Angolans Heading to Polls for First Vote in 16 Years
September 4, 2008
New York Times
More than eight million people — nearly half of the population — have registered to vote in war-ravaged Angola, and the vote is expected to go fairly smoothly.
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World Briefing | Africa: Angola: Vote Takes Place in Peace
September 6, 2008
New York Times
Angola’s first election in 16 years took place peacefully Friday, but it was marred by disorganization in Luanda, the capital, where 30 percent of the voters live.
Angolans Go to the Polls
September 5, 2008
New York Times
War-ravaged Angola, a country with an abundance of oil, diamonds and grinding poverty, held its first election in 16 years on Friday.
Angola: Economy Weighing on Voters' Minds
September 5, 2008
AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and Finance
Angola's economy may be booming on the back of high oil prices and strong diamond exports, but six years after a peace deal ended the 27-year civil war, unemployment stands at around 65 percent.
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Angola's Ruling Party Leads in First Election in 16 Years With 82% of Vote
September 7, 2008
Bloomberg
Angola's MPLA lead with nearly half of votes counted
September 7, 2008
AFP - Wire stories
LUANDA (AFP) - Angola's ruling leftwing MPLA party held a big lead with 81.
SADC considers Angola's polls credible, transparent
September 7, 2008
XINHUA NEWS
LUANDA, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- The observation commission of ...
Angola ruling party on course for big election win
September 7, 2008
Boston.com -- World news / Paul Simao
Angola's ruling MPLA headed on Sunday for a landslide victory in a parliamentary election which opposition parties have branded illegitimate, preliminary results showed.
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With Angola vote, the world hopes for stability
September 4, 2008
Africa & Middle East - International Herald Tribune / By CELIA W. DUGGER
More than eight million people have registered to vote in Angola, which was to hold its first elections in 16 years Friday.
Angola: Militant Christians decapitate Muslim girl -- no, wait...
September 1, 2008
Jihad Watch / Robert
Actually, oddly enough, it was jihadists who decapitated a Christian girl.
Angola's poor have yet to taste fruits of country's oil riches
September 1, 2008
The Irish Times' World Top Stories
ANGOLA: Angola's first parliamentary election in 16 years, which will take place on Friday is previewed by Mary Fitzgerald,Foreign Affairs Correspondent.
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Angola ruling party on course for big election win (Reuters)
September 7, 2008
Yahoo! News: Top Stories
Reuters - Angola's ruling MPLA headed on Sunday for a landslide victory in a parliamentary election which opposition parties have branded illegitimate, preliminary results showed.
Early results in Angola give ruling party lead
September 7, 2008
Boston.com -- Latest news
Angolan election officials say early parliamentary results give the ruling party a big lead over a former rebel group.
Early results in Angola give ruling party lead (AP)
September 7, 2008
Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Angolan election officials say early parliamentary results give the ruling party a big lead over a former rebel group.
Angola ruling party maintains big lead in vote count
September 7, 2008
Reuters
LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola's ruling MPLA is maintaining a big lead over the opposition in the country's parliamentary election, according to preliminary results released on Sunday.
Gov claims Angola victory
September 7, 2008
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Angola election extended one day
September 7, 2008
Denver Post: Golf / editor@denverpost.com (Denver Post Wire Report)
Angolan election officials extended voting by a day in the capital but said Saturday the logistical problems that marred the first balloting in 16 years were confined to Luanda.
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