Dutch animal rights party wins 2 seats in election
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A Dutch animal rights party has become the first animal interest group to enter a European parliament, the group said on its Web site on Thursday, after winning two seats in the country's general election.
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Namibia's ruling SWAPO party scored an  overwhelming victory in official election results on Sunday,  bolstering the former guerrilla movement as it grapples with  sensitive issues such as land reform.
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A new political party campaigning for animal rights across the UK is to be launched in London.
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Party Seats won Seats +/- Votes Votes % +/-% Democratic Unionist Party (Protestant) 36 6 207,721 30.1 4.4 Sinn Fein (Catholic) 28 4 180,573 26.2 2.6 Ulster Unionist Party (Protestant) 18 -9 103,145 14.9 -7.7 Social Democratic and Labor Party (Catholic) 16 -2 105,164 15.2 -1.8 All others 10 2 71,717 13.5 4 SOURCE: BBC
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A far-right party won seats  in a regional parliament in eastern Germany on Sunday,  profiting from a weak economy there and mounting anger toward  Chancellor Angela Merkel's government in Berlin.
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Â·  Poll victory gives Erdogan power to resist military Â·  Kurdish party wins 23 seats in new parliament
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The Netherlands, which is holding the presidency of the European Union (EU), Wednesday applauded the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1564 on the Darfur crisis of Sudan.
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The Dutch Christian Democrats held on to power in a parliamentary election on Wednesday but faced a battle to form a coalition government as many voters turned to parties on the far-left and far-right.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s party was heartened Monday after faring better than expected in east German state elections, but a strong showing by fringe parties on the right
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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Dutch international Dirk Kuijt scored twice as Feyenoord Rotterdam beat Hearts 3-0 in a UEFA Cup Group A encounter.
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The party that has governed Botswana for the past 38 years has won another election by a landslide. The Botswana Democratic Party has taken 38 of the 50 parliamentary seats that have been declared so far, leaving
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Text of report by Estonian newspaper Postimees website on 5 September  [Commentary by Rein Veidemann: "Media Circus"]  Elections make for fatty raw material to the free media. The supply of news and opinions is far greater than the demand.
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Parties on the far right and left made gains in two state elections Sunday in Germany, with voters delivering a rebuke to Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats as he tries to rein in German welfare programs.
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A list of the winners and losers at the two-week meeting of the 171-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in The Hague.
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Dutch voters picked a new parliament Wednesday in an election that could determine whether the country's tight immigration rules get even tougher or follow what the opposition calls a more humane path.Comment
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Elephants emerged safer and tigers won a vote of support, but sharks and corals failed to win protection at a two-week wildlife trade conference that ended Friday.
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The name of a second prominent animal rights activist is found on one of the letter bombs sent to businesses in the UK.