Impeachment bid against Arroyo defeated
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Lawmakers on Thursday handily defeated an impeachment bid against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, but any hopes of ending the debilitating political crisis stemming from corruption accusations against her were quickly dashed.
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A Philippine navy officer who led an attempted coup against the government four years ago was declared elected to the Senate on Thursday, underlining the unpopularity of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
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THE Supreme Court, sitting as a Presidential Electoral Tribunal, deferred the oral argument scheduled MonÂ­day between the camps of President Arroyo and Fernando Poe Jr.
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Former Philippine leader Joseph Estrada said Wednesday he would not consider a deal from President Gloria Arroyo, demanding an unconditional pardon from his arch-rival after his corruption conviction.
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Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori lost a long legal battle Friday as Chile&#39;s Supreme Court ordered his extradition to Peru to face trial on corruption and human rights abuses.
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Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono  has won Indonesia's presidential election run-off in a  landslide, preliminary final results showed on Monday.
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The Philippine parliament ousts its speaker amid accusations of corruption against President Arroyo.
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ACAPULCO, Mexico  - Mexico's main opposition party  suffered a stunning defeat in a key governorship election  Sunday when it lost Guerrero state for the first time, denting  its chances of winning back the presidency.
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was described as "evil" in a Senate inquiry into official corruption on Monday, the most personal attack yet in a spiraling scandal.
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An outside challenger Tuesday won the coveted post of speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress, handing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Workers Party their biggest political defeat since he took office in 2003.
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President Gloria Arroyo has banned logging in the Philippines after rampant deforestation was blamed for much of the devastation caused by four recent storms that have left more than 1,300 people dead or missing.
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New York mayor Michael Bloomberg all but concedes defeat on his plan to introduce a congestion charge.
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Indonesia's Golkar party, which won April 5 legislative elections, has thrown its support behind the candidacy of incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in a final round of presidential polls on September 20.
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Leading newspapers and groups opposed to President Gloria Arroyo expressed anger on Saturday over her decision to pardon her disgraced predecessor Joseph Estrada despite his conviction for massive graft.
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Democratic acquiescence is a victory for President Bush, who said last week that the proposal was unacceptable to him.
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MANILA : Philippine President Gloria Arroyo Tuesday mourned the death of the country&#39;s top movie star Fernando Poe, who almost unseated her in hotly-contested presidential elections in May.
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Taiwan&#39;s pro-independence parties lost a hotly contested legislative election Saturday - a defeat that might reduce the risk of a conflict with China but also continue the political gridlock that has paralyzed one of Asia&#39;s youngest democracies.