New Palestinian cabinet sworn in
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The Palestinian president swears in a new emergency government, excluding the Islamist movement, Hamas.
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Cabinet ministers in the Hamas-led Palestinian government resigned Thursday, a step toward forming a unity government with Palestinian President Mamoud Abbas' Fatah party.
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Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as Palestinian president to succeed Yasser Arafat on Saturday, but his call for a truce and talks were overshadowed by Israel's decision to cut ties over a deadly militant attack.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai named a new Cabinet yesterday, firing the prominent defense minister and removing other warlords from top posts in a major reshuffle weeks after being sworn in as the nation's first democratically elected president.
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President Mahmoud Abbas named a new Palestinian cabinet Sunday and banned Hamas militias.
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Indonesia's newly inaugurated president swore in his Cabinet on Thursday, choosing a mix of experts and political appointees who may be able to help him push through much-needed reforms.
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Raleb Majadele marked a milestone for Muslim Israelis when he was sworn in Monday as a minister.
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Former prime minister Ehud Barak was sworn in as Israel's defense minister on Monday in a cabinet shakeup rushed through in response to violence in Gaza.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the new leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the man expected to be elected the new president of the Palestinian Authority, has been making
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Leaders of the two Palestinian political groups promised to form a new government to end a wave of violence.
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Pakistan's finance minister, a close ally of President Musharraf,  is sworn is as the country's prime minister.
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NAIROBI, Aug. 22 -- Members of a new Somali transitional parliament were sworn in Sunday, a key step toward establishing the country&#39;s first national government since 1991.
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Afghanistan&#39;s president, Hamid Karzai, has sworn in a new cabinet that sidelines powerful militia leaders in favour of reformers.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prepared to swear in a new government in the West Bank on Saturday that will bring an end to a U.S.-led aid embargo as hundreds of his Fatah loyalists fled Gaza by land and sea.
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Israel&#39;s cabinet adopted a series of measures Sunday, aimed at facilitating Palestinian elections on January 9. The Israeli cabinet&#39;s approval of the measures means Palestinians will be given
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Former finance minister and President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s key loyalist Shaukat Aziz took the oath of office on Saturday as the country&#39;s new prime minister, one day after his parliamentary
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A government will be comprised Hamas and the Palestinian AuthorityÂs own Fatah party.