Greek PM to form new government after Sunday election
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The Greek Prime Minister, Costas Karamanlis, has been asked to form a new government after his party won Sunday's parliamentary poll. On Monday Mr Karamanlis met President Karolos Papoulias, who asked him to form the new government.
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Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski shook up his Cabinet on Friday, dumping his coalition partner and bringing back his pro-market finance chief in a move that could lead to new elections.Comment
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Greek conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Monday vowed to press ahead with economic reforms after being asked to form a government following his narrow election victory.
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The Greek government, heading for elections next month, is facing a crisis over its handling of deadly forest fires.
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Greece's ruling conservatives appeared to win a second term in elections on Sunday despite public anger over deadly forest fires, but a slim majority could complicate plans for economic reforms.
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The fires that tore omnivorously through scores of villages and olive groves here may now also be changing Greece's political landscape: The government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, facing national elections next month, came under increasing criticism yesterday, not only over its handling of the fires but also over whether it stoked Greeks' fears about who might be ...
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was  set Monday to head Thailand's first single-party government  following a big election win that was widely expected but was  turning out to be more one-sided than forecast.
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Greece's conservatives face the tough task of tackling reforms needed to catch up with euro zone countries after winning a second mandate in an election on Sunday, but with their majority depleted.
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Greece's ruling conservatives appeared headed on Sunday for a narrow election victory that may complicate economic reform efforts after a campaign overshadowed by deadly forest fires and scandals.
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His Liberal Democratic Party will elect a new leader Sept. 19.
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Greece's New Democracy party is now confronting allegations of graft in its own government
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon moved swiftly Friday to forge a national unity government after winning approval to reshape his coalition and crushing internal opposition to his Gaza pullout plan.
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Montenegrins are expected to give   their center-left government a fresh mandate on Sunday in the   first general election since they voted to end nearly a century   of partnership with Serbia three months ago.
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was  set to become Thailand's most powerful elected leader on Monday  following a crushing election win that should make him head of  the country's first single-party government.
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Latvia's parliament approves a new centre-right government with veteran leader Ivars Godmanis at its helm.
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Parliament scheduled a Sunday inauguration for Western-leaning President-elect Viktor Yushchenko, setting the stage for the transition to a new government for Ukraine following months of divisive political crisis.
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Greece vows to ensure next year's budget deficit meets the European Union's 3% limit by curbing spending and raising revenue through privatisations.