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US Congress approves new sanctions on Iran The US Congress Wednesday approved punishing new sanctions targeting Iran's energy and shipbuilding sectors, a day after President Barack Obama unveiled measures to cripple Tehran's nuclear drive.

03 August 2012 15:00

New Zealand parliament to vote on gay marriage New Zealand lawmakers will hold a vote on allowing gay marriage after a proposal to change the law was listed on parliament's agenda Thursday.

26 July 2012 16:29

French lawmakers vote to cut pay of president, PM French lawmakers voted Thursday to reduce the salaries of President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault by 30 percent as part of a series of budget-cutting moves.

20 July 2012 19:16

Libya vote shows 'commitment to democracy': US Libya has taken an "important step forward" with this month's election results and the vote process showed the Libyan people's "commitment to democracy".

20 July 2012 13:42

Unrecognised Karabakh votes as tensions rise The self-declared state of Nagorny-Karabakh, recognised by no country in the world, votes in leadership elections as fears grow of a new conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over its status.

19 July 2012 15:40

Liberals have the edge in Libya vote but no clear majority Libya's liberal coalition outscored Islamist parties in preliminary results unveiled by the electoral commission Tuesday -- but it remained unclear who will dominate the next congress.

19 July 2012 13:34

New Greek government wins confidence Greece's coalition government breezed through a largely symbolic confidence vote late Sunday, winning the tough mandate of tackling a two-year-old crisis and keeping the country safely in the eurozone.

09 July 2012 13:11

Church of England set to vote on women bishops The Church of England is set to take a final vote on Monday on whether to ordain women bishops, after years of wrangling between traditionalists and liberals.

07 July 2012 11:05

Vote 'buying' charges hang over Mexican poll result Mexico's national election authority on Wednesday announced a recount of ballots cast at more than half of the polling stations in the country's presidential election in which Enrique Pena Nieto claimed victory.

05 July 2012 17:59

Libya heads to polls after decades of dictatorship Libyans vote on Saturday for a constituent assembly, the first body elected since the ouster of dictator Moamer Kadhafi, tasked with steering the country through its critical transition.

04 July 2012 15:43

Mexico runner-up demands presidential vote recount The runner-up in Mexico's presidential vote demanded a full recount of Sunday's balloting, raising fears he could lead disruptive mass protests like he did six years ago.

04 July 2012 12:50

Preliminary voter turnout results announced According to preliminary calculations parliamentary elections voter turnout in Kazakhstan made 75.1 percent.

15 January 2012 23:50

Voting completed in most of the regions of Kazakhstan At 8 p.m. Astana time most of the regions of Kazakhstan completing voting in the elections of the Majilis and Maslikhats.

15 January 2012 20:43

Voter turnout reached 70% in Kazakhstan As of 4 p.m. on January 15 6.223.525 people in Kazakhstan cast their ballots. This is 66.9 percent of the overall number of voters.

15 January 2012 20:29

More than half of voters have voted in Kazakhstan By 2 p.m. Astana time voter turnout in Kazakhstan made 55.5 percent.

15 January 2012 16:51

Voter turnout exceeded 35% By noon Astana time voter turnout reached 35.3 percent.

15 January 2012 13:48

CEC announced first turnout results The Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan has announced first turnout results.

15 January 2012 12:28

Preliminary results of Senate election Preliminary lists of the new Senators have been made available.

20 August 2011 12:03

Kazakhstan Senate elections set for August 19 Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed Kazakhstan Parliamentary elections for August 19.

15 June 2011 11:48

Massimov launched Internet-voting Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Karim Massimov launched an Internet voting that would determine the Internet platform where his online-conference is going to be held.

26 April 2011 18:20

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