Portugal president meets leaders on snap polls
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Portugal&#39;s president met party leaders today to discuss snap elections seen as likely to replace the months-old coalition government.
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Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano summoned the presidents of both chambers of parliament to his office on Tuesday, an official statement said, a sign he was about to dissolve parliament and call a snap election.
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The Portuguese government has resigned to avoid turf battles with President Jorge Sampaio in the run-up to snap elections in February.
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Italy's president holds crisis talks with political leaders on Thursday to see if Romano Prodi, who has resigned as prime minister after nine months in power, can still head a government.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (05/11/04) - The EU heads of state agreed on Thursday night to a new line-up of commissioners in a attempt to bring the EU out of its institutional crisis that set in after incoming Commission President, former Portuguese prime minister
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President Giorgio Napolitano starts crisis talks on Friday meant to rescue Italy from political limbo after the resignation of the prime minister raised the specter of snap elections.
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Indian Premier Manmohan Singh on Monday met with EU leaders in The Hague for a summit intended to firm up the strategic partnership between the bloc and India.
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Portugal holds a referendum on Sunday to  decide whether to legalise abortion, an emotive issue in the  overwhelmingly Catholic country where there are worries not  enough people will vote to validate a decision.
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Brazil's President Lula meets ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro  on a visit to boost economic ties with Havana.
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EU leaders meet in Brussels amid battles over a bid to create a European government with a permanent president and its own diplomatic corps.
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Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano  summoned the presidents of both chambers of parliament to his  office on Tuesday, an official statement said, a sign he was  about to dissolve parliament and call a snap election.
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Real Madrid's president will meet AC Milan representatives Wednesday to discuss their interest in signing Ronaldo.
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ROME, Italy -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met here Friday with the interim president of Iraq, Ghazi Al-Yawar, amid mounting public pressure on his government and intense diplomatic efforts to free two women aid worker hostages.
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President Hamid Karzai is meeting the Italian prime minister to discuss the fight against Afghan militants.
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Italy's president consulted with minor parties on Saturday in an effort to resolve a political crisis, with politicians divided between favoring snap elections or an interim government to enact reforms.
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio on Friday set February 20 as the day for early elections seen as likely to replace the nation&#39;s four-month-old centre-right government.
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ROME - Italy's president holds crisis talks with political leaders on Thursday to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned as prime minister after nine months in power, can still head a government or ...Comment