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"Southern Sudanese began registering to vote in a referendum in January to decide whether their oil- producing region will break away from Sudan and become Africa's newest independent nation...

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"The Burmese military's political front claimed a resounding victory today in an election widely dismissed as a sham. US President Barack Obama said the ruling junta had simply stolen the election...

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"The only suspense surrounding parliamentary elections here and in other Arab countries for many years has been over how many seats the opposition would be allowed to win...

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"Jordanians began voting Tuesday for a new parliament after a campaign that focused on concerns about the economy and anger at Israel over stalled peace talks...

"Les Campbell, the regional director for the Washington-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, said it was 'difficult to verify the allegations.'"

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"Afghanistan's election authorities are being pressured by President Hamid Karzai and by Iran to alter the preliminary results of September's parliamentary races, adding new controversy to a fraud-marred election, officials and candidates say...