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Besigye, Bobi to work together: Sources told this publication that the Opposition could be planning a boycott for the next by-elections
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Besigye, Bobi to work together
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Bobi Wine targets political opponents in London show: Clad in a red jacket and trousers, Bobi Wine repeatedly threw jabs at some opponents ...
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Bobi Wine targets political opponents in London show
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Rishi Sunak's flagship smoking ban bill passes first hurdle despite cabinet opposition
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Rishi Sunak's flagship smoking ban bill passes first hurdle despite ...
Quick Glance: UK Lawmakers Support Groundbreaking 'Smoke-Free Generation' Bill
  • The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban to prevent young people from ever smoking passed its first hurdle in Parliament despite opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party.

  • The bill, announced by Sunak, would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, creating one of the toughest anti-smoking measures in the world to establish the 'first smoke-free generation' in modern Britain.

  • The bill also includes measures to crack down on youth vaping, such as banning the sale of cheap disposable vapes and restricting their flavors to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine.

  • The number of people who smoke in the U.K. has declined by two-thirds since the 1970s, but approximately 6.4 million people in the country still smoke, accounting for about 13% of the population. Smoking remains the number one preventable cause of death, disability, and poor health.
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Pro-China party earns landslide victory in Maldives parliamentary elections: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s party earned a landslide victory in ...
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Pro-China party earns landslide victory in Maldives parliamentary ...
Quick Glance: Pro-China Party Secures Overwhelming Victory in Maldives Election
  • President Mohamed Muizzu's PNC party wins by a landslide in Sunday's election, gaining control of parliament with a supermajority.

  • The PNC, with three additional seats from allies, secures 70 out of 93 seats, signaling a shift towards China from India.

  • Official results confirmation is expected soon, with the new assembly set to take office in early May.

  • The election serves as a pivotal moment for Muizzu's agenda of closer economic ties with China following his previous win in the presidential election.
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11 NUP supporters sent to high court over terrorism : The suspects are said to be members of a group called ‘Go slow, Bobi Wine ahead’
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11 NUP supporters sent to high court over terrorism 
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Togo approves constitutional reform changing how president is elected: Those opposed to the changes fear they could allow further extensions to President Faure ...
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Togo approves constitutional reform changing how president is elected
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Bobi Wine, Uganda’s democracy hunter: The documentary, Bobi Wine, the People’s President, shows the confluence of music and art in the pursuit of freedom and ...
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Bobi Wine, Uganda’s democracy hunter
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The Kizza Besigye factor in Uganda’s Opposition: Most of the leadership in the political opposition are motivated by the holding elective positions and the ...
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The Kizza Besigye factor in Uganda’s Opposition
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Togo parliament approves contested constitutional reforms: Lawmakers in Togo approved changes to its constitution on Friday linked to presidential term limits ...
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Togo parliament approves contested constitutional reforms
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These are the times and seasons of Bobi Wine: With Museveni, they loved and followed him. With Besigye, they believed and fell behind him. With Bobi Wine ...
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These are the times and seasons of Bobi Wine
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Croatia’s Premier Vows to Form Majority After Electoral Setback: Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic forged ahead with forming a new government after ...
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Croatia’s Premier Vows to Form Majority After Electoral Setback
Quick Glance: Croatians Choose Between PM Plenkovic and President Milanovic
  • Croatians vote between PM Andrej Plenkovic and President Zoran Milanovic in parliamentary election

