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Posted: 5/12/2013 2:37:05 PM EST
Election workers count ballots after polls closed for Pakistan's general elections in Peshawar May 11, 2013. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
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Posted: 5/12/2013 2:37:05 PM EST
Supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) celebrate in front of a party office as results of the general election come in, in Lahore May 11, 2013. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday his PML-N party was the clear winner in Pakistan's general election and that he hoped for a majority to avoid a coalition. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
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Posted: 5/12/2013 2:37:05 PM EST
Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) political party, casts his vote for the general election at a polling station in Lahore May 11, 2013. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza
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Posted: 5/12/2013 2:37:05 PM EST
Supporters of Imran Khan, a Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), leave the party's election headquarters after the general election in Lahore May 11, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
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Posted: 5/12/2013 2:37:05 PM EST
Election workers count ballots after polls closed for Pakistan's general elections in Peshawar May 11, 2013. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
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Posted: 5/12/2013 2:37:05 PM EST
Election workers count ballots after polls closed for Pakistan's general elections in Peshawar May 11, 2013. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
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Posted: 5/12/2013 1:57:31 PM EST
Iranian journalists work at the political desk of pro-reform Bahar newspaper, in Tehran Iran, on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision on Saturday to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 1:57:31 PM EST
Iranian journalists, Soroush Farhadian, left, Mojtaba Fathi, right, and photographer Hadi Yazdani, confer about published pictures of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a hopeful for the upcoming presidential election, in several newspapers, at their pro-reform Bahar newspaper, in Tehran Iran, on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision on Saturday to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 1:57:31 PM EST
A woman makes her way through the old bazaar, in Tehran Iran, on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision on Saturday to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 1:57:31 PM EST
Iranians walk in the old bazaar, in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, May 12, 2013. On Saturday former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 1:57:31 PM EST
The front pages of the Sunday edition of Iranian newspapers, published with pictures of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a hopeful for the upcoming presidential election, are seen on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision on Saturday to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 1:57:31 PM EST
In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 photo, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, waves to media, as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, while his daughter Fatemeh, smiles at second right, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran. On Saturday Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 10:30:10 AM EST
Pakistanis walk under election banners showing former prime minister, leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N, Nawaz Sharif, and other members of his party, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif looked set Sunday to return to power for a third term, with an overwhelming election tally that just weeks ago seemed out of reach for a man who had been ousted by a coup and was exiled abroad before clawing his way back as an opposition leader. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 9:46:01 AM EST
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, flash victory signs at the start of their press conference, after registering candidacy of Rahim Mashaei for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Iran's powerful former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has entered the race for the June presidential election. Simultaneously, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's close confident Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei also signed up in the last minutes before Saturday's registration deadline. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 8:34:09 AM EST
A Pakistani man walks past posters of former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N party chief Nawaz Sharif, display on the walls of his party's office in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into exile. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 8:34:09 AM EST
A Pakistani vendor talks with a customer at a shop decorated with the pictures of former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N party chief Nawaz Sharif and other party leaders in downtown Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into exile. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 8:34:09 AM EST
A Pakistani man walks past posters of former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N party chief Nawaz Sharif, displayed on his party's office building in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into exile. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 8:34:09 AM EST
With an election banner showing former prime minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N, Nawaz Sharif, and other members of his party, top center, Pakistanis are seen through a rickshaw waiting for the traffic to move, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif looked set Sunday to return to power for a third term, with an overwhelming election tally that just weeks ago seemed out of reach for a man who had been ousted by a coup and was exiled abroad before clawing his way back as an opposition leader. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 8:34:09 AM EST
Local residents read morning newspapers reporting on Pakistan's parliamentary election, in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into exile. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 8:34:09 AM EST
A newspapers vendor sits next to morning newspapers reporting on Pakistan's parliamentary election, at a stall in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into exile. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
