Unison said 95% of members, which include administrative and nursing staff, had already voted in favour of taking strike action and 98% voted in favour of industrial action short of strike action, in a ballot last month.

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Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, both appearing on the ballot for the first time, fell well short.

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But when elections were held in April 2008 Congress and the other mainstream parties were shocked to find themselves beaten at the ballot box by the Maoists, who formed a short-lived government.

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