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BAKU, Azerbaijan AP 鈥?Preliminary results of Azerbaijans presidential elections Wednesday showed a landslide victory for incumbent聽President Ilham Aliyev, whose re-election was widely expected following his governments swift reclaiming of a region formerly controlled by ethnic Armenian separatists.With nearly 55 percent of the ballots counted, Aliyev, 62, was winning the race with 92.1 percent of the votes, the head of the countrys Central Election Commission, Mazahir Panahov, reported at a briefing late on Wednesday evening, several hours after the polls closed.Other candidates on the ballot so far have won less than 3 percent each, Panahov said. stanley cup Three of them have already conceded and congratulated Aliyev on his winning re-election, the Interfax Azerbaijan news agency reported.Aliyev, 62, has been in power for more than 20 years, succeeding his father who was Azerbaijan Communist boss and then president for a decade when it became independent after the 1991 Soviet coll stanley cup apse. The next presidential vote was set for next year, but Aliyev called聽an early election聽shortly after Azerbaijani troops retook the Karabakh region from ethnic Armenian forces who controlled it聽for three decades.Analysts suggested Aliyev moved the election forward to capitalize stanley cup on his burst in popularity following聽September blitz in Karabakh. He will be in the limelight in November when Azerbaijan, a country which relies heavily on revenues from fossil fuels, hosts a聽U.N. climate change c Pjcj President Marks 100 Days Since the End of Major Combat in Iraq
PHILADELPHIA 鈥?The Roman Catholic bishop of Cleveland will become the new leader of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Vatican announced Thursday, making him the first Hispanic archbishop to lead the regions 1.3 million-member flock.Nelson Perez, who spent most of his early pastoral career in adidas campus the Philadelphia area, was introduced Thursday in a news conference at the archdioces adidas samba e Philadelphia headquarters. He will succeed Archbishop Charles Chaput, a conservative culture warrior who is stepping down after turning 75 last year, the traditional retirement age for Catholic bishops.Chaput welcomed Perez to his new post, which he will assume Feb. 18. He called his successor a man who already knows and loves the church in Philadelphia.Perez shared his enthusiasm for the city, saying, It awesome to be back in Philadelphia with people who are faith-filled, who love the Lord, love the church. Perez also praised Chaput tenure in the diocese, saying he faced challenges in Philadelphia with great courage and steadfastness. Perez, 58, attended the diocesan seminary in Philadelphia in the 1980s and served in a number of Philadelphia parishes before being named as an auxiliary bishop in Rockville Centre, New York, and then bishop of Cleveland in 2017.Perez also addressed church sex abuse victims Thursday, t stanley cup elling them, I, and we, continue to pray for your healing and support and hold you deep within our hearts 鈥?those who have been hurt. It should h |
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