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Instant View: Iranian presidential election

(Reuters) - Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani looked to be heading for an outright victory over his conservative rivals in Iran's presidential election, initial results showed on Saturday. Full story

Venezuela's Maduro blocks planned opposition march

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he will not allow the opposition to hold a march in the center of Caracas planned for Wednesday to demand a recount of votes following Sunday's presidential election. Full story

Montenegro's Vujanovic claims victory in presidential election

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Montenegro's incumbent president, Filip Vujanovic, claimed victory on Sunday in a tight-run presidential election based on the ruling party's own vote-count, disputing opposition claims that their candidate was ahead. Full story

Kenyans line up to vote in presidential election

   Voters line up across Kenya to cast their ballots in the nationwide presidential election that is being called the "most crucial" one in years. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

Death toll on Kenya coast rises to nine: police sources

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - At least five people were killed in the Kenyan coastal town of Kilifi in an attack by unidentified machete-wielding men as voting began in a tense presidential election on Monday, district police said, bringing the death toll in violence on the coast to nine so far. Full story

Factbox: Armenia's presidential election

YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia holds a presidential election on Monday. [ID:nL6N0BH0RZ] Here are some key facts about the former Soviet republic and the main contenders in the election. Full story

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Guest host Karen Finney explains that now that a new progressive majority has exerted its power, two presidential elections in a row, it’s important that coalition of Americans leverage its power on the policy side in 2013.

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The hard-fought presidential election dominated headlines for most of 2012, but there were some other political stories that also caught the nation’s attention. Politico’s Edward-Isaac Dovere breaks down what they were.

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The final result for the 2012 presidential election still isn’t official, but the numbers keep flowing in day to day. The Daily Rundown’s Chuck Todd takes a deeper look at what the votes all mean with the Cook Political Report’s David Wasserman.  

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Supporters of moderate cleric Hassan Rohani celebrate his victory in Iran's presidential election on a street in Tehran
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