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The Sigma Conseil company's exit polls, which have consistently come close to matching official results released later, gave Essebsi 55.5 percent of the vote and his opponent Moncef Marzouki, the outgoing interim president, 44.5 percent.  ................................................................................................................................ The run-off between the two candidates is the third election in the last two months and represents the final stage in the country's democratic transition since the Arab Spring revolution that overthrew long-ruling president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Alone among the countries that experienced pro-democracy uprisings, Tunisia's transition has remained on track. "It is important because we don't know ahead of time who will win, unlike in the past," said Hatem Dekali, an employee of the  national airline , as he cast his vote in the Tunis suburb of Carthage. The contest pits Beji Caid Essebsi, a...

.. .. Kashmiri women stand in a queue to cast their votes during the third phase polling of the Jammu and Kashmir state elections in Budgham, about 17 miles southwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Elections are being held in five stages to allow government forces to better guard against any violence or anti-India protests. Results are due December 23. (AP .. Australian defence officials are claiming success in the air campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and say it has helped check the group’s advances – however the assessment comes amid renewed warnings about the scale of the humanitarian crisis within Iraq and Syria . The UN has launched an appeal for aid to help the more than 2.1 million people displaced across the country and 5.2 million in need of humanitarian aid – of whom 2.2 million are in areas under the control of Islamic State. In Syria, the UN now estimates that 12.2 million people require humanitarian assistance. Australian air force F/A-1...

mnesty International’s US director demands justice over officials responsible for torturing detainees. Among them is former President George W. Bush who reportedly granted the CIA’s   request   to use waterboarding and other "enhanced" interrogation techniques. NEW YORK, December 9 (Sputnik) — Former US President George W. Bush should be investigated for his role in the CIA torture   program , Amnesty International’s US director Steven Hawkins said in a statement released Tuesday in light of the publication of a US Senate Committee report on the CIA's torture practices. “Former President George W. Bush should have been investigated long ago for his role in authorizing this program, including his assertion since leaving office that he personally granted the CIA’s request to use waterboarding and other ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ against particular detainees,” Hawkins said in the statement. ...

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Syrian refugees flood into Turkey to flee IS violence 2014.09.25 04:04:16 · At least 59 killed in air strikes, clashes in Iraq 2014.09.24 23:10:47 · 9 PKK rebels surrender to Turkish military 2014.09.25 07:41:17 · U.S. airstrikes hit IS positions in Syria 2014.09.24 19:37:32 · Dozens Palestinians clash with police in Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem 2014.09.24 17:39:21 · Middle East issues should be resolved by its own people: China's envoy 2014.09.24 05:59:51 · News Analysis: Palestine pressures Israel, U.S. to end occupation 2014.09.24 19:42:12 · Jordan court orders release of radical cleric Abu Qatada 2014.09.24 15:30:05 · U.S. informs Damascus of strikes against IS beforehand 2014.09.23 15:38:43 · WFP assistance reaches over 1 mln displaced in Iraq 2014.09.24 09:22:27 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/world/middleeast.htm

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Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom after voters decisively rejected independence. With the results in from all 32 council areas, the "No" side won with 2,001,926 votes over 1,617,989 for "Yes". Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond called for unity and urged the unionist parties to deliver on more powers. Prime Minister David Cameron said he was delighted the UK would remain together and that commitments on extra powers would be honoured "in full". Mr Cameron said the three main unionist parties at Westminster would now follow through with their pledge of more powers for the Scottish Parliament. He announced that Lord Smith of Kelvin , who led Glasgow's staging of the Commonwealth Games, would oversee the process to take forward the commitments, with new powers over tax, spending and welfare to be agreed by November, and draft legislation published by January.     http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotlan...

         

Fleeing ISIS, Refugees Pour into Turkey (Sept. 1): About 130,000 mostly Kurdish refugees from north-central Syria flood into Turkey as ISIS militants seize large swaths of territory in the region and unleash attacks on the population. The influx of refugees create a humanitarian crisis. More than 1 million refugees had already entered Turkey from Syria. ISIS Members Kill Second American Journalist (Sept. 2): ISIS releases a video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff, 31, who worked for Time and had been abducted in 2013 in Syria . Sotloff's execution comes two weeks after American journalist James Foley was beheaded by ISIS in reaction to the U.S. airstrikes against the terrorist group. Sotloff is executed even though his mother pleaded directly to ISIS's top leader to spare her son's life. Meanwhile, the day before, a coalition of Shiite militias delivers ISIS its first major setback in Iraq . ISIS had been surrounding and attacki...

Strikes came in three waves The attacks were "very successful," Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said Tuesday. While the military can't comment in detail about future plans, the strikes "were only the beginning," Kirby added. The airstrikes came in three waves, with coalition partners participating in the latter two, Army Lt. Gen. William Mayville Jr. said Tuesday. The first wave, which mostly targeted the Khorasan Group, started at 3:30 a.m. (8:30 p.m. ET Monday) and involved U.S. ships firing missiles into eastern and northern Syria. The second wave, 30 minutes later, involved planes striking northern Syria, with targets including ISIS headquarters, training camps and combat vehicles. The third wave, begun shortly after 7 a.m., involved planes targeting ISIS training camps and combat vehicles in eastern Syria, Mayville said. Map: Airstrikes in Syria Map: Airstrikes in Syria It's too early to say what effect the U.S. stri...