Bill OKâd to Allow Lahoud Re-Election
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BEIRUT, 29 August 2004 - Lebanonâs Cabinet approved a bill yesterday that would allow President Emile Lahoud to seek re-election, pleasing power broker Syria but opposed by a growing number of influential Lebanese and several major foreign powers.
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Senior official says defense chief, who has drawn a number of detractors, will be back. WASHINGTON -- President Bush picked former Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, the steady former military man who helped New York get back on its feet after the Sept.
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As expected, Lebanon&#39;s Parliament on Friday rubber-stamped Syria&#39;s order to keep its handpicked president in office, voting in an extraordinary session to amend the Constitution to give him three more years.
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His Liberal Democratic Party will elect a new leader Sept. 19.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush plans to re-nominate Bill Pryor to a lifetime seat on the federal judiciary when the Senate returns to session early next year, the White House announced Thursday.
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The Lebanese Cabinet Saturday decided to extend the term of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud for three years in an uncommon endorsement of a draft amendment to the constitution that allows such an extension for ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana voters decided Saturday whether to approve a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year...
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Congress certified President Bush's re-election Thursday but only after Democrats forced a challenge to the quadrennial count of electoral votes for just the second time since 1877.
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The opposition inside and outside Lebanon of giving President Emile Lahoud three additional years is gathering momentum. A report by the Beirut-based An Nahar daily on Monday said that the UN Security Council
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Lebanon&#39;s parliament voted overwhelmingly Friday to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud, despite a UN Security Council resolution warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon.
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France goes to the polls for the second  time in a just over a month on Sunday when it votes in  parliamentary elections that are expected to seal President  Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s grip on power.
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The presidential election process in Lebanon has finally been put on track after much speculation regarding an amendment to the Constitution in order to give President Emile Lahoud another term.
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Lebanon's parliament is going ahead with  a vote to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile  Lahoud Friday despite a U.N. Security Council resolution  warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon.
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A state judge ruled Monday that the sign-up period should be reopened for the Nov. 2 election in Louisiana's 5th Congressional District, where incumbent Rep. Rodney Alexander infuriated Democrats by switching to the Republican Party minutes before the qualifying deadline.
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President Lahoud is set to name a new prime minister following Rafiq Hariri's shock departure on Wednesday.
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Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio says he plans to seek the presidency again.
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ST. LOUIS -- Tony La Russa will return for his 13th season with the St. Louis Cardinals, a team official told The Associated Press on Monday.