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Obama Speaks at Start of Inaugural Celebrations
January 19, 2009By Michael Bowman Four days of celebrations and festivities surrounding the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama have begun in Washington with an open-air concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Tens-of-thousands of people braved freezing temperatures...
President can not be obliged to suspend activity in political parties during his/her mandate
April 05, 2008President can not be obliged to suspend his/her activity in political parties during his/her mandate. This decision was made by the Constitutional Court (CC) as an answer to the claim of a group of MPs, who wanted to include the principle of the incompatibility...
S. Korea chafing at nuclear wind-down
December 06, 2007South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun is unhappy with the slow pace of North Korea's nuclear dismantlement, a spokesman said in Seoul Thursday. At a scheduled news briefing, spokesman Cheon Ho-seon said Roh doesn't foresee the dismantlement of the Yongbyon...
Sarkozy son suspected in scooter scandal
December 05, 2007The son of French president Nicholas Sarkozy is the subject of a scandal involving a traffic accident in which he allegedly received preferential treatment. M'Hamed Bellouti, 37, filed a $382 suit for damages and $5,870 for delays in the trial of...
- December 05, 2007
The White House announced President George Bush plans to start his last year in office with a trip to the Middle East in January. The visit would mark Bush's second trip to the region as president, discounting three trips taken to meet with Iraqi...
New food safety bill criticized
December 05, 2007Critics of a new food safety plan by President Bush say it would make it more difficult for U.S. regulators to enforce measures to prevent food contamination. The Bush plan would grant the Food and Drug Administration the authority to impose preventive...
Venezuelan voters reject Chavez plan
December 03, 2007Venezuelan voters have narrowly defeated President Hugo Chavez's proposal to overhaul the constitution, officials announced Monday. Voters rejected a package of 69 proposed amendments by a vote of 51 percent to 49 percent, the Election Commission...
Russian election results challenged
December 03, 2007Opposition parties accused President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party of election irregularities Monday after it swept to apparent victory a day earlier. International monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe also...
Bush: Must not cede victory to extremists
November 27, 2007U.S. President George Bush Tuesday convened his Middle East peace summit, saying "we must not cede victory to the extremists." Bush urged Israelis and Palestinians to understand and help each other. Only through such understanding can both...
Musharraf to keep emergency rule
November 18, 2007Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf reportedly refused to lift his emergency rule, telling a senior U.S. envoy it is needed to hold peaceful elections. In his meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, Musharraf refused to set a...
