Portugal president to dissolve parliament, call early elections
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LISBON : Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio decided to dissolve parliament and call early elections because he believes the centre-right government of four months is not able to provide stability.
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LISBON, Dec 1  Portugal appeared headed for early elections today after the president said he had lost confidence in the 4-month-old government of Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes.
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Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano dissolves parliament, paving the way for snap elections.
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East Timor&#039;s president extended his emergency powers and warned of possible early elections amid fresh fears of violence as thousands of supporters of the ex-premier massed on the edge of the capital.
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President Viktor Yushchenko warned that he could dissolve parliament and call new elections if Ukrainian political parties fail to form a governing coalition by the end of next week, three months after a legislative ballot.
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio will announce a date for snap elections on Friday, his office said, in what looks likely to be a possible rout for the ruling center-right Social Democrats.
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Parliament will officially announce Prime Minister Hari Kostov&#39;s resignation during a meeting scheduled for Thursday, launching a ten-day period during which President Branko Crvenkovski should give the mandate for forming a new government.
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LISBON, Portugal  - Portugal's conservative government is quitting, Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes announced Saturday, a day after the president dissolved the legislature and called an early general election.
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Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes announces the government's resignation.
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The Polish parliament votes to dissolve itself and call a general election, two years ahead of schedule.
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio has announced he is dissolving parliament and calling snap elections for 20 February next. Prime minister Pedro Santana Lopes&#39;s and the ruling Social Democrat party are well behind the opposition Socialists.
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Italy's president will hold crisis talks  with political leaders on Friday to see whether he can avoid  calling snap elections after a no confidence vote forced Prime  Minister Romano Prodi's government to resign.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec. 16 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced Saturday that he has decided to call early elections, including for his own office, to end a political crisis in the territories that has brought a surge in deadly factional violence over the past week.
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Portugal's prime minister says the country's parliament will legalise abortion despite a low referendum turnout.
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KIEV -- Ukraine's feuding president and prime minister agreed early today to hold an early parliamentary election on Sept. 30, diffusing a months-long political crisis that had threatened to escalate into violence.
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is inclined to call early elections, including for his office, to end the political and economic crisis in the territories, Palestinian officials said yesterday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, announced yesterday that he has decided to call early elections, including for his own office, to end a political crisis in the Palestinian territories that has brought a surge in factional violence over the past week.