  • Plenkovic and HDZ expected easy win, but Milanovic challenged them

  • HDZ ruling party since 1991, supports Ukraine against Russia

  • Corruption accusations, allegations, and political discrepancies shape election campaign
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I’m back from political holiday to fight corrupt, incompetent govt- Besigye : "What is heartbreaking is the way Mr Museveni and his family have shared national ...
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I’m back from political holiday to fight corrupt, incompetent govt- ...
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Falling tea prices intended to keep you poor, Besigye tells Bushenyi : People are not poor because they don’t work, as we have heard many say. You work ...
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Falling tea prices intended to keep you poor, Besigye tells Bushenyi 
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How Georgia's Ruling Party Is Using Laws On 'Foreign Agents' And 'Gay Propaganda' To Maintain Its Grip On Power
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How Georgia's Ruling Party Is Using Laws On 'Foreign Agents' ...
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Why a Labour super-majority is unlikely: By current polls, Labour is set for a super-majority, and more than 400 seats. But will voters cool on Keir Starmer ...
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Why a Labour super-majority is unlikely
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NUP isn't facing internal conflict — Bobi Wine: Kyagulanyi while speaking during the unveiling of the Opposition's alternative budget on Monday ...
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NUP isn't facing internal conflict — Bobi Wine
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Guerrilla economics and the death of Uganda’s Opposition: The trouble for, especially the Opposition, is that the deepest pockets in the land are on the trousers ...
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Guerrilla economics and the death of Uganda’s Opposition
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FDC Najjanankumbi scoffs at Besigye’s consultative meetings: Mr John Kikonyogo, the FDC party’s spokesperson told journalists that members are free to quit but ...
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FDC Najjanankumbi scoffs at Besigye’s consultative meetings
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Eperu: FDC party unites to send off pioneer, activist: Eperu is eulogised as a bold and informed person who always researched on topical issues and freely shared ...
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Eperu: FDC party unites to send off pioneer, activist
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FDC Katonga faction pays tribute to Sarah Eperu: “If you want to help anybody you love, don’t wait for the body because he, or she will no longer be there. Nurse ...
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FDC Katonga faction pays tribute to Sarah Eperu
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Besigye blames manufacturers for SMEs failing: Besigye, who has been a vocal advocate for local entrepreneurship and economic empowerment ...
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Besigye blames manufacturers for SMEs failing
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FDC’s Eperu laid to rest amid chaos: The programme started smoothly but turned violent when Dr Kizza Besigye’s followers surrounded the tent sheltering the ...
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FDC’s Eperu laid to rest amid chaos
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Opposition unveils priorities in Shs43t alternative budget: The Opposition proposes that next financial year’s budget should not include funding for ceremonies ...
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Opposition unveils priorities in Shs43t alternative budget
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Ally of Russia-friendly leader wins Slovakian presidential election: Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, known for his friendly stance towards Russia and ...
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Ally of Russia-friendly leader wins Slovakian presidential election
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Anti-homosexuality law will be weaponised in 2026 election – experts: Mwambutsya says politicians will frame this subject as extremely pernicious ...
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Anti-homosexuality law will be weaponised in 2026 election – experts
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Labour Vows ‘Tax Dodger’ Crackdown to Fill Hole in Fiscal Plan: The UK’s opposition Labour Party pledged to tighten its proposed crackdown on non-domiciled ...
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Labour Vows ‘Tax Dodger’ Crackdown to Fill Hole in Fiscal Plan
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South Korea’s Yoon left humbled by opposition election landslide: President Yoon Suk-yeol promises changes, top aides quit, after opposition parties sweep ...
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South Korea’s Yoon left humbled by opposition election landslide
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Lord Hoyle obituary: Veteran backbench MP admired as a skilful tactician who served as the chair of the parliamentary Labour party in the 1990s
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Lord Hoyle obituary
Quick Glance: Sir Lindsay Hoyle devastated by father's passing
  • Chorley MP and House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has expressed deep sorrow over the death of his father.

  • Taking to Twitter, he announced the passing of his father, Lord Doug Hoyle, emphasizing that he passed away peacefully at home.

  • He praised his father as a formidable figure and highlighted his dedication as a parliamentarian.

