Flanders chief set to lead next Belgian government
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Belgian voters punished the liberal-socialist government in an election on Sunday and cleared the way for Flemish premier Yves Leterme to become prime minister and pursue a devolution of power to the regions.
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Italy's president will announce who he has chosen to lead a new government on Saturday after crisis talks.
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Belgians head to the polls Sunday in legislative and senate elections widely expected to dash Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt&#39;s hopes for a third four-year term in office.
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The party allied to ousted Thai PM Thaksin will form the next government after winning  elections, its leader says.
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Latvian lawmakers will Thursday vote for a successor to President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, who has stamped her personality and vision for the Baltic country on the largely figurehead presidency.
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Manuel Fraga, former information minister under the late dictator Gen. Francisco Franco and the last politically active survivor of that regime, said Monday he wants to run for a fifth straight term as head of ...
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Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt appears set for defeat in Sunday&#39;s general election, with the Christian Democrats poised to regain power after eight years in opposition, according to the latest opinion poll.
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African music star Youssou N&#39;Dour plans to put himself forward as a candidate to head a new continental African government being discussed this weekend by African leaders in Ghana.
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Belgian King Albert reappointed Guy Verhofstadt as prime minister on Friday to head an interim government charged with trying to bridge Belgium's ever-widening linguistic divide.
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Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga is due to leave office Saturday after two terms as leader of the Baltic state during which she stamped her personality and vision on the largely figurehead post.
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Belgian leaders cobbled together an interim government Wednesday that will tackle urgent economic issues, ending a six-month political deadlock.
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Belgium&#39;s prime minister-in-waiting,  who has irked Belgium&#39;s French speakers by saying they were too  stupid or unwilling to learn Flemish, could not remember his  country&#39;s anthem on National Day this weekend.
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His Liberal Democratic Party will elect a new leader Sept. 19.
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A Serbian leader accused of war crimes at The Hague is to head his party's list in the January general election.
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Ivory Coast Prime Minister Charles   Konan Banny said on Thursday he hoped to form a new government   next week to replace his cabinet which resigned over a toxic   waste scandal in the war-divided West African nation.
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"If not we will have to draw our conclusions"  Belgium's Dutch- and French-speaking parties have been unable to form a coalition government despite over two months of wrangling, highlighting the rift between the political aspirations of the two communities. via Raw Story
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BRUSSELS, Sep 15 (IPS) - Belgian foreign minister Louis Michel says his  country's commitment to international cooperation and a wide  network of contacts would ensure success in his new job as the EU  commissioner for development and humanitarian aid.