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A left-leaning former diplomat edged ahead in Costa Rica`s presidential election on Sunday as a strong showing by two leftist parties threatened to wrest power from the centrist government in an April run-off.
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Gunmen shot dead two aides of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, officials said, highlighting the security threat surrounding the April poll.
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Joe Biden said he was not yet sure if he would run for president but that his decision would not be directly influenced by prohibitive Democratic favourite Hillary Clinton.
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President Bashar Assad`s adviser said it would be difficult to hold a Presidential Election in Syria, given its raging violence.
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Egypt`s top military body Monday backed its commander Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to run for the presidency, which he is assured to win after ousting the democratically elected leader in July.
Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 01:04
Egypt will hold a presidential election before parliamentary polls this year, interim President Adly Mansour said move that could pave way for the swift election of army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
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Algeria`s main Islamist party, the Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP), on Saturday announced a boycott of the presidential election due to be held April 17.
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Nigeria is to hold its next presidential election on February 14, 2015, the electoral agency said Friday, with incumbent head of state Goodluck Jonathan expected to seek a second term.
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Top Republican leader and current Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal is planning to run for president in 2016, a top US Senator from his home State has said.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she hasn`t made up her mind about whether to run for president in 2016 but will "make that decision sometime next year."
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Honduras` electoral court has officially declared ruling party candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez the winner of Sunday`s presidential election, with 80 percent of the vote counted.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 17:05
Algeria`s 76-year-old President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was today designated his party`s candidate in the 2014 presidential election, despite having been largely unseen for months because of health woes.
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