Danish PM to Call Snap Poll Next Month-Sources
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Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh  Rasmussen will hold a snap general election next month to  capitalize on the rising popularity of his center-right Liberal  party, government sources said on Wednesday.
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Japan's parliament will convene on Sept. 26 to pick a new prime minister, Kyodo News agency reported Tuesday.
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Denmark is considering boosting its contingent in Afghanistan by 200 troops to 600, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday.Comment
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The Dutch prime minister said Thursday his government will resign after his coalition split over the citizenship case of a Somali-born lawmaker. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said he will tender his resignation to Queen Beatrix on Friday, signaling the collapse of three-year-old government and likely early elections.
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Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to extend Denmark's military mission in Iraq by another six months, a departure from some other European nations that want to withdraw troops.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to meet EU enlargement chief Guenter Verheugen this week, officials said as Ankara seeks to defuse a spat with Brussels ahead of a crunch EU report.
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Denmark should follow Britain's lead and also announce a timetable for pulling back its troops from southern Iraq, the foreign affairs spokesman for the main opposition party said Wednesday.Comment
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Danish troops will be replaced by a small aerial surveillance unit Denmark will withdraw its troops from Iraq by August, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said.Comment
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, seeking his fourth term, has called a general election for Oct. 9, the BBC reported Sunday.
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Denmark was expected to announce plans to begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq at a news conference on Wednesday, Danish media reported.Comment
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Downing Street has played down reports that the Prime Minister may call an early election in February. Most political commentators expect Mr Blair to seek a new mandate in May 2005 since to go to the polls
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The majority coalition is expected to name a controversial prime minister.
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Gordon Brown is set to be pressed on plans for a snap election during his second prime ministerial news conference.
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Downing Street has brushed aside reports that British Prime Minister Tony Blair has ordered a snap general election for February. The BBC reported Sunday a spokesman for Blair
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Australians are due to go to the polls on 9 October, to elect their new prime minister. According to opinion polls, current leader John Howard is neck and neck with opposition Labor leader Mark Latham.
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Danish voters go to the polls on Tuesday to vote in a general election called at short notice by centre-right Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday called a national election for Oct. 9 which is likely to serve as a referendum on Australia's troop deployment in Iraq.