Jamaica's female prime minister struggling
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When Portia Simpson Miller became their first female prime minister Jamaicans celebrated in the streets, hailing "Sista P" as a warmhearted champion of the poor.
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Rachida Dati, a self-made daughter of immigrants, triumphantly joined the Cabinet as the star symbol for the president's bid to make France value its diversity. But the hard-charging justice minister has lately hit some speed bumps.
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Jamaica's People's National Party goes after a record fifth straight five-year term on Monday, under pressure to solve the Caribbean island's chronic problems of crime, unemployment and low economic growth.
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Myanmar is under huge pressure from its Asean (Association of South East Asian Nations) colleagues to reform its regime, Prime Minister Helen Clark said yesterday.
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She brought excitement to French politics with her bid to become the nation's first woman president, but Segolene Royal now appears on the verge of seeing her campaign implode.Comment
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Female activists in Zimbabwe are facing increasingly brutal treatment from the police, a report claims.
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America's feminist leaders and their critics agree on at least one current political fact: These are daunting times for the women's movement as it braces for another term of an administration it desperately wanted to topple.
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Investigation made more difficult by sheer number of former PM's many enemies
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It was billed as a proud and historic day for Indian women, as lawmakers prepare to vote on Thursday for the country's first ever female president. But it has turned instead into a major embarrassment for the government.
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ABOARD PMâS AIRCRAFT: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday appealed to the Left parties to realise that the hike in the prices of petroleum products had become unavoidable if the government wanted to execute social programmes for the poor as well as
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BUENOS AIRES - All this first lady talk is getting a bit tiresome for Argentina's first lady.
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Comment is free: Catherine Bennett:  Without the prejudice she has experienced, Hodge would be more important now. Prime minister, for example.
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Prime Minister Paul Martin says the international community wants to help Haiti, but the people of the country must help themselves.
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Women were at the frontline of a war that South Africa was involved in against HIV/Aids &quot;and are bearing its full brunt&quot;, says Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
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Jamaica went to the polls yesterday after a tight election campaign battered by a hurricane, political violence and economic woes.
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A bitter political struggle has erupted over control of the special Iraqi tribunal set up to try Saddam Hussein and his associates, with Prime Minister
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Women in northern Sri Lanka who survived the tsunami need help to pick up the pieces, reports the BBC's Frances Harrison.