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India Elections

Meira Kumar: India's First Woman Speaker?

Huffington Post | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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Following the Congress Party's success in India's elections this year, Cabinet member Meira Kumar has been offered the job of Speaker of Parliament. ...

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Lack of Votes, Lack of Water

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

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Craig and Marc Kielburger

India successfully coordinated an election involving 700 million participants. Now, it needs to put that effort into bringing them water.

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Manmohan Singh Sworn In For Second Prime Minister Term

Times of India | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday took oath along with 19 Cabinet colleagues to begin his second five-year term at the head of a multi-party gov...

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Indian Elections: The Gift of Stability -- to the People, by the People

Anant Goenka | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

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Anant Goenka

The people of India have spoken loud and clear and they have given themselves the gift of stability, and the victory of development over communalism and petty regional dogma.

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Congress Party's Dominance Shows Swing Towards Continuity And Stability

Rani Singh | Huffington Post Contributor Rani Singh | Posted 06.16.2009 | World

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Rani Singh is a South Asia analyst and has covered four Indian elections. She is a frequent commentator for US and UK television networks and has repo...

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India Elections Results: Ruling Party Wins Resounding Victory

AP | GAVIN RABINOWITZ | Posted 06.16.2009 | World

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NEW DELHI — The ruling Congress party swept to a resounding victory Saturday in India's mammoth national elections, defying expectations as it b...

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The World In Photos: April 28, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

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Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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The World's Greatest Democracy Keeps Breaking Its Own Record

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

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Shashi Tharoor

Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and have provided foreign journalists with the opportunity to remind the world that India remains the world's largest democracy.

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India Election: Voting Begins In Monthlong Process

AP | TIM SULLIVAN | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

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NEW DELHI _ It takes a month to elect a new leader in the world's largest democracy. In remote farming villages and sprawling concrete cities, tens o...

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Indian Elections More About The Small, Regional Parties: CFR Interview

CFR | Bernard Gwertzman | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

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Interviewee: Evan A. Feigenbaum, Senior Fellow for East, Central, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Cons...

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India Election: Nation Prepares For Largest Election Process In The World (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

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The nation of India and its 1.2 billion residents will start heading to the polls on Thursday to elect their new prime minister and members of Parliam...

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India Announces Staggered Election Dates

Al Jazeera | Posted 04.02.2009 | World

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India's election commission has announced that the world's most populous democracy will hold general elections from April 16....

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