national elections

Iraq’s new parliament convenes 3 months after vote (AP)

June 14th, 2010

Suicide bombers and gunmen wearing military uniforms killed 15 people and took hostages on Sunday in a daring raid on the Iraq Central Bank in Baghdad, triggering an ongoing siege with security forces. Duration: 00:36(AFPTV)AP - Iraq’s new parliament convened Monday but postponed a decision on a new president as the country remains in political limbo three months after inconclusive national elections.


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Dutch voters lean right on economy, immigration (AP)

June 9th, 2010

Conservative VVD party leader Mark Rutte, leading in opinion surveys on a deficit-busting, tough-on-immigration platform, casts his ballot in general elections in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Voters go to the polls in election offering a choice between a Labor Party preaching traditional Dutch tolerance and a slew of right-leaning parties advocating a crackdown on immigration. The free-market VVD party leads polls thanks to its strong economic credentials, the anti-Islam Freedom Party and its leader Geert Wilders also hope to book large gains. (AP Photo/Evert-Jan Daniels)AP - Voters appeared likely to shift the Netherlands to the right in national elections Wednesday dominated by concerns over the rising national debt and discontent over immigration.


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Dutch anti-immigration party gains ground in vote (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

AP - Early returns in Dutch local elections showed an anti-immigrant, anti-Islam party making big gains in a result seen as a possible foreshadowing of national elections in June.

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