Ireland gets its first black mayor
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Ireland elected its first black mayor Thursday, the latest sign of how rapid immigration is changing this once all-white nation.
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The new Lord Mayor of London, Michael Savory, paraded through the streets of the British capital in a traditional pomp-filled pageant.
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By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 10--BILOXI -- Mayor A.J.
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The people of Argentina's capital vote for a new mayor, one of the highest-profile posts in the country.
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DC's former mayor takes a new role in government
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Belize elected Dean Barrow as its first black prime minister, final results showed on Friday, as the small Central American nation ended a decade of one-party rule marked by graft scandals and economic problems.
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Ray Nagin narrowly won a second   term as mayor of New Orleans on Saturday with support from both   black and white voters and immediately began mending fences   with the federal and state governments to hasten the devastated   city's recovery.
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Deval Patrick, a Democrat making his first run for elective office and a bid to become the state's first black governor, beat two opponents in Tuesday's gubernatorial primary to win a place in November's general election.
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Birmingham City found their scoring boots on Saturday afternoon - and the clubâs Irish international striker Clinton Morrison was central to their easy win over midlands neighbours West Bromwich Albion.
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Sinn Fein take their seats for the first time on the Policing Board, in what its chairman hails as beginning "a new era".
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LONDON  - Britain appointed its first black High Court judge on Thursday and she predicted she would be "the first of many."
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Pitcairn Island selects its first woman mayor in its 214-year history after its former mayor - a convicted rapist - was sacked last week.
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Britain honored Nelson Mandela on Wednesday by unveiling a bronze statue of South Africa's first black president alongside those of statesmen such as Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln.
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Gordon Brown is to attend a summit of the British-Irish Council on his first visit as prime minister to Northern Ireland.
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Britain honored Nelson Mandela on  Wednesday by unveiling a bronze statue of South Africa&#39;s first  black president alongside those of statesmen such as Winston  Churchill and Abraham Lincoln.
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Gordon Brown is to attend a summit of the British-Irish Council on his first visit as prime minister to Belfast.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern will arrive in Cape Town on Sunday as part of a five-day visit to South Africa and Tanzania, his office said.