Posts Tagged ‘ The Opposition ’

Protesters stage mass rally against Bahrain ruler 

February 23, 2011
Protesters stage mass rally against Bahrain ruler 

Thousands of supporters of Bahrain’s Shiite-led opposition demonstrate in Pearl Square in Manama calling for the government’s downfall. Tens of thousands of supporters of Bahrain’s Shiite-led opposition poured into Manama’s Pearl Square calling for the government’s downfall in the largest rally in more than a week of protests. The capital’s streets were clogged as protesters [...]

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Mubarak cabinet meets as ‘Nile Revolution’ digs in 

February 7, 2011
Mubarak cabinet meets as ‘Nile Revolution’ digs in 

Anti-Mubarak protesters shout slogans to show their support for the anti-Mubarak demonstrations in Egypt, in front of the Egyptian embassy in Madrid February 6, 2011. President Hosni Mubarak’s new cabinet on Monday held its first full meeting since an uprising started nearly two weeks ago, with no concrete progress in talks with Islamists and an [...]

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US tax-cut bill nears Senate approval 

December 15, 2010
US tax-cut bill nears Senate approval 

President Barack Obama makes a statement about the senate vote on middle class tax cuts in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington, December 13, 2010. President Barack Obama’s sweeping plan to extend expiring tax cuts for millions of Americans headed for overwhelming passage in the Senate on Wednesday, putting the [...]

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Italian PM released from hospital, shows resilience after attack

December 20, 2009
Italian PM released from hospital, shows resilience after attack

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was released from hospital on Thursday and will spend the initial part of his recovery at his villa outside Milan. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C) gets into a car as he leaves San Raffaele hospital in Milan. Berlusconi left hospital on Thursday four days after an assault which the flamboyant [...]

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Lebanon’s new cabinet formed, Saad Hariri as PM

November 10, 2009
Lebanon’s new cabinet formed, Saad Hariri as PM

Lebanese new Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced the formation of Lebanon’s new cabinet on Monday night, bringing an end to the five-month cabinet impasse following the June parliamentary elections. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri pays his respects at the grave of his father, assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, in Beirut November 9, 2009. [...]

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Japan’s lower house dissolved for general election

July 21, 2009
Japan’s lower house dissolved for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Tuesday dissolved the House of Representatives, setting the stage for a general election on Aug. 30. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso attends a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo July 21, 2009. Japanese Speaker Yohei Kono read out the Imperial decree signed by the Japanese emperor [...]

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Record stimulus budget passes Japan’s parliament

May 29, 2009
Record stimulus budget passes Japan’s parliament

A record extra budget worth at 13.9 trillion yen (147 billion U.S. dollars) was passed in Japan’s parliament Friday, setting to reverse the downward trend of the recession-hit economy. The Japan’s largest-ever extra budget was blocked at the opposition-controlled upper house earlier Friday, but got passed through a revote in the more powerful lower house, [...]

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Opposition responsible for violence in Moldova: president

April 11, 2009
Opposition responsible for violence in Moldova: president

The responsibility for violence in the center of Chisinau entirely falls on those political parties that doubted the results of the polls, Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin said on Friday. Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin speaks at a press conference inside the presidential building in Chisinau, Moldova, on April 10, 2009. Vladimir Voronin alleged that Romania was [...]

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‘Paralyzed’ Irish to rescue banks from property debt

April 8, 2009
‘Paralyzed’ Irish to rescue banks from property debt

People in a bar watch Brian Lenihan, Ireland’s minister of finance, present the supplementary budget in Dublin, Ireland, on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. The Irish government may be about to become a landlord in some of the worst property markets in Europe as it tries to rescue the country’s biggest banks without having to follow [...]

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Reports: Madagascan army gives power to opposition leader

March 18, 2009
Reports: Madagascan army gives power to opposition leader

Madagascan army on Tuesday gave power to opposition leader Andry Rajoelina as president of the transitional authorities, according to agencies’ reports. The leader of Malgache opposition Andry Rajoelina delivers a speech at a presidential palace in Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar, March 17, 2009. Andry Rajoelina announced Tuesday morning that ministers he had named for his [...]

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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...