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Mosley stays on as FIA president

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jun 3, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform
BBC News -- Max Mosley has won a vote of confidence to stay on as president of motorsport's governing body, the FIA. More than a third of delegates did not back Mosley at Tuesday's meeting in Paris but he won 103 of 169 votes. Mosley called the vote following a.. Read More
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New president takes office in Taiwan

WORLD / NEWS Tue May 20, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform
SF Gate -- Taiwan's new president took office Tuesday and set the tone for his administration's policy on rival China: better economic and political ties but no plans for unification with the mainland. The inauguration of Ma Ying-jeou, 57, represents a clear brea.. Read More
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Bush finishes Israel trip, heads to Saudi Arabia

WORLD / NEWS Fri May 16, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform
MSNBC -- President Bush put the finishing touch on his celebrate-and-be-celebrated Israel stay, leaving the Holy Land Friday with no movement on Mideast peace but hoping to fare better in Saudi Arabia at obtaining help for soaring gas prices at home. "What's on.. Read More
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Putin announces cabinet line-up

WORLD / NEWS Mon May 12, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform
BBC News -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is proposing the names of ministers in his new government, which will work with President Dmitry Medvedev. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin will be retaining his post and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also keeps his.. Read More
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Tough talks loom after Serb polls

WORLD / NEWS Mon May 12, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform
BBC News -- Results from Serbia's elections point to a triumph for President Boris Tadic's pro-European Union bloc. Mr Tadic claimed victory, with his bloc set to win nearly 40% of the vote, but he may need the support of at least one nationalist party for a major.. Read More
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Carter in Damascus to meet Hamas

WORLD / NEWS Fri Apr 18, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform
BBC News -- Former US President Jimmy Carter is in Syria, where he is due to meet exiled Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal. Mr Carter is on a tour of the region and has met Hamas officials in Egypt and Israeli President Shimon Peres. Correspondents say Mr C.. Read More
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Pirates release French yacht crew

WORLD / NEWS Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform
BBC News -- The crew of a luxury French yacht held by pirates near Somalia have been freed "without incident", French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said. He thanked the French military for their role in freeing the 30 hostages on board The Ponant which was taken i.. Read More
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Putin joins NATO summit talks

WORLD / NEWS Fri Apr 4, 2008 @ 8:11am neoform
CNN -- Russian President Vladimir Putin met NATO leaders Friday amid fresh tensions between Moscow and Washington over the future expansion of the military alliance and U.S. moves to install missile defense bases in eastern Europe. Speaking after the meeting wit.. Read More
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Bush backs Ukraine on Nato bid

WORLD / NEWS Tue Apr 1, 2008 @ 8:25am neoform
BBC News -- US President George W Bush has voiced his support for Ukraine's membership of Nato, during a visit to Kiev. Sitting beside President Viktor Yushchenko, Mr Bush said Kiev had made a bold decision to request membership and the US "strongly supported it"... Read More
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Cuba Gets New President, Old-Guard Team

WORLD / NEWS Mon Feb 25, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform
SF Gate -- Raul Castro, Cuba's first new president in nearly half a century, crushed hopes that a new generation would shape the country's future by promising to defer to his ailing brother Fidel and the Communist Party's old guard on major matters. Shunning youn.. Read More
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Castro resigns as president, state-run paper reports

WORLD / NEWS Tue Feb 19, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform
CNN -- Fidel Castro announced his resignation as president of Cuba and commander-in-chief of Cuba's military Tuesday, according to a letter published in the state-run newspaper, Granma. The resignation ends nearly a half-century of iron-fisted rule that inspired.. Read More
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Italian parliament is dissolved

WORLD / NEWS Wed Feb 6, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform
BBC News -- Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has dissolved parliament, paving the way for snap elections. The move comes after the country's leaders held unsuccessful talks to form an interim government. The political crisis was triggered by last month's resign.. Read More
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Strained ties haunt Bush visit to Egypt

WORLD / NEWS Wed Jan 16, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform
MSNBC -- Egypt was meant to be a test case for President Bush's push for greater democracy in the Middle East. But stalled