5 Months Later, Iraqi Cabinet Sworn In
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After five months of often bitter wrangling over Cabinet posts, Iraq&#039;s unity government took office Saturday and vowed to fight the insurgency, restore stability and set the stage for the eventual withdrawal of U.S. and other foreign troops.
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After six months of deadlock, the country's factions finally formed an emergency coalition government. But with security being stepped up, the hard work has already begun
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RUMPLED and engaging, in his rhetoric a Middle Eastern strongman, in his stated principles a democrat, Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi seemed, when he assumed sovereign power just three months ago, to ...
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Romania&#39;s new center-right government led by Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu was sworn in Wednesday after it won a vote of confidence in parliament.
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Already a troubled system, Iraqi medical care has fallen to the brink of collapse since the U.S.-led invasion five years ago.
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Iraqi lawmakers reconvened on Tuesday after a month-long summer recess, under mounting pressure to get legislation passed that Washington believes will help heal deep sectarian rifts in the country.
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In less than five weeks, Iraqis hope to elect their own government. But before a single vote has been cast, the results are in. The Shiites have won.
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Raleb Majadele marked a milestone for Muslim Israelis when he was sworn in Monday as a minister.
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ISLAMABAD : Shaukat Aziz, former finance minister and a key ally to President Pervez Musharraf, has been sworn in the country&#39;s new prime minister.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has sworn in new cabinet members for his emergency government at his headquarters in Ramallah.
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A measure to allow former officials from Saddam Husseinâs party to apply for government jobs came after months of U.S. pressure.
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a retired army general with a newly minted doctorate in economics, was sworn in Wednesday as Indonesia's first directly elected president and unveiled a cabinet reflecting his cautious approach to reform.
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Japan's new Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and his cabinet are formally sworn in by Emperor Akihito.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Cabinet approved a draft oil law and the Iraqi parliament was to begin debate on the measure Wednesday, a major sign of progress in a long-delayed political benchmark sought by the U.S. to boost reconciliation between Iraq's Sunnis and Shiites.
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Iraq's interim Interior Minister Falah  al-Naqib said Monday he believed the country could establish  full control of its internal security within 18 months.
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The cabinet of Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected President, Hamid Karzai, has been sworn in a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul.
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JAKARTA Indonesia&#39;s new president swore in a cabinet Thursday that surprised markets and economists by handing a relatively unknown former bureaucrat the top Finance Ministry post and naming a businessman as economic chief.