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Elections · July, 2009
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Stories about Elections from July, 2009

31 July 2009

Gabon: Presidential Candidate Uses Social Media in Historic Election

Written by Jennifer Brea · Sub-Saharan Africa

As Gabon prepares for its first election since the death of Omar Bongo, one candidate, whose rivals who include the current prime minister, Jean Eyeghe Ndong, and Bongo's own son,...

30 July 2009

Russia: Vasily Krima, aka the “Volgograd Obama”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Moldova: Election Updates

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

29 July 2009

28 July 2009

Japan: Election manifesto

Written by Scilla Alecci · Quick Reads · East Asia

23 July 2009

Moldova: RFE/RL's Blog on Repeat Vote

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

22 July 2009

Japan: No Twitter for Election Campaigns

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · Quick Reads · East Asia

Japan: Political animation

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

20 July 2009

Ukraine: Party of Regions lead in public opinion

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Bulgaria: Ukrainian gas crisis caused government fall

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

19 July 2009

Morocco: Electoral Boycott Campaigners Acquitted

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Mauritania: Election Fraud?

Written by Jillian C. York · Sub-Saharan Africa

Yesterday, 11 months after a military coup d'état led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritania has elected the General to the presidency, resulting in Abdel Aziz's main challengers denouncing...

Ukraine: Toying with early elections

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

18 July 2009

Ukraine: Running out of time to dissolve parliament

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Morocco: First Femal Mayor Loses her Seat

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Afghanistan: List of Afghan Presidential candidates

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

17 July 2009

Hungary: Economics opposition style

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Iran: “Death to Russia” at Friday Prayer

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

At a Friday prayer at Tehran University led by former president and cleric Hashemi Rafsanjani today, crowds of Mir Hossein Mousavi supporters defiantly chanted "Death to Russia" instead of "Death...