Archive for the ‘prime minister’ Category

Police seek arrest of Thailand protest leaders

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Police in Bangkok said they would arrest the leaders of an antigovernment demonstration after a second day of protests aimed at overthrowing the government of Thailand.

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Kenyan leaders’ wives to get £3000 a month from tax coffers

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Wives of prime minister and vicepresident to be paid ‘responsibility allowance’ despite having highpaid private sector jobs.

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Gordon Brown endures leadership joke in Afghanistan

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Brown tells troops fighting the Taliban they are like Olympic heroes.

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Gordon Brown Troops in Afghanistan like Olympic heroes

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Brown tells troops fighting the Taliban they are like Olympic heroes.

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Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda refuses to visit Second World War shrine

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Japan’s prime minister broke with his predecessors when he refused to visit a shrine to war criminals on the anniversary of the country’s surrender in the Second World War.

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Israeli politicians chase the Arab vote

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

The leading contenders to be Israel’s next prime minister are stepping up
their efforts to court the Arab vote.

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Mauritania president under house arrest as army stages coup

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Army generals have overthrown the government of Mauritania in an apparently bloodless coup in the giant West Africa nation.

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Israelis want early election as race for prime minister begins

Friday, August 1st, 2008

More than half of Israelis are calling for early elections following the surprise resignation announcement of their prime minister, Ehud Olmert, earlier this week.

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Anger over plans for Silvio Berlusconi’s mansion

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has sparked controversy after he applied for permission to double the size of his private estate and got it in record time.

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Turkish court rejects attempt to ban prime minister from politics

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

A crippling constitutional crisis in Turkey was averted after the country’s
top court rejected an attempt to ban the popular prime minister and his
party from politics.

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