Thai House opens no-confidence censure debate against PM, ministers

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Thailand's House of Representatives opened Tuesday a no-confidence censure debate, in which Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and seven other cabinet ministers were to face a 36-hour grilling by the sole opposition party -- the Dem ...

Fiji interim PM casts further poll doubt

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Fiji's interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama on Tuesday again cast doubt over the likely date for a general election, the Fiji Live website reported. Addressing soldiers in Fijian at the 3FIR parade at Albert Parkin Suv ...

Vietnamese PM leads top-ranking delegation to U.S.

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has begun an official visit to the United States scheduled from June 23 to June 26 at the invitation of U.S. President George W. Bush. The visit, first by Dung since he took office in 2006, ...

S Korean PM requests stricter quarantine of U.S. beef

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo on Monday asked ministers to implement strict quarantine inspection of U.S. beef, according to the Yonhap news agency. "Please prepare sufficient quarantine inspection measures ahead of impo ...

Norwegian government reshuffles

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg reshuffled his three-party coalition government Friday, one day after Oil and Energy Minister Aaslaug Haga stepped down from her post, according to reports reaching here from Oslo. The prese ...

Erekat: Abbas-Olmert talks make breakthrough on checkpoints

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have made "a breakthrough" regarding Israeli checkpoints in West Bank, a Palestinian official said on Tuesday. Saeb Erekat, a Palestinian negotiator, added t ...

Vietnamese PM reiterates inflation control

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked relevant sectors to strictly follow government's solutions to control inflation, Tuesday's Vietnam News reported. At a regular government meeting on Monday, the Prime Minister said foo ...

Vietnamese economy stable, says Prime Minister

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Vietnam's social and economic development remained stable in the first five months of this year, although there were some difficulties, said Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Tuesday's Vietnam News reported. The national gr ...