Opposition politicians stick by their leader after election defeat
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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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A rout in parliamentary elections leaves the President defiant but vulnerable  -  if his  political foes can unite
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Â· ICM results point to hung parliament at electionÂ· Mention of Brown as leader still boosts Tories
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Government and opposition leaders soften their stances as the violence begins to wane
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Pakistan's opposition parties put forward their jailed leader as candidate in a rubber-stamp parliamentary vote for prime minister against the ruling party candidate, ex-finance minister Shaukat Aziz.
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President Mwai Kibaki tried to fend off a fiery opposition leader in an election that was shaping up to be the closest in Kenyaâs history.
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Legislators chose an opposition member as parliament speaker in a close vote Tuesday, giving a victory to foes of Kenya's president as they prepared for mass protest rallies that raised fears of new violence over last month's disputed election.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko suffered a defeat in parliament today, when his foes blocked electoral amendments intended to avert fraud in a new presidential runoff later this month.
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Supporters of President-elect Viktor Yushchenko aren&#39;t backing down, heeding the call of their leader by blocking the prime minister from holding a government session.
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A defeat in parliament for Romano Prodi raised new worries Friday about the stability of Italy's center-left governing coalition and prompted opposition calls for the premier's resignation.Comment
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Kenya's opposition defeated the government in a crucial vote during the opening parliamentary session yesterday but the joy was tempered when former UN secretary general Kofi Annan postponed his attempt to end the political crisis and unrest in the country
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SYDNEY : Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he would not call a snap general election while opposition leader Mark Latham was ill as he wanted to beat him fair and square.
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With his own political mentor Gough Whitlam now conceding that Labor&#39;s got little chance of winning the next election, Mark Latham faces a tough climb out of the political quicksand.
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An erstwhile ally of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Monday dealt his coalition government a potentially fatal blow when he withdrew support, but the premier resisted calls to quit despite losing his Senate majority.
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Slovenia's leader  concedes defeat as early results put his centre-left coalition behind the opposition.
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Despite pressure from the prime ministers of Britain and Ireland, three days of negotiations among the leaders of Northern Ireland&#39;s political parties failed
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A party that supports the former prime minister appeared to be ahead of one backed by the generals who ousted him.