Posts Tagged ‘ The Democratic Party ’

Obama, Democrats tested in 2009 elections

November 4, 2009
Obama, Democrats tested in 2009 elections

Barack Obama’s party is faced up with another test on Tuesday as a handful of local elections are held in states and cities. A voting guide is posted outside a polling station in New York Nov. 3, 2009. Citizens of New York City went to polls on Tuesday for the general election of the city. [...]

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Fiscal challenges loom for newly elected Japan Democrats

August 31, 2009
Fiscal challenges loom for newly elected Japan Democrats

Japan’s main opposition Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama places a marker on a winning candidate’s name Japan’s next prime minister began forming a government Monday as investors worried the untested Democratic Party would overspend in a bid to revive the economy or would ruffle ties with Tokyo’s closest ally, Washington. Sunday’s historic election win by [...]

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Japan votes in election, opposition tipped to win

August 30, 2009
Japan votes in election, opposition tipped to win

Japanese Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Taro Aso speaks, as a voter waves a Japanese flag Japanese voted in an election on Sunday that looked set to oust the long-ruling conservative party and give the untested opposition the job of nurturing a recovery from the country’s worst recession since [...]

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US elite turns out for Kennedy funeral

August 29, 2009
US elite turns out for Kennedy funeral

Victoria Kennedy, widow of US Senator Edward Kennedy, wipes a tear as she stands with her son Curran Raclin during a memorial service for the late senator at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library on August 28 in Boston. President Barack Obama, three former presidents and a nation’s elite gathered in the rain Saturday to [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...