单词：elections
n the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
n the status or fact of being elected
n the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
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Facebook says the company has removed 32 pages and accounts from its social media sites ahead of midterm elections in the United States. In a statement July 31, Facebook said those removed had violated company policy barring inauthentic coordinated b
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Lesson 83 After the elections 大选之后 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Why did Patrick keep on asking the same question? The former Prime Ministe
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The ruling party in Singapore has named a likely replacement to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Lee is 66 years old and has said he will step down at age 70. He is the son of Singapores founder, Lee Kuan Yew. Late last week, Singapores 57-year-old fi
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UN Experts in Iraq to Study Early Elections Kirk Troy A United Nations fact-finding team arrived in Iraq Saturday to decide if the country would be ready for general elections this summer. As the U.N.
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By Cathy Majtenyi At a regional summit meeting in Kenya Friday, African leaders postponed upcoming elections in Burundi and extended the life of the transitional government there. Elections in Burundi
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CARACAS, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced on Saturday after a special meeting of its Board of Directors that the presidential elections will be held on April 14. CNE president Tibisay Lucena said the nominati
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Suprises often come in boxes. Birthday presents wrapped in colorful paper, brown paper packages mailed from a friend. No matter what kind of box it is, people like to open it up and see what's inside. In America, and in many other countries, one spec
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UN Official Says Iraqi Elections Must Be Credible Kirk Troy A U.N. official said Friday holding general elections in Iraq is important, but cast doubt on whether such elections could be held before th
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Turkish Elections Marred by Sex Scandal The Turkish general election has become known as the campaign of Sex, Lies and Videotape. The reaction to the release on the Internet of explicit sex videos appearing to implicate senior members of the National
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2012 can be called a year of political change. Many countries including the United States, Russia, Japan and South Korea all held their general elections. As such, today's key words are general elections. CRI's Zheng Chenguang has more. And whether I
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IN THE NEWS - India Elections By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, May 15, 2004 This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. India's Congress Party has defeated the party of Prime Mini
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Greece has sworn in a senior judge as the country's new caretaker prime minister. Council of State head Panagiotis Pikrammenos was appointed Wednesday after major political parties failed to form a coalition government following several attempts to b
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A Greek opposition leader has called on Prime Minister George Papandreou to resign and repeated a call for early elections, ahead of a confidence vote expected in parliament on Friday. Antonis Samaras made the demand Thursday during a parliamentary m
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GAZA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian political powers had on Sunday differed over the decision of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee that was made on Saturday which called for holding parliamentary(国会的议会的) an
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Belarus holds parliamentary elections despite opposition boycott MINSK, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Belarus held its parliamentary elections on Sunday without the participation of main opposition parties, and the country's Central Election Commission (CEC)
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U.S. voter turnout likely to fall short of previous two elections WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Voter turnout in the 2012 U.S. presidential election will fall short of what it was in 2004 and 2008, a pollster said Tuesday. Registered voters reporte
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Russias ruling party won only half of the votes in elections on Sunday. But opponents say even that poor showing was boosted by widespread fraud. Now they are protesting. Protests against Sundays Duma elections are spreading across Russia. On Tuesday
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CAIRO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The polling stations of Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of parliament) elections closed Sunday on the first day of the two-day vote with a low turnout rate of voters. In the first stage of the upper house elections, vote
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Voters in Russia's far east have begun casting ballots in parliamentary elections that are expected to favor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. The voting Sunday comes amid claims of campaign fraud and unprecedented intimidation of
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