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France’s far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen (L) casts her ballot as she votes in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, on March 22, 2015. France goes to the polls in a two-round departmental election for local officials on March 22 and March 29. (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 22, 2015 | World
Paris, Reuters—Voting began on Sunday in the first round of French local elections where the anti-immigration National Front (FN) hopes to come top and consolidate leader Marine Le Pen’s bid for the presidency in 2017. Opinion polls suggest voters are unexcited...
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Malaysian voters cast their ballots during the country’s 13th general elections in Kuala Lumpur on May 5, 2013 (AFP Photo/Mohd Rasfan)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 5, 2013 | World
Kuala Lumpur, Associated Press—Malaysia’s ruling coalition took an early lead in results for national elections Sunday after a record number of voters cast ballots, with some choosing to extend the coalition’s 56-year rule and others pressing for an...