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Elections are not just exercises in determining political majorities. "They're also a way to gauge how people are treated in society," says Ken Wollack, president of the National Democratic Institute. "Every institution in the country -- government, parties, the press, the judiciary, the military, police -- are working at the same time." That's why rigged elections can prove to be such electrifying, unifying events.

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Any time Hans Zimmer begins a project, he panics: no matter how many iconic movie scores he has composed, the Oscar-winner fears he'll be unable to come up with even a single new harmony. But as soon as Zimmer began reading the script for director Guy Richie's second Sherlock Holmes film, he knew exactly what he had to do. It was, if you'll forgive the expression, elementary.

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Today, a panel of foreign policy experts and former U.S. diplomats in Washington, D.C. discussed Morocco's recent elections and the challenges that lie ahead for the ongoing reform process.

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The winner of last week's presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is due to be named on Tuesday, stirring fears of new unrest in the conflict-prone country.

"No one I have spoken to, from any party has expressed any desire for violence, and the onset of violence would mean that talks have broken down," Anita Vandenveld, NDI country director.

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Vice President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi met on Friday Leslie Campbell, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the National Democratic Institute.

During the meeting, Hadi said that the signing of the Gulf-brokered initiative and its implementation mechanism and the presidential decree of the formation of a national government will contribute to the end of the political crisis.

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A delegation of National Democratic Institute (NDI) headed by Mr. Kenneth Wollack, President NDI, Friday called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr.

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Egyptians will hear results of their first free election in six decades on Thursday, with the Muslim Brotherhood expecting to pick up two-fifths of the vote for an assembly that might limit the power of the generals.

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A YEAR ago, Egyptians went to the polls in a parliamentary election they knew was rigged from the start. Voter turnout was 15 per cent, polling booths were empty and Egyptian society barely skipped a beat.