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Pakistan's lower house passes electoral reforms bill

TheNationalAssembly(NA)ofPakistanpassedtheElectionReformsBill2017onMondayamidprotestbytheopposition.ThebillwaspresentedbyMinisterforLawandJusticeZahidHamidinthe

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Rising populism in Europe calls for addressing root causes

Thegainsmadebythefar-rightAlternativeforGermany(AfD)partyinGermany'srecentparliamentaryelectionindicatespopulismiscontinuingtosurgeacrossEurope,aphenomenonthatn

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Should we be concerned with AfD success in Germany?

WhenGermanChancellorAngelaMerkelopenedhercountry'sdoorstodesperaterefugeestwoyearsago,sheknewshewasdoingtherightthing.SheshowedleadershipattheEUlevel,revealingh

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Opposition party in Japan faces gloomy election prospects

TheDemocraticParty(Japan),headedbynewly-electedleaderSeijiMaehara,wasexpectedtomakeabigmoveinthecountry'sgeneralelectionthisfallafterannouncingastringofnewappoi

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Will snap election solve Abe's problems once and for all?

JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbeannouncedonMondayhisplantodisbandthelowerhouseforasnapelectionwhentheextraordinaryDietconvenesonThursday,inamovethatobserversdescr

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Right-wing populist party co-leader not to join in new German parliament

BERLIN,Sept.25(Xinhua)--Aco-leaderofAlternativeforGermany(AfD)--aright-wingpopulistandEuroscepticpoliticalpartyinGermany--announcedMondaythatshewillnotjoinherpa

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Poll: U.S. Republican Party approval hits all-time low

TherearefreshsignstheRepublicanParty'sbrandisintrouble.Fewerthanthreein10Americans--29%--holdafavorableviewoftheRepublicanPartyaccordingtoanewCNNpollconductedby

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Far-right gains as Merkel's party wins biggest share in German election

AngelaMerkelissetforafourthtermasGermany'schancellor,accordingtoexitpolls.However,thepollsuggeststheanti-immigrationAlternativefürDeutschland(AfD)partywillenter

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How Germans vote for their members of parliament

TheGermanelectoralsystemiscomplicated,socomplicatedinfactthatevensomeGermansdon'tunderstandit.Sohowdoestheirvotingsystemwork?TheGermansarevotingfortheirlegislat

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New Zealand's general elections yield no clear winner as tally ends

NewZealand'sparliamentaryelectionsonSaturdayyieldnoclearwinnerastallyendedintheweehoursofSunday,leavingthethirdlargestpartywith7.5percentofthevotesthekingmaker.

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New Zealand Labour leader says will not yet concede election

NewZealandLabourleaderJacindaArdernsaidonSundayitwouldbedifficulttocompletecoalitiontalksbeforeallvotesweretalliedinanelectionthatleftbothmajorpartiesneedingthe

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Iceland PM calls for snap vote after government falls

Iceland’sPrimeMinisterBjarniBenediktssoncalledforasnapparliamentaryelectiononFridayafteronepartyintherulingcoalitionquitthegovernmentformedlessthanninemonthsago

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Cambodian PM threatens ban on opposition party

CambodianPrimeMinisterHunSenthreatenedonMondaythatthemainoppositionpartywouldbedissolvedifitcontinuestobackdetainedleaderKemSokha,whohasbeenchargedwithtreasonov

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5 Indian ministers resign ahead of expected Cabinet reshuffle

FiveIndianministersresignedlateThursdayevening,fuellingspeculationthatPrimeMinisterNarendraModiwillreshufflehisCabinetthisweekend.ThosewhohaveresignedareWaterRe

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5 Ministers Resign Ahead Of Expected Cabinet Reshuffle

FiveIndianministersresignedlateThursdayevening,fuellingspeculationthatPrimeMinisterNarendraModiwillreshufflehisCabinetthisweekend.ThosewhohaveresignedareWaterRe

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Merkel faces challenges despite having upper hand in upcoming elections

It'sonlylessthanamonthbeforetheGermenfederalelectionsdayonSeptember24.GermanChancellorAngelaMerkelisleadinginpolls.ButtheoverallsituationinGermanyisnotsogoodaso

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Taiwan: Wu Den-yih assumes leadership of Kuomintang

TheKuomintang(KMT)opposes"Taiwanindependence,"saidWuDen-yihonSundayafterheformallytookofficeaschairoftheoppositionparty.Inhisinauguralspeech,theformerdeputylead