Barak wins leadership of Israel's Labor Party
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak won the leadership of Israel's Labor Party on Wednesday, putting him in an influential position to decide the fate of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his coalition government.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party voted on Thursday in favor of his bid to bring opposition Labour into government, averting an election and boosting his Gaza pullout plan, initial results showed.
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Sydney, Oct. 10 (NNN): Australia&#39;s Prime Minister John Howard has won his fourth term in office. With 70% of the votes counted in Saturday&#39;s election, results indicate Howard&#39;s Liberal-National coalition has won an easy majority over Labour.
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India's ruling Congress party won power  in a key state on Saturday after it emerged as the largest  group in elections, the first major political test since its  victory in national polls in May.
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Togo's governing RPT party wins a majority of seats in parliamentary elections, the electoral commission says.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak claimed victory on Wednesday in the leadership race for Israel's Labour Party over his challenger, former intelligence chief Ami Ayalon.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak took over as defense minister on Tuesday, an appointment that restored the job to a man with solid defense credentials at a time of heightened security concerns on Israel's southern and northern borders.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  won a crucial Likud party vote on Thursday that will let him  bring opposition Labour into his shattered coalition and power  forward a plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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TEL AVIV, Dec 21  - The formation of Israel&#39;s new coalition government inched closer Tuesday when Labour approved a deal bartered between the main opposition party and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud.
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Israel&#39;s labor unions ended a paralyzing two-day general strike on Wednesday that grounded international air traffic, shut financial markets and halted public services in a dispute over unpaid wages.
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Israel's opposition Labour party has  clinched a deal with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud party  to join his coalition, a move that could push forward his Gaza  pullout plan, Israeli media reported on Friday.
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India's ruling Congress party won power  in a giant state on Saturday, a victory that will boost the  fortunes of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi's party and strengthen  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's minority national coalition.
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India's ruling Congress party won power in a giant state on Saturday, a victory that would boost the fortunes of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi's party and strengthen Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's minority national coalition.
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Israel's leader wins a historic vote to withdraw settlers, but now faces a revolt in his own party.
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SYDNEY, Australia Australian Labor Party members say Mark Latham should keep leading the group despite losing yesterday&#39;s election to the incumbent prime minister.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meeting with members of his Likud Party last week. The partyâs Central Committee has authorized him to form a coalition cabinet with Labor.
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Opposition Labor party leader Mark Latham gestures as he concedes defeat of general election Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004 in Sydney. John Howards conservative coalition party the Liberals, won a fourth consecutive term in power.