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Indian Elections

Which Way India? Decision Next Week

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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New Delhi -- A month after they first queued to vote in India's mammoth general election, the country's voters will learn the outcome on May 16. The e...

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Manmohan Singh Picked To Serve As India's Prime Minister Again

AP | ASHOK SHARMA | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

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NEW DELHI — Newly elected Congress lawmakers formally chose Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as their leader for a second term Tuesday, clearing th...

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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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Indian Election's Monthlong Voting Ends

AP | TIM SULLIVAN | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

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NEW DELHI — India's monthlong election ended Wednesday, with tens of millions of Indians casting ballots in a vote widely expected to usher in a...

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The World In Photos: 30 April, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

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The HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. This Huffington Post World feature is available Monday t...

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The World's Greatest Democracy Keeps Breaking Its Own Record

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: India, Parliament, Tharoor, Shashi, Shashi Tharoor, Election, India Elections, Indian Elections, Delhi-India, World News
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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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Indian Elections: World's Biggest Democracy Heads To The Polls

The Independent | Andrew Buncombe in Ibrahimpatnam | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

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First came the sound of film music, muffled by the ridge of the hill. Then a convoy appeared around a bend in the road. At once, thousands of people e...

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India Election: Voting Begins In Monthlong Process

AP | TIM SULLIVAN | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: India Voting, India, South Asia, Indian Elections, India Elections, India Voting Problems, Foreign Affairs, India Election, Elections in India Voting System, India's Voting, World News

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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