UK PM Gordon Brown is set to end months of speculation by confirming the general election will be held on 6 May. Read More UK PM to call election for 6 May
Afghanistan’s parliament has rejected a presidential decree that would give President Hamid Karzai more control over a key…
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Afghan parliament rejects Karzai election decree
By Crispian Balmer Paris – French President Nicolas Sarkozy rejigged his cabinet on Monday, sacking a senior minister in an effort to regain the initiative after his centre-right bloc suffered its worst election defeat in more than 50 years. Labour Minister Xavier Darcos had been set to lead negotiations over a contested reform of the [...]
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Hondurans choose a new president Sunday whose first challenge will be defending his legitimacy to the world and his people, and ending a debilitating, five-month-long crisis caused by Central America’s first coup in more than 20 years. Porfirio Lobo and Elvin Santos, two prosperous businessmen from the political old-guard, are the front-runners [...]