Spanish Elections

Superior Court election recount to get underway

A statewide recount of ballots cast for Pennsylvania's Superior Court in the election held earlier this month is getting under way. By order of Pennsylvania Secretary of State Pedro Cortes, elections officials in all 67...

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Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes Orders Recount in Close Superior Court Election

HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov 13, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes today ordered a recount of the Nov. 3 election returns for Judge of the Superior Court, the first statewide...

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Spain's first Islamic party to run in 2011's local election

Worldbulletin.net 13 November 2009 Spain's first Islamic party is pareparing to run in 2001's local elections in a goal to achieve representation for Muslims in administrations of municipalities, the Spanish media said earlier...

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Piñera seeks to end CPD dominance

Election Date: December 13, 2009 At stake: President, National Assembly Background Over the course of the past 25 years, Chile has been able to leave a brutal dictatorship behind to become Latin America’s fastest growing...

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Morales favoured to earn new term

Election Date: December 6, 2009 At stake: President, National Assembly Background Over the past few decades, the landlocked South American nation has grappled with the issues of managing natural resources and balancing the...

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Background Note: Brazil

Geography Area: 8,511,965 sq. km. (3,290,000 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than the U.S. Cities: Capital--Brasilia (pop. 2.5 million). Other cities--Sao Paulo (10.9 million), Rio de Janeiro (6.1 million), Belo Horizonte (2.4...

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Pa. judicial recount could begin Monday

A recount for a tight Pennsylvania Superior Court election could begin Monday. The state's top election official, Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro Cortes, says three candidates trail leading candidate Anne Lazarus by less...

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Philippines wins seat in UN trade law body

The Philippines on Tuesday (New York time) won a seat in the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (Uncitral) in elections that took place some 35 years after it first served in that UN body, the Philippine...

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Obiang wants new seven-year term

Election Date: November 29, 2009 Background Equatorial Guinea is a coastal territory located between Cameroon and Gabon, which also includes the islands of Bioko and Annabon. Despite releasing many political prisoners during...

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Climate debate has rocky start for US Senate panel

WASHINGTON -- European leaders pressed Congress and the White House on Tuesday to unite on a plan to combat global warming, even as a Republican boycott forced a delay of votes in a key Senate committee, demonstrating the deep...

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