Barak wins leadership of Israel's Labor Party
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak won the leadership of Israel's Labor Party on Wednesday, putting him in an influential position to decide the fate of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his coalition government.
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The Israeli Cabinet on Friday approved the appointment of Ehud Barak as defense minister, an Israeli official said, capping the political comeback of the former prime minister six years after a humiliating election defeat.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon invited the Labor Party into his governing coalition on Friday, a day after winning approval from the ruling Likud Party to bring its traditional rival back into the government, a Labor spokesman said.
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Turkey's ruling AK Party won a resounding election victory on Sunday, giving the pro-business, Islamist-rooted party a mandate for reform but potentially setting the stage for renewed tensions with the secular elite.
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India's ruling Congress party won power in a giant state on Saturday, a victory that would boost the fortunes of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi's party and strengthen Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's minority national coalition.
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Opposition Labor party leader Mark Latham gestures as he concedes defeat of general election Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004 in Sydney. John Howards conservative coalition party the Liberals, won a fourth consecutive term in power.
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Israel's Labour Party voted in a runoff leadership election on Tuesday pitting former prime minister Ehud Barak against ex-intelligence chief Ami Ayalon, a race that may help decide Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's future.
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Jamaica's electoral authorities confirm that the opposition Labour Party has  won the general election.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party has agreed to a possible alliance with the opposition Labour group. The vote averts a snap election and strengthens Mr Sharon&#39;s controversial Gaza withdrawal plan.
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The leaders of Israel's Labour Party back plans for a coalition with Ariel Sharon's Likud but it may not be formed for weeks.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lost a Likud Party vote to continue talks aimed at bringing the Labor Party into the government and helping him move forward with plans to evacuate the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday he would not pull his Labour party out of the government, ensuring Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition holds together for now despite a critical Lebanon war report.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday won permission from his conservative Likud Party to invite the left-leaning Labor Party and smaller religious parties into
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak took over as defense minister on Tuesday, an appointment that restored the job to a man with solid defense credentials at a time of heightened security concerns on Israel's southern and northern borders.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak emerged marginally ahead in a runoff vote for leadership of Israel's Labor Party on Tuesday, exit polls showed.
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Israel's opposition Labour party has  clinched a deal with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud party  to join his coalition, a move that could push forward his Gaza  pullout plan, Israeli media reported on Friday.
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Israel's labor unions ended a paralyzing two-day general strike on Wednesday that grounded international air traffic, shut financial markets and halted public services in a dispute over unpaid wages.