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Salvadorans headed to the polls on March 15, electing Mauricio Funes as their next president and ending the long hold on power of the ruling party. Voters had to choose between the governing Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA) party candidate Rodrigo Ávila and Funes of the opposition Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). Funes could claim over 51 percent of the vote with 90 percent of ballots counted.
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Thirteen students from Qatar University’s International Affairs Programme completed an 18-month Training of Trainers Programme organised by Qatar Permanent Elections Committee. … The Programme was organised in conjunction with the US-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and Qatar’s Supreme Council for Family Affairs.
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A group working on amending the election code will start working from next week with the participation of only eight founding parties, as others refused to join. On February 26, eight parties, mainly those having representation in the Parliament, signed a code of conduct, facilitated by U.S. National Democratic Institute (NDI), laying out principles to which they committed themselves to follow while working on reform of election code.
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The prime minister has asked the people to be watchful against any ‘backdoor’ attempts to derail democracy again in Bangladesh, which has experienced military rules and unconstitutional governments in the past. Addressing the first ever orientation workshop for newly elected MPs, the prime minister said the Dec. 29 elections could take place because of "people’s courage".
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Regional director of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) Les Campbell is to pay a visit to Yemen next week. An informed source has said that Campell will meet a number of party leaders in the country to talk about preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections which would be held in April 27.
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Polls have closed throughout Iraq in a recent election, as citizens in this region voted for over 400 council seats. And, as Sheila MacVicar reports, there was little violence during the process.
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