Leaders brief parties on talks
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Northern Ireland's political leaders brief party members about talks to restore devolved government.
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LISBON, Dec 9  Portugal's president met party leaders today to discuss snap elections seen as likely to replace the months-old coalition government.
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British and Irish leaders met Friday to work on a strategy for reviving a Catholic-Protestant government in Northern Ireland.
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The leaders of France, Germany and Spain opened summit talks here Monday with talks on cementing EU unity and fighting terrorism topping their agenda.
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With Congress in their control and their eyes now on the White House, Democratic Party leaders took their first look at the party's field of presidential candidates yesterday at a forum in which the three front-runners presented their positions on Iraq and jockeyed over who can defeat the...
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The Palestinian and Israeli leaders met for the second time this month today to discuss the "core issues" that would have to be tackled before a Palestinian state could be inaugurated.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern are to hold talks with Northern Ireland&#39;s political parties in London Wednesday in an attempt to relaunch
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The Sinn Fein leadership is set to hold crucial talks in Dublin with the British and Irish Governments.
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JERUSALEM -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair held talks Wednesday with Israeli and Palestinian leaders that were notable less for what was said and done than for sending a message of the West&#39;s desire to re-engage with the Middle East peace process.
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The DUP and Sinn Fein are holding further meetings on the proposals to break the political stalemate.
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Portugal&#39;s president met party leaders today to discuss snap elections seen as likely to replace the months-old coalition government.
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The two governments are hoping to respond to queries tabled by the DUP and Sinn Fein by Friday.
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Talks involving the British and Irish governments and the northern parties continue at Leeds Castle in Kent today. The first day of discussions aimed at restoring power sharing in the North adjourned late last night.
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The opposition Labour Party in Israel has begun coalition talks with the Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party. Labour leader Shimon Peres says negotiations to establish a coalition government could be completed within a few days.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today asked the leader of the Labor Party to begin talks on forming a coalition government.
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Allied defence ministers with troops on the front line in southern Afghanistan held talks Friday on how to fill gaps in forces and hammer out a strategy for the next half a decade.
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Talks between Irish and British government officials and two of Northern Ireland's political parties, the DUP and Sinn Fein, adjourned in London last night.