In these elections, the former-opposition Movement for Democratic Change defeated President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party in the parliamentary vote.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

These were toughened after elections last year amid similar reports.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates. "There is a general feeling I could say that with all these additional troops and all these additional efforts that everybody is making to get to the elections in Afghanistan, to have a free and fair election and then see over the next months whether we can begin to shift the momentum,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.11