Political parties in Greece criticise IMF head Christine Lagarde for suggesting that Greeks were avoiding paying taxes.

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Lagarde tax jibe angers Greeks

CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate appeared likely to face off against either a former prime minister who served under ousted president Hosni Mubarak or a leftist contender whose popularity surged at the end of the race, according to predictions Friday by political parties based on preliminary results in Egypt’s first free presidential election. Read full article > >

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Islamist candidate likely to face runoff in Egyptian presidential vote

Greece’s president is due to meet leaders of the three main political parties, whose inability to form a government is raising tension across the eurozone.

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Key talks loom for Greek parties

Jamaica’s main political parties are examining a claim that a fraudster donated millions of dollars to their coffers in 2007.

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Jamaica parties to probe funding

Papers reflect on what election results mean for political parties

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Election results dominate papers

Political parties are carrying out a last day of campaigning ahead of local elections in England, Scotland and Wales on Thursday.

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Parties gear up for polling day

Libyan authorities ban the formation of political parties based on religious principles, tribe or ethnicity ahead of elections scheduled for June.

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Libya bans faith-based parties

Officials in Brussels said that the announcement of a meeting of euro zone finance ministers suggested that an agreement in principle was likely among Greek political parties.

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Greece Nears Agreement on Bailout Package

The leaders of Scotland’s four main political parties issue their New Year messages.

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Leaders issue New Year messages

A £10,000 cap on donations to political parties and more restrictions on trade union funding are among key proposals from an independent inquiry.

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‘Cap party donations at £10,000′

BERLIN — Economist Lucas Papademos will be Greece’s next prime minister, the Greek president’s office announced Thursday, giving Europe a partner who promises to implement a bailout plan that forces tough austerity measures on the country before elections are held next year. The selection of Papademos, a former vice president of the European Central Bank, ended four days of squabbling by the country’s bitterly divided political parties over how to structure a unity government. Read full article > >

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Economist Papademos to lead Greece’s unity government

LONDON — One day after a vote rejecting a beefed-up bailout fund to help contain Europe’s deepening debt crisis brought down the government in Slovakia, the country’s main political parties appeared to reach a compromise deal to approve the controversial measure later this week. Wrangling over the fund’s approval has thrust tiny Slovakia, a former Eastern Bloc nation that adopted the euro in 2009, into the international spotlight. The bailout plan, largely drafted by far larger Germany and France, requires the approval of all 17 nations that share the euro before it can go into effect. Read full article > >

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Slovakia reaches agreement on European bailout fund

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The weak, U.S.-backed government of Pakistan’s unpopular President Asif Ali Zardari is receiving rare domestic praise this week for a move even opponents say could help accomplish something that has long been the domain of the Pakistani army: pacifying the militant-riddled tribal belt. Last week, Zardari authorized long-discussed reforms allowing political parties to campaign in the northwestern tribal region and relaxing dated laws that hold entire tribes accountable for one person’s crime. The changes chip away at measures widely viewed as violating the fundamental rights enjoyed by the rest of Pakistan’s 180 million people — and that have inspired little loyalty to the state among residents of the borderlands. Read full article > >

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Pakistan amends tribal laws said to fuel militancy

MADRID — Thousands of Spaniards defied a ban on a pre-election demonstration and mounted a protest camp in the heart of the Spanish capital to express anger at political parties and the country’s handling of the economic crisis. The crowds packed Puerta del Sol square overnight Thursday and pledged to stay there until after municipal and regional elections this weekend. The Madrid electoral board banned the demonstration Wednesday evening saying it could influence the elections Sunday. But the ruling appeared to have the opposite affect and — spurred on by social media messages — thousands of people of all ages swarmed into the square. Read full article > >

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Thousands stage demonstrations in Spanish cities to protest political parties, crisis handling

Talks continue within political parties about the prospects of forming a coalition government in the Welsh assembly.

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Talks over new assembly alliances