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(ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/The Associated Press) Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, with the emblem of the United Russia party in the background, visits the United Russia party headquarters in Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2011. Exit polls cited by Russian state television showed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party with less than 50 percent of the vote in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, a significant drop reflecting Russians’ growing weariness with his rule.

Putin’s party barely hangs onto its majority

Vladimir Isachenkov The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 5, 2011 - 9:36am

MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party saw its majority in Russia’s parliament weaken sharply, according to preliminary election results released Monday, a humiliating setback for the man who has steadily tightened his grip on the nation for nearly 12 years.

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(SERGEY PONOMAREV/The Associated Press) Pro-Kremlin supporters march after a rally in downtown Moscow, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s and President Dmitry Medvedev’s party saw its majority in Russia’s parliament weaken sharply, according to preliminary results released Monday.

Clinton cites serious concerns in Russia voting

Anne Gearan The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 5, 2011 - 9:12am

BONN, Germany — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. has “’serious concerns” about the conduct of Russia’s parlimentary elections.

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Putin’s party losing support in parliamentary vote

Lynn Berry The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 4, 2011 - 5:31pm

MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party struggled to hang onto its majority in Russia’s parliamentary election, polls and official results showed Monday, suggesting Russians were wearying of the man who has dominated Russian politics for more than a decade.

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(Koji Sasahara/The Associated Press) Yoshihiko Noda, new president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, bows after Japan's lower house elected Noda as the country's new prime minister, at the parliament in Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011.

Japan's parliament elects Noda new prime minister

Malcolm Foster Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 9:51am

TOKYO — Japan’s parliament elected former Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda as the new prime minister on Tuesday — the country’s sixth leader in five years.

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