Brazil's Biggest Party Votes to Leave Government
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's biggest party voted  to leave the governing coalition on Sunday in a move that could  complicate President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's reform agenda  and pressure him to give the centrist party extra government  posts.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet resigned Tuesday, clearing the way for new ruling party leader Yasuo Fukuda to be named by parliament as his successor.
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Thailand's deposed premier resigned from his once all-powerful party in a letter faxed from London on Tuesday, after more than 200 colleagues quit the organization in the wake of a military coup.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazil's ruling Workers'  Party (PT) held onto the mayoralty in at least three major  cities in Sunday's municipal vote but will face a tough run-off  contest for the biggest prize, the city of Sao Paulo, according  to early results and an exit poll.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da  Silva's Workers' Party (PT) won the mayoralty of six state  capitals in Sunday's municipal vote but was forced into a  run-off to defend its hold on the race's biggest prize, the  city of Sao Paulo.
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Venezuela's ruling party took the first step Monday toward creating a single pro-government party, a move opponents criticized as a push to consolidate more power in the hands of President Hugo Chavez after his landslide re-election.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was battling to secure the votes needed to clinch an outright victory in Sunday's presidential election after public disgust over corrupt politics eroded his support in the final days of campaigning.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil, Sept. 30 -- The dividing lines that will determine Brazil's presidential election on Sunday are extraordinarily clear, as plainly visible as the swinging doors that separate a restaurant's dining room from its kitchen.
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A third party pulls out of Venezuela's opposition alliance after it failed to unseat President Hugo Chavez.
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A vote to oust the far-right justice minister has brought an end to consensus rule in Switzerland.
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Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes announces the government's resignation.
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Portugal's conservative government is quitting before early elections set for February, Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes said Saturday, a day after the country's president dissolved parliament.
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In its first electoral test since taking power 21 months ago, the party of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emerged stronger from nationwide municipal elections but did not win in the country's biggest city, Sao Paulo.
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By Carlos DeJuana and Terry Wade SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazil's ruling Workers'Party (PT) held onto the mayoralty in at least three majorcities in Sunday's municipal vote but will face a tough run-offcontest for the biggest prize, the city of Sao Paulo, accordingto early results and an exit poll.
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The president of the governing Workers' Party said Friday he was stepping down in the wake of a corruption scandal that had battered Brazil's president during his re-election campaign.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The head of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's party said Friday he would step down after a campaign mudslinging scandal.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva struggled to avoid a run-off in Sunday's presidential election after public disgust over corrupt politics eroded his support in the final days of campaigning.