  • Doug was primarily a family man and his absence will be keenly felt by his family and loved ones.
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Can holy sex redeem thieves?: Our plunderers quietly listened to the bishops denouncing thieves in government
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Can holy sex redeem thieves?
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Dear Mr Nicholas Opiyo, Mpuuga is not provincial: But even in my worst estimation (and I can really be highly opinionated), I would not characterise him as ...
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Dear Mr Nicholas Opiyo, Mpuuga is not provincial
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AK Party set to speed up efforts for new constitution: As Türkiye weighs scrapping a coup-era constitution, the ruling AK Party aims to move forward with efforts ...
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AK Party set to speed up efforts for new constitution
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Morocco Proposes Establishment of National Agency for AI Governance: A parliamentary opposition group in the Moroccan House of Councilors (the upper chamber of ...
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Morocco Proposes Establishment of National Agency for AI Governance
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Turkish opposition IP hopes for fresh start after election loss: The Good Party (IP) is gearing up for its extraordinary convention on Saturday ...
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Turkish opposition IP hopes for fresh start after election loss
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Convicted former ministers named as EU election candidates by Polish opposition: The pair were in December handed prison sentences and bans on holding public ...
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Convicted former ministers named as EU election candidates by Polish ...
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No adoption of Animal Welfare Code in Brussels before end of parliamentary term: Brussels' parliamentary Environment Committee members have begun discussing the ...
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No adoption of Animal Welfare Code in Brussels before end of parliamentary ...
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UK parliament passes controversial bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda | Africanews
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UK parliament passes controversial bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda | ...
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Suspect in Spain's face mask scandal holds silence in probe: An ex-ministerial aide, who is the key suspect in a Koldo Case corruption scandal that has ...
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Suspect in Spain's face mask scandal holds silence in probe
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DPK leader to put livelihood matters at top of agenda for talks with Yoon: Livelihood issues are expected to top the agenda for the first-ever talks between ...
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DPK leader to put livelihood matters at top of agenda for talks with Yoon
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Maldives' ruling party secures ‘supermajority' in parliamentary elections: Over 200,000 Maldivians took part in polls, with 326 candidates competing for 93 seats ...
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Maldives' ruling party secures ‘supermajority' in parliamentary elections
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Maldives: President Muizzu accused of corruption, opposition calls for probe : Ahead of the Maldives' parliamentary elections, opposition parties have ...
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Maldives: President Muizzu accused of corruption, opposition calls for ...
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Erdoğan vows 'necessary' post-election change at AK Party: Speaking at his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) first parliamentary meeting after ...
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Erdoğan vows 'necessary' post-election change at AK Party
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Polish opposition politicians charged for defying ban on holding public office: The pair claim to be victims of "political repression" by the government.
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Polish opposition politicians charged for defying ban on holding public ...
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Week in Review: Mafia, Oil and Elections: States captured by mafia, hope of striking oil and associated riches and unpredictable elections and their aftermath ...
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Week in Review: Mafia, Oil and Elections
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Almost 600 people targeted with Pegasus spyware under former Polish government: Although many targets were legitimate, there were "too many cases" in which ...
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Almost 600 people targeted with Pegasus spyware under former Polish ...
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Kuwait emir picks Sheikh Ahmad to form new government: Sheikh Mishal tasked the former oil minister with forming a new government, state media reported ...
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Kuwait emir picks Sheikh Ahmad to form new government
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Stratford’s Labour parliamentary candidate pledges not to be an absent MP: Seyi Agboola has his sights set on representing the Stratford constituency in ...
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Stratford’s Labour parliamentary candidate pledges not to be an absent MP
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TOM EATON | The DA has gifted RISE much more than the best PR guru ever could: The official opposition's decision to go after Songezo Zibi and his RISE ...
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TOM EATON | The DA has gifted RISE much more than the best PR guru ever ...
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Croatia parliamentary election pits PM against president: Croatia heads to the polls on Wednesday (17 April) for parliamentary elections that have centred around ...
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Croatia parliamentary election pits PM against president
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Uganda: Besigye to Join City Traders in Tax Protest: Fresh from his western region consultations and then from sending off their fallen activists in Teso ...
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Uganda: Besigye to Join City Traders in Tax Protest
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Term limit proposed for opposition leader - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday: TERM limits should be set for the opposition leader as well as the President and the ...
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Term limit proposed for opposition leader - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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Breakaway Factions Could Erode Support of Parent Parties in Maldivian Elections: The split between the MDP and The Democrats, for example, could undermine the ...
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Breakaway Factions Could Erode Support of Parent Parties in Maldivian ...
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South Korea's scandal-plagued opposition leader is election's big winner: SEOUL: The big winner in South Korea's parliamentary election is the country's most ...
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South Korea's scandal-plagued opposition leader is election's big winner
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Israeli parliamentary delegation calls for support after Iran's attack - Focus Taiwan
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Israeli parliamentary delegation calls for support after Iran's attack - ...
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Main opposition wins resounding majority in crushing defeat for ruling party: ...
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 Main opposition wins resounding majority in crushing defeat for ruling ...
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India election: with Modi’s BJP ‘hell-bent’ on a massive win, secularism hangs by a thread
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India election: with Modi’s BJP ‘hell-bent’ on a massive win ...
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Poland's opposition PiS bounces back in local elections: PiS comes out as largest party 6 months after losing national elections
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Poland's opposition PiS bounces back in local elections
Quick Glance: Conservative PiS Leads Local Elections, Shakes Tusk's Power in Poland
  • Conservative opposition PiS party leads in local elections in Poland, with Tusk's Civic Coalition dominating big cities.

  • PiS secured 33.7% and Tusk's party 31.9%, contrary to pre-election polls.

  • PiS aims to win upcoming EU and presidential elections before the next general election.

  • Voter turnout was lower at 51.5%, reflecting potential political shifts in Poland.
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South Korean opposition wins parliamentary vote in landslide: South Korea's liberal opposition party has won a landslide majority in the country's ...
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South Korean opposition wins parliamentary vote in landslide
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(2nd LD) Voters hit the polls in parliamentary elections: SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans went to the polls Wednesday in crucial...
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(2nd LD) Voters hit the polls in parliamentary elections
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South Korea Election Hinges on Urban Voters and Inflation Worries: The battlegrounds for South Korea’s parliamentary elections that will determine how much power ...
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South Korea Election Hinges on Urban Voters and Inflation Worries
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Main opposition secures large majority in elections, crushes ruling party : The April 10 general elections saw the country's highest voter participation in 32 ...
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 Main opposition secures large majority in elections, crushes ruling party ...
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Togo bans protests against arrest of opposition activists, constitutional reform | Africanews
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Togo bans protests against arrest of opposition activists ...
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PM says gov't will 'humbly' accept general election results: The exit poll results of Wednesday's general elections, indicating a landslide victory ...
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PM says gov't will 'humbly' accept general election results