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Man set to become Pakistan's next prime minister could be called the Islamist comeback kid
Associated PressISLAMABAD (AP) — The man set to become Pakistan's next prime minister after historic elections over the weekend could be called the Islamist comeback kid. Nawaz Sharif has held the job twice before, but the last time didn't end so well. The 63-...Tags: Government Ministers, Nawaz Sharif, Terrorism, Pakistan, Islamabad (Pakistan)
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Exit polls: No party wins majority in Bulgaria's parliamentary election
Associated PressSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's center-right party and its main challenger, the Socialists, finished first and second in Sunday's parliamentary election, with neither one winning a majority needed to form a government, two exit polls indicated....Tags: European Union, Government, Lawyers, Polls, Voting
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Pakistan ex-premier's party sweeps elections
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's overwhelming victory in weekend parliamentary elections returns to power a seasoned politician who historically has had rocky ties with Pakistan's powerful military and is viewed by many...
Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Government, Islamabad (Pakistan), Business
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Pakistanis vote in landmark election
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Millions of Pakistanis braved threats from militants and voted Saturday in national elections that marked the country's first democratic transfer of governance and appeared to put former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on track for...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Government, Islamabad (Pakistan), Woodrow Wilson
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Pakistan's Sharif: Seasoned leader is seen as soft on extremists
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections this weekend returns to power a seasoned politician who historically has had rocky ties with Pakistan’s powerful military and is...
Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Government, Islamabad (Pakistan), Business
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Polls close in historic Pakistan elections; some bombings occur
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a bloody campaign season marred by waves of bombings and candidate assassinations, Pakistanis turned out in large numbers Saturday to elect a new parliament in what is slated to be the first democratic transition of...
Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Islamabad (Pakistan), Government, Asif Ali Zardari
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Pakistan expels N.Y. Times reporter on eve of historic elections
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani government ordered the Islamabad bureau chief for the New York Times to leave the country on the eve of landmark parliamentary elections, according to the newspaper’s website. Declan Walsh, 39, was told...
Tags: Pakistan, Journalism, Personal Data Collection, Interior Policy, Islamabad (Pakistan)
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Bombs, bullets and baby steps toward democracy in Pakistan
Kidnappings, suicide bombings and hundreds of violent deaths have bloodied Pakistan’s campaign trail. Still, the parliamentary vote Saturday is being heralded as a milestone in the country’s democratic advancement. Once the votes are tallied...Tags: Taliban, Asia, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Government
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Sword of division is poised over Iraq
BAGHDAD — Less than a year and a half after the last U.S. troops left, Iraq's political leaders are openly debating the prospect of two dangerous paths for their country: de facto division or civil war. Perhaps both. Tension between the Shiite...Tags: Iraq, Nouri Maliki, Government, Al-Qaeda, Wars and Interventions
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Pakistan elections: Polls open amid more violence
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistanis went to the polls Saturday to elect a new parliament amid continued violence marring the historic event, as militants detonated a bomb outside a liberal, anti-Taliban party’s campaign office in the southern port...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Taliban, Bombings, Pakistan, Government
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In Pakistan, clamor for change propels 2 parties
CHINIOT, Pakistan — Even from his hospital bed, with a gash in his head and three broken vertebrae from a 15-foot fall, Imran Khan stumped for votes. "I have done whatever I could do," Khan told the nation as a Pakistani television crew...
Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Taliban, Television Industry, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf
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The starkly new face of the Netherlands' monarchy
AMSTERDAM — Even by the unconventional standards of the Dutch, their new king is going to be a bit of a novelty. He has a license to fly commercial airliners. He's married to a South American, a lively Argentine who's more popular than he is. He...
Tags: Netherlands, Charles, Prince of Wales, Government, Imperial and Royal Matters, Political Systems
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