Two women activists were disqualified from running the race.

Image posted by tarekshalaby Journalist Erin Cunningham commented on the turnout in Ismailia in north east Egypt

But turnout for these elections has been falling in several countries.

In contrast, fishermen engaged in smuggling goods, weapons, drugs and human beings, inter alia, reap alluring profits, and it is this that induces them to perpetrate such acts in violation of the law.

In contrast, fishermen engaged in smuggling goods, weapons, drugs and human beings, inter alia, reap alluring profits, and it is this that induces them to perpetrate such acts in violation of the law.

Turnout was relatively high, at 57 of registered, particularly given that the OSCE had intoned that public interest does not seem to be high other experts wrote of voter fatigue.

Two factors that are likely to decide the referendum s outcome can be singled out turnout and how the farming community votes.

Low Arab Sunni turnout threatened the legitimacy of the election, which was as low as 2 in Anbar province.

The grand old Taj deserves all the business it is getting, after being the target of a terrorist attack in 2008.

Advance voting, which included voting by Finnish expatriates, was held between 6 and 12 April with a turnout of 31.2 .

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Sale of publications Through its sales publications, UNIDO seeks to promote its image worldwide as the focal point of the United Nations in all matters concerning sustainable industrial development.

But, judging by the appetite shown worldwide for this narrative, it seems clear that identification with such adventures is almost universal.

Similarly, the latest polls in Italy suggest that the overwhelming majority of those who intend to vote are in favor of therapeutic cloning.

In Women Are A Substantial Part of Egyptian Protests , blogger Jenna Krajeski writes that the turnout on the first day of the protests (January 25, 2011) included an unprecedented female attendance. The grassroots nature of the organizing seemed to inspire a sense of safety.

Also, on the Assembly's behalf, I wish to pay tribute to the extraordinary efforts made by the international community to come to the assistance and succour of the populations and countries hit by the earthquake and tsunami.

Will the Hatebooks pick up among Middle Eastern internet users as Facebook has? Only time can tell.

Run offs were held in 74 constituencies over 133 seats, with the number of registered voters reaching 9,990,550 registered voters, with a turnout of around 23 .

By Thursday a run on money market funds was in full swing and we came as close to a meltdown as at any time since the 1930s.

A process of escalating alienation and indifference between the Union and its citizens is at work, illustrated by low turnout in the last European Parliament elections.

While large queues have formed at some polling stations, the turnout seems to be lower than for the parliamentary elections in November 2011.

At the November 2000 elections, boycotted by the opposition, Aristide was again elected president, with more than 90 of the vote, on a turnout of around 50 according to international observers.

Demand for raw materials has increased in tandem with economic development and population growth in developing countries that recently became major capital exporters (e.g. China and India). In order to secure access to these materials, some TNCs from

Rouhani, it should be remembered, won a surprising victory in an election with roughly 75 voter turnout, despite expectations of widespread apathy.

Turnout averages 60 65 in presidential elections, implying that around 29 million votes are likely to be cast.

It also gives due credit to the people of Afghanistan, who time and again, throughout the last difficult years, have shown their courage, perhaps most recently by the simple act of casting their ballots in an election.

South America is booming, as India and China swallow up its exports of iron, copper, soybeans, coffee, coal, oil, wheat, poultry, beef, and sugar.

A large part of this was related to investment in natural resources, supported by a strong rise in global commodity prices and growing demand for diamonds, gold, oil, platinum and palladium.

In a national referendum in December 2012, a 64 majority of those voting approved a draft constitution backed by the Muslim Brotherhood (though turnout was low).

But voter turnout in the latest presidential election (80 in the first round, and 81 in the second round) leaves no doubt our current system is strong, and we French are attached to it.

The former can be physical (according to some studies, Italy is the only European country experiencing a brain drain rather than a brain exchange ) or silent (for example, low voter turnout).

Although the timetable for a nationwide public discussion and debate on the completed draft text has been much shorter than initially hoped, a healthy turnout for the referendum would, nevertheless, be a very positive development.

According to one of her followers on the photography sharing website, Flickr, Patrick Barry Barr, she is a role model to people of all ages who desire to lead full and active lives of learning and doing.

Yet at the same time voter turnout is declining with each passing election under Chávez, and the questionable fairness of the electoral process has grown increasingly apparent.

Refereeing errors increasingly mar the game on all its levels country and club, major and minor leagues, globally televised tournaments and matches, and local games. Since such errors have major implications for the outcome of key tournaments which define this most global of sports, their ubiquity and frequency jeopardize the game s very integrity and thus its essential legitimacy.

In Finland, public authorities published sex disaggregated data and indicators on political participation at all levels, for example voter turnout, candidacies, representatives, committees and indirectly elected organs.

Despite only being announced on 18 November, and facing a boycott campaign from the National Union of Popular Forces, voter turnout was 84.2 , with 97 voting in favour of the new constitution.

Moreover, after a 40 year drop in voting rates in presidential elections, from 62 to 50 , the decline stopped in 2000, and returned to 58 in 2008.

A mounting campaign by the Kremlin against the open Internet, not to mention revelations in the United States about government spying, have made Tor increasingly attractive to Russian Internet users seeking to circumvent state censorship.

Party time for coal is how one energy trader has characterized the past few years, as tumbling prices and rising use have led to a resurgence in the fortunes of this carbon intensive fuel in many parts of the world.

Distrust of politicians is mounting, manifested in weak electoral turnout (except for the last presidential election), protest votes for extremist parties, and the state s inability to reform itself.

On 12 January, after three days of voting, representatives of the SPLM announced that, according to their estimates, the 60 percent turnout threshold required for the referendum's validity (corresponding to around 2.3 million voters) had been reached.

Their campaign has been more coordinated and intense than last time, with the aim of mobilizing the maximum number of supporters and ensuring a high turnout, which most commentators assume will assist the Yes side.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner s new public private investment program to buy toxic assets has few takers, despite subsidized non recourse financing. So the toxic assets remain on bank (and other) balance sheets.

On the supply side, the significant adjustment efforts and costs required to meet the above outlined environmental, quality and food safety requirements for conventional agriculture have increased the attractiveness of going organic for many developing country Governments, producers and exporters.