In the campaign for the UMP leadership, Mr Cope advocated an "uninhibited right".

BBC: Profile: Jean-Francois Cope, leader of France's UMP

Mr. Bo, once a candidate for promotion to China's top leadership this year, advocated a strong role for the state in the economy and society, and courted controversy by overseeing a Maoist revival movement as Party chief of Chongqing.

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While some Sunni groups have recently advocated voting, this is mostly aimed at defeating efforts their leadership views as anti-Sunni.

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