It appeared overwhelmingly likely that the presidential vote count would similarly show Odinga beating Kibaki by a wide margin.

Internal conflicts that end not with mutual deadlock but with an overwhelming victory by one of the parties hardly ever produce diplomatic solutions.

And for me, that's a win win.

For the moment, the French are standing, overwhelmingly, behind Hollande.

The war with Germany thus ended triumphantly for the Soviet Union.

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Wins

Landslide victory for the HE Bobi Wine.

In April 2007, Yar Adua won a disputed landslide presidential victory.

Graffiti at Foz do Iguazu

It was clear before the January 2006 elections that Hamas was heading toward a victory.

As for those who preserve themselves from evil and follow the straight path , there is attainment for them

Indeed the place of success is for the pious .

Surely for the godfearing awaits a place of security ,

Verily for the God fearing is an achievement .

Verily , for the Muttaqun , there will be a success ( Paradise )

But for the righteous there is triumph .

Surely the state of triumph awaits the God fearing

Lo ! for the duteous is achievement

Indeed a triumph awaits the Godwary

But , for the cautious a place of prosperity ,

Indeed , for the righteous is attainment

The pious ones will be triumphant .

Surely for those who guard ( against evil ) is achievement ,

As for those who are mindful of God , they shall surely triumph

Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of ( the heart 's ) desires

The anti Thaksin factions have failed to produce a knockout in any recent general election.

It is certainly a victory and honor for Arabs, for Yemen, for women, for activists, for freedom fighters but mostly it is a victory for Yemeni revolutionaries and Yemen's peaceful revolution.

Reactions to Tawakkol Karman's win were expressed all over Twitter.

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François Hollande s victory is a fresh chance for Europe.

Hollande is determined to change course.

Initial international reaction to the Hamas victory has been severe.

The people who want Murakami to win are really just thinking about their own happiness.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is celebrating a landslide victory, with her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) having fallen just short of an outright parliamentary majority.

Mind you, this was not enough to win Stevenson the presidency in the 1950 s.

The match also broke the record for the largest win in a World Cup qualification match.

China s dedicated athletes are widely assumed to have dozens of gold and silver medals in their grasp.

The first one, which is potential, given Sarkozy s domineering personality is to have Sarkozy as president.

Its receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize sends three powerful messages.

The election at the end of June brings a big victory to the right wing parties.

Someone who wouldn't rush to applaud Mwai Kabaki for winning a rigged election in Kenya.

Iraqi Pundit wrote about the official final results that confirmed Ayad Allawi's Iraqiya list win.

Kim s New Year message was also made in the aftermath of the Saenuri Party s recent electoral victory in the South.

France wields overwhelming political clout in its former African colonies, including veto power over the franc zone s two central banks.