Voters here go to the polls Sunday in a by-election that opposition lawmakers are framing as a referendum on faster progress toward direct elections.

港选民将于周日进行一次补选。在反对派议员看来，这是一场有关是否加快直接选举进程的全民公投。

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During by-election campaigns, they hurled rotten eggs at their opponents.

在递补选举中，他们向对手们扔臭鸡蛋。

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They could do badly, and perhaps even finish third, in the by-election in Oldham and Saddleworth, in north-west England, on January 13th.

他们可能在1月13日在西北英格兰西北部的奥尔·德姆市和沙德伍兹市进行的补缺选举中表现糟糕，甚至可能名列第三。

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In another trickle of preliminary results released by election commissioners, President Karzai retains his firm lead with more than 54 percent of the ballots.

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He has been chosen twice by the people in Afghnastan even though this last election obviously had a greatly flawed involved in it.

他曾两次被阿富汗人民选中,虽然第二次的选举有漏洞。

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One is that she loses, she's not going to win this election by standing.

其一是她会失败,她不会由于参选而获胜

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But his numbers have taken a nosedive and are unlikely to be reversed by Election Day.

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Nor is Mr. Obama likely to be much more popular by Election Day 2014.

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Backed by local factory bosses, he won a second term by election in 1995.

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