Portuguese President Moves to Dissolve Parliament
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio began moves Tuesday to dissolve parliament and call an election after deciding Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes could no longer continue in the job.
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In Portugal the campaign for Sunday's referendum on abortion reform has ended.
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LISBON, Dec 1  Portugal appeared headed for early elections today after the president said he had lost confidence in the 4-month-old government of Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes.
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By Tiago Pariz BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's biggest party votedto leave the governing coalition on Sunday in a move that couldcomplicate President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's reform agendaand pressure him to give the centrist party extra governmentposts.
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Former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso said necessary changes must be made after postponing a crucial vote rather than face a veto, an unprecedented event in the history of European ...
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LISBON, PORTUGAL - Portugal&#39;s prime minister says his Social Democratic government will formally resign Monday to defend its honour.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazil's small PopularSocialist Party voted on Saturday to pull out of President LuizInacio Lula da Silva's government, a move that could make itharder for his administration to pass pending reforms.
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Portugal's ruling Socialists will use their majority in parliament to legalize abortion after Sunday's referendum on the issue failed because turnout was too low to make it binding.
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Portugal takes over the rotating EU presidency in a tenure likely to involve talks on Turkey's accession.
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Portugal's parliament approves abortion on demand after a referendum last month failed to settle the issue.
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Portugal's ruling Socialists will use their majority in parliament to legalize abortion after Sunday's referendum on the issue failed because turnout was too low to make it binding.Comment
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President Giorgio Napolitano has summoned the speakers of Italy's two chambers of parliament, the ANSA news agency reported, before an expected decision to dissolve parliament ahead of early elections.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano  formally dissolved parliament on Wednesday, a spokesman said,  putting the country on the road to a snap election that will  most likely be held in mid-April.
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Portugal&#39;s prime minister said on Saturday he and his cabinet had submitted their resignations, a move that came a day after a snap election was called.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano was set to dissolve parliament on Wednesday, the ANSA news agency reported, paving the way for early elections and a probable return to power by conservative media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (18/11/04) - The EU has ended its three-week institutional crisis, as European lawmakers voted in favor of its reshuffled executive body led by former Portuguese prime minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso.
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Spain's Socialist government dissolved parliament Monday and formally called a general election for March 9, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said.