Monday, July 14th, 2008
Malaysia's lower house speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia Monday rejected an emergency motion of no-confidence filed by the opposition against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his Cabinet, local media reported.
Pandikar Amin said t ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promised further assistance to help the struggling drought-affected farmers following a heartfelt plea from Australian of the Year Lee Kernaghan.
Rudd said on Saturday everything Kernaghan had to ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero arrived in Morocco Friday for a historic visit which both countries hope will propel bilateral ties into a new era of cooperation.
The visit, the first to the kingdom by Zapatero s ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has called on the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and its parliamentary allies to prepare well and remain mobilized ahead of a titanic battle over planned institutional reforms.
"We ar ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
New Zealanders intending visit Britain for up to six months will continue to have free visa access, Prime Minister Helen Clark said on Thursday.
New Zealanders' traditional right of entry to Britain was at risk because of the rise ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo Thursday urged people to end their protests against the resumption of U.S. beef imports, saying his government "did its best" to secure stricter import terms, Yonhap news agency reported.
"I ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
The preliminary reading of a bill to disperse the Knesset (parliament) scheduled for Wednesday was postponed after the mediation between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
Olmert agreed to set a date ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
The Pakistani government will file an appeal against the disqualification of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from contesting the by-elections, said a senior official on Tuesday.
A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday dis ...
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