Mr Papandreou had threatened to call a snap general election if Pasok party fared badly.

帕潘德里欧威胁说，如果社会运动党状况不佳，他将要求提前进行大选。

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Harare, the capital, is abuzz with talk of a snap general election, possibly as early as April.

估计早在四月份，首都哈拉雷就因为人们谈论一次仓促的大选而被搞得沸沸扬扬。

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Last summer, he astonished even himself by winning the snap general election called by President Jacques Chirac.

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There was speculation that he might call a snap general election, though one does not have to be held until September 2009.

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It will condition Italy's politics for months to come, not least in the increasingly likely event of there being a snap general election.

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