"That's a preliminary communication, meaning we don't quite know the answer yet, but boy it looks like we are on to something big."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

Full preliminary election tabulations are expected to be released Saturday by the country's government-appointed Independent Election Commission.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

The latest preliminary results were released as the Election Complaints Commission ordered a recount of votes from polling stations where it suspects fraud.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

The mass disqualification of votes comes as officials in Kabul continue to release behind schedule,partial and preliminary results of the August 20 election.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

But a preliminary report from the Arab Democracy Foundation says it does not believe that any of those irregularities will affect the outcome.

VOA: standard.2009.07.19

At the request of Nkunda's lawyers a preliminary hearing was held yesterday in Gisenyi,near the Congolese border.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

In another trickle of preliminary results released by election commissioners, President Karzai retains his firm lead with more than 54 percent of the ballots.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Preliminary,unofficial results indicated a strong showing by the centrist coalition led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

He offered little information from preliminary findings of Friday's autopsy, beyond ruling out foul play.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

The complete preliminary results show Afghan President Hamid Karzai with more than 54 percent of the votes and Abdullah Abdullah with less than 28 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

On Thursday, the International Criminal Court announced it was opening a preliminary investigation into the violence - a move hailed by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Voting continues for a second day Saturday and preliminary results are expected next week.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

However election officials say tabulations have not been completed and are preliminary.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

He said he expects preliminary results by Thursday.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

Preliminary results are expected in a few days.

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

The final preliminary numbers have been held up because of what the government-run Independent Election Commission describes as "technical problems" with the official forms for the remaining untabulated two percent of ballot boxes.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

With just days to go before all preliminary vote totals are to be released, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office is applauding the Independent Election Commission "for its efforts in pursuing the process in an impartial and faithful national spirit."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Preliminary phase one tests of this new type of flu vaccine have already started in humans, but in an interview, Nabel said that even if all goes well, it will still be years before a universal flu vaccine is widely available.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21