Israel's Barak claims victory in Labour Party race
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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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Israel's parliament on Monday confirmed the appointment of Ehud Barak as defense minister, consolidating the political comeback of the former prime minister at a time of heightened security concerns on Israel's southern and northern borders.
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Last week, for the first time since Ehud Barak defeated Benjamin Netanyahu in the contest for prime minister, the left wing was radiant with joy.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party voted on Thursday in favor of his bid to bring the  opposition Labour party into government, officials said.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko claimed victory on Monday in a re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential election.
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The Labour Party re-captured the lead in popularity from the Conservative Party, according to a poll published in The Independent.
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JERUSALEM, June 13 -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, furthering an unlikely political comeback, was elected Tuesday to head the Labor Party.
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JERUSALEM, June 13 -- Shimon Peres, the former prime minister, Nobel laureate, and perennial loser of elections, handily won Israel's presidency Wednesday in his second bid for what will likely be his last official position in public life.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  urged his Likud party on Thursday to vote for a governing  alliance with the Labour Party, warning that failure to do so  would force snap elections and derail his Gaza withdrawal plan.  Internal polls predict victory for Sharon in a crucial ballot  by the rightist Likud's Central Committee on whether to allow  him to open talks with center-left Labour on joining a unity  coalition to shore up his shattered government.
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JERUSALEM - Israel&#39;s prime minister stepped up efforts yesterday to overcome resistance within his right-wing Likud party to include Labour in an enlarged government coalition, ahead of a decisive party meeting next week.
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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 Israeli PM wins first round of elections for leadership of second-largest party in ruling coalition.
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BEIJING, Dec. 31 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and veteran Labor Party leader Shimon Peres agreed Thursday on a title for Peres, paving the way for the establishment of the coalition government.
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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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Mahmoud Abbas claims victory in the Palestinian presidential election as exit polls show him well ahead of his rivals.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak was leading a close race for the leadership of Israel's Labor Party on Tuesday, a television exit poll showed.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard managed to secure another term as leader after election results released Saturday handily declared him the winner.