Also this week, early results were announced from provincial elections held in neighboring Iraq.

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In Washington,President Obama said the provincial elections were very important.

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Afghan Army and provincial officials say up to 50 Taliban died in the battle, which lasted for several hours.

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NATO commanders plan to reduce his influence as the chairman of the provincial council by making the local government more effective.

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Provincial officials said Monday that although militants promised to leave Buner on Friday, many still remain in the area.

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He says provincial authorities are trying to play down the significance of the civilian deaths in order to influence the NATO probe.

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The news media report that police fired tear gas to break up the crowd after protesters tried to storm the provincial governor's office.

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The head of South Africa's Electoral Commission, Brigalia Bam, Saturday expressed satisfaction as the final results were announced from Wednesday's national and provincial elections.

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They include the Minister of Police, national police chief and the head of the provincial government.

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Speaking to reporters in Peshawar, Provincial Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain confirmed the police arrested Sufi Mohammad from a house on the outskirts of the city.

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That's demonstrated by provincial elections being held in 14 of 18 provinces.

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Minutes later,another massive car bomb exploded outside the provincial government headquarters.

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The report says these abuses were targeted against the very people they were supposed to be protecting in eastern Congo's provincial capital of Goma, and in surrounding towns and villages.

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All of the gunmen remain at large. Lahore,the provincial capital of Punjab province, has been spared much of the violence found in western areas of the country, in recent years.

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Some of them are believed to have moved to the provincial capital Quetta, where Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar and his top deputies are thought to have lived since fleeing Afghanistan.

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Provincial officials in the North-West Frontier Province repeated demands for militants in the Malakand division to honor their pledge to disarm after the government agreed to implement Islamic law throughout the district.

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The DA also won control of the Western Cape provincial assembly due largely to public satisfaction with the performance of its leader, Helen Zille, as mayor of Cape Town, the country's second largest city.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also released a statement on Sunday, expressing her condolences to the victims of what she called "savage attacks" at the Iraqi Ministry of Justice and the headquarters of the Baghdad Provincial Assembly.

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