Ministers clash in heated debate
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Sinn Fein and SDLP ministers clash after a tense and heated executive meeting at Stormont Castle.
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Cabinet ministers who want to be Labour deputy leader should quit to enable a "genuine debate", a rival says.
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A second government minister waded into Britain's simmering spat on Muslim women wearing a veil, warning that they risked provoking &quot;fear and resentment&quot;.
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By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent and George Jones, Political Editor. Ministers were accused last night of misleading Parliament over the redeployment of British troops in Iraq to an American-controlled area.
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Venomous exchanges erupted Monday between Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan's military-led government, straining their emerging alliance, as politicians debated whether to restrict campaign rallies after the bombing that shattered Bhutto's homecoming.
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The education minister  is embroiled in an exchange of words over a teaching scheme for graduates backed by Tony Blair.
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Another minister has become embroiled in claims over the funding of his bid to become the governing Labour Party's deputy leader, days after a Cabinet colleague quit over the same issue.
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A government minister attacks criticism of two officers who were accused of not doing enough to help a drowning boy.
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The education minister hits back at those who claim Northern Ireland's education spending is in crisis.
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Bitter infighting flared in Tony Blair's Labour Party on Friday as a former Cabinet official criticized the prime minister's likely successor.
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The Scottish justice secretary comes under fire from a UK minister over anti-terror searches at train stations.
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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair went into his weekly Commons showdown facing fresh unrest among Labour MPs over Iraq. Mr Blair was pressed over the request for soldiers to be sent into US-controlled hotspots at Prime Minister&#39;s Questions.
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Malaysian ministers demand action against a politician who published a satirical image featuring the deputy PM.
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The candidates for North Carolina governor sparred over the lottery, test scores and state government bureaucracy in a lively debate this morning.
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A brawl breaks out in the Nigerian parliament amid a debate over the Speaker's alleged misuse of public funds.
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Tony Blair's ministers have said it, his political opponents are baying for it but the British prime minister refuses to utter it.