Posts Tagged by votes
Tatad to ask high court to nullify poll results
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MANILA, Philippines?Declaring he was convinced the elections were rigged, former Sen. Francisco Tatad said Friday he would ask the Supreme Court to nullify the election results on grounds of unconstitutionality. Tatad, who lost his senatorial bid, said voters were not allowed to verify that their votes were counted and transmitted… Read More
Philippines diaspora begins voting for next president
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Sunday, April 11, 2010 HONG KONG: More than half a million Filipinos living overseas, who help pump billions of dollars into the Philippines’ economy, Saturday began voting for a new president. Nine million Filipinos live outside the Philippines with many working as maids, nurses, construction workers and sailors and the 590,000 registered voters can cast their votes until May 10. In Hong… Read More
Afghanistan’s presidential election
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Afghans are heading to the polls next week in the country’s second presidential election. To win candidates have to get over 50 per cent of the votes. Read More
Ex-Afghan president escapes ambush
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Burhanuddin Rabbani, a former Afghan president, has survived a Taliban ambush in northern Kunduz province, officials have said. Rabbani, now a member of parliament, was travelling on a road in the Ali Abad district of Kunduz on Thursday when Taliban fighters ambushed his convoy with rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire, Habibullah Mohtashim, the chief of the district, said on… Read More
US panel says India fails to protect minorities
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NEW DELHI—A U.S. panel on… Read More
South Korean Worker Detained in North Korea Returns Home
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Election buzz in remotest Afghanistan
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Tucked away in a remote north-east corner of Afghanistan, Badakhshan province exists in a world of its own. It is a mass of snowy peaks and scattered valleys, with no sustainable road network and only a dirt track to connect the province with the rest of the country. Read More
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