Posts Tagged ‘prime’

Clegg: Protest scared neighbours

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says that he hopes that the protest outside his London home will not force his family to “retreat behind battlements”.

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Clegg: Protest scared neighbours

Medvedev in party leadership vote

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Russia’s ruling party is expected to elect the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its new leader at a congress to be held in Moscow.

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Medvedev in party leadership vote

Lebanese hostage pilgrims freed

Friday, May 25th, 2012

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati confirms that 11 Lebanese Shia pilgrims kidnapped in Syria have been released after being abducted in Syria on Tuesday.

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VIDEO: Speaker makes PM withdraw ‘idiot’ jibe

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

The Speaker appeared to be left speechless after the prime minister referred to Ed Balls as a “muttering idiot”.

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Mali ‘shame’ at leader’s beating

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

Mali’s Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra says he is ashamed that Mali’s interim president was beaten unconscious by protesters, as Ecowas threatens new sanctions.

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Putin Won’t Attend G8

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Sending Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to U.S. instead.

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Putin Won’t Attend G8

Israeli coalition deal approved

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

The Israeli parliament approves a coalition deal between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and the Kadima party of Shaul Mofaz.

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Shaul Mofaz Broadens Israel Coalition’s Views on Iran

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Shaul Mofaz, now a deputy to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, opposes any rush into military action.

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Shaul Mofaz Broadens Israel Coalition’s Views on Iran

Libyan Militiamen Attack Premier’s Office in Tripoli

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

A demand for suspended payments apparently sparked the attack on the office of Prime Minister Abdel Rahim el-Keeb, who reportedly was not present at the time.

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Libyan Militiamen Attack Premier’s Office in Tripoli

Kenya PM warns of ethnic violence

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga warns that the emergence of ethnically-based political groups could spell doom ahead of elections due next year.

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Kenya PM warns of ethnic violence

Breakdown: Big Purses, Sore Horses, and Death

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Large payouts to owners make it profitable for owners to field thoroughbreds that are past their prime, sometimes with fatal results.

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Breakdown: Big Purses, Sore Horses, and Death

Clegg defends ‘unpopular’ polices

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg defends ‘downright unpopular’ coalition policies in an interview with the BBC’s Nick Robinson.

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Clegg defends ‘unpopular’ polices

Brown ‘pledged war with Murdoch’

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Rupert Murdoch tells the Leveson Inquiry former Prime Minister Gordon Brown was not in “a balanced state of mind” when he “declared war” on News Corporation.

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Brown ‘pledged war with Murdoch’

Dutch Govt Close to Collapse as Cuts Talks Fail

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

The Dutch government was close to collapse on Monday, with the prime minister widely expected to resign after top-level talks on an austerity package failed.

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Dutch Govt Close to Collapse as Cuts Talks Fail

Confusion over Guinea-Bissau PM

Friday, April 13th, 2012

There is confusion over the whereabouts of Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister, Carlos Gomes Junior, after soldiers launched an apparent coup.

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