Belgium headed for new government after PM&#39;s defeat
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Belgian voters handed a stinging defeat Sunday to centre-right Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt in legislative elections, taking a big step towards a change of government.
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Belgium was mired in a political crisis on Friday after Flemish leader Yves Leterme gave up efforts to form a government with francophone partners who reject his plans for constitutional reform.
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Geir Haarde became Iceland&#039;s new prime minister Thursday, marking a return to the office for Iceland&#039;s largest political party and a likely shift toward a tighter fiscal policy.
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Poland on Monday looked headed for a new pro-business, Europe-friendly government after the opposition liberals trounced the Kaczynski twins' ruling conservative alliance in a snap election.
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Denmark's centre-right led by Anders Fogh Rasmussen wins a new term as the opposition admit defeat.
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Belgian King Albert reappointed Guy Verhofstadt as prime minister on Friday to head an interim government charged with trying to bridge Belgium's ever-widening linguistic divide.
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Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt's 8-year term in office appeared set to end after voters punished his party in an election on Sunday and strongly backed the Flemish Christian Democrats, early results showed.
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Ivory Coast is set to get a new cabinet after the previous one resigned over a toxic waste scandal in Abidjan.
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Belgium's far-right Vlaams Blok formally dissolved itself and relaunched under a new name, after a court ruling banning the party, one of the most successful anti-immigrant forces in Europe.
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Belgian voters punished the outgoing liberal-socialist government in an election on Sunday and cleared the way for Flemish premier Yves Leterme to become prime minister.
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Facing a court ruling that could declare it a racist group, the far-right Flemish Bloc political party plans to disband and re-emerge under a new name, shedding the fascist tenor that got the most popular political party in Dutch-speaking Belgium into legal trouble.
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Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski shook up his Cabinet on Friday, dumping his coalition partner and bringing back his pro-market finance chief in a move that could lead to new elections.
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A new interim Belgium government, led by Flemish Liberal Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, was formally sworn in on Friday after six months of political paralysis.
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Belgium's prime minister conceded defeat Sunday on behalf of his coalition of Liberals and Socialists in general elections that saw the Christian Democrats end eight years in opposition with major gains.
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New PM to complete ministerial reshuffle and set out plans to make government more accountable.
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BRUSSELS -- Belgian voters punished the outgoing liberal-socialist government in an election yesterday and cleared the way for Flemish leader Yves Leterme to become prime minister.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 22  - Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt sought to calm a row with the Democratic Republic of Congo Friday, voicing encouragement for the ex-colony&#39;s political transition in a call to President Joseph Kabila.