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The frontrunner in the Swedish general election this weekend is scrambling to stop his campaign being damaged after he shooed away a political adversary during a television debate.

How to attract foreign investment, education and how to overcome income equality are among the themes being discussed at the debate today.

They won’t agree on much, but the Winnipeg mayoral candidates do agree that downtown still needs a lot of work.

El presidente de Asociación Nacional de Broadcasters del Uruguay (Andebu), Pedro Abuchalja, confirmó ayer que los tres candidatos a la presidencia por los partidos de la oposición con representación parlamentaria participarán de un “ateneo” donde cada uno de ellos expondrá sus propuestas.

Los candidatos a la presidencia por el Partido Colorado, Nacional e Independiente participarán en un debate televisado el próximo 9 de octubre.

A scheduled debate between Fiji's Prime Minister and the leader of the SODELPA party on the public broadcaster has been cancelled.

The leader of the Labour Party, Mahendra Chaudhry, says the refusal to allow the media to organise its own debate is a ploy to stop a national leaders debate,

Finalmente el debate entre los candidatos presidenciales de oposición será abierto a todos los canales de televisión a través de la Asociación Nacional de Broadcasters Uruguayos y no será exclusivo del programa Código País de canal 12.

Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama will go face to face in an election debate with the leader of the party he sees as his main opponent in the polls.

Incumbent President Dilma Rousseff went head to head with main rivals Marina Silva of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) and Aecio Neves of the PSDB.

Seven candidates will take part in the debate on Band TV, scheduled for 10 p.m. local time. Former Environment Minister Marina Silva and Senator Aecio Neves are statistically tied in second place.

Around 350 students supporting various student leaders were present at the debate. The debate termed Samvad was inspired by electoral debates held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi and many other established universities.