Ireland elects first black mayor
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A Nigerian man who arrived in Ireland as an asylum seeker seven years ago becomes the country's first black mayor.
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Former Rep. Ron Dellums appeared to win the mayor&#039;s race late Friday after a final ballot count showed he got the majority of votes needed to avoid a November runoff.
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Irish President Mary McAleese is returned unopposed for a second seven-year term.
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PRESIDENT Mary McAleese vowed to continue her work to make Ireland an inclusive society as she was sworn in for a second term at a ceremony in Dublin Castle.
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Prime Minister Bertie Ahern cemented his position as one of Ireland's most successful politicians on Thursday by winning a third term in office and ushering the Green Party into government for the first time.
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Sheila Dixon, the first black woman to serve as mayor of Baltimore, all but guaranteed herself an extended stay in office with a resounding victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary.
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A jubilant Ireland were celebrating their first victory over South Africa in almost 40 years on Saturday after beating the Tri-nations champions 17-12 at Lansdowne Road.
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) yesterday for the Democratic presidential nomination, and he said Obama was the only candidate who had sought his support.
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Ireland's Green Party voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to back a coalition deal that puts them in government for the first time and guarantees a third term for Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.
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Rep. Robert Brady, a Pennsylvania Democrat, became the new "Mayor of the Capitol" yesterday, after Speaker Nancy Pelosi tapped him to chair the House Administration Committee.
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Housing and health are the big winners in Peter Robinson's first budget as NI Finance Minister.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was set to clinch a third term on Saturday after voters who have enjoyed the fruits of a thriving economy opted for stability over change.
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Hard-liners on both sides won Northern Ireland's election, final results confirmed Friday, setting the stage for a major diplomatic push to forge a Catholic-Protestant administration of bitter enemies.Comment
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Ulster Unionist Jim Rodgers is elected as Belfast's new lord mayor with the support of the SDLP.
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Deval Patrick, a business executive and former assistant attorney general for civil rights in the Clinton administration, has been declared by the Associated Press  as the winner of TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs Democratic primary for governor of Massachusetts.
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Almost all the children who could not find elementary school places in a Dublin suburb this year were black, the government said Monday, highlighting Ireland's problems integrating its increasingly diverse population.
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Democratic rising-star Barack Obama became the lone African American senator, beating ultra-conservative talk show host Alan Keyes in a landslide in Illinois.