egypt's lower house of parliament – the House of Representatives – agreed Saturday to a cabinet reshuffle that compromises 13 ministerial portfolios following a call from the Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi earlier in the day to hold an extraordinary session for voting.
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World
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Africa
8/9/2022 11:50:50 AM
Kenyans are voting Tuesday in an unusual presidential election, where a longtime opposition leader who is backed by the outgoing president faces the brash deputy president who styles himself as the outsider and a ``hustler.''
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World
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Africa
8/4/2022 2:08:01 PM
Voting technology was introduced in Kenya to build trust and credibility around elections -- but has sometimes had the opposite effect.
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World
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International
8/1/2022 12:15:11 PM
British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss won another heavyweight endorsement Monday as Tory members began a month of voting to decide the next occupant of 10 Downing Street.
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World
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International
7/20/2022 9:21:11 PM
Italian Premier Mario Draghi won a confidence vote Wednesday in the Senate, but it was a hollow victory after boycotts by three of his key coalition allies in the voting virtually doomed any prospects for his unity government's survival.
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World
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International
7/20/2022 12:39:44 PM
Six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as crisis-wracked Sri Lanka's new president by the country's parliament Wednesday, with the backing of the party of the ex-leader -- who fled abroad after his palace was stormed by protesters.
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World
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International
7/20/2022 10:39:36 AM
Sri Lanka's parliament began voting Wednesday for a president to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled abroad after his palace was stormed by angry protesters now bracing for a crackdown from his likely successor.
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World
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International
7/13/2022 11:54:49 AM
Britain's ruling Conservative party was Wednesday to winnow down the eight candidates vying to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson amid growing acrimony over alleged dirty tricks.
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World
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Region
6/28/2022 12:11:59 PM
The U.N. political chief urged Libya's rival factions on Monday to agree on measures governing the transition to elections during talks in Geneva later this week, expressing hope this will lead to long-awaited voting "at the earliest possible date.''
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World
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International
6/19/2022 9:38:21 AM
France began voting Sunday in the final round of parliamentary elections, with centrist President Emmanuel Macron's coalition looking to hold off a challenge from a newly formed left-wing alliance.
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World
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Africa
5/15/2022 8:18:15 PM
Somalia's presidential vote is proceeding to a second round Sunday after the first round of voting did not produce a decisive winner.
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World
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Region
5/9/2022 11:17:07 AM
The turnout of Lebanese diaspora voting in 58 countries ahead of May 15 parliamentary elections was nearly 60 percent, officials said Monday, similar figures to the last polls in 2018.
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World
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International
5/9/2022 9:11:53 AM
Early voting began Monday in Australia's federal election with the opposition party hoping the first ballots will reflect its lead over the government in opinion polls.
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World
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Region
5/8/2022 1:25:43 PM
Thousands of Lebanese living in nearly 50 countries began early voting Sunday in the country's closely watched parliamentary elections, days after a similar vote was held in 10 predominantly Muslim nations.
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World
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International
5/7/2022 10:29:50 PM
The election of Sinn Fein as the biggest party in Northern Ireland's Assembly is a historic moment -- the first time an Irish nationalist party, rather than a British unionist one, has topped the voting.
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World
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International
4/24/2022 11:10:08 AM
France began voting in a presidential runoff election Sunday with repercussions for Europe's future, with centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron the front-runner but fighting a tough challenge from far-right rival Marine Le Pen.
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World
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International
4/14/2022 4:14:34 PM
The capital of France may be thousands of miles away from the battlefields of eastern Ukraine, but what happens in French voting stations this month could have repercussions there.
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World
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International
4/10/2022 10:33:36 PM
Jean-Luc Melenchon, the far-left candidate who came in third place in the first round of France's presidential vote Sunday, urged his supporters to refrain from voting for far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the run-off against centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron.
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World
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International
4/10/2022 11:25:45 AM
France voted on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election projected to produce a run-off rematch between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen that will be far tighter than their duel five years ago.
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World
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International
3/28/2022 1:54:56 PM
Monday marks the start of the official presidential election campaign period in France ahead of the first round of voting on April 10.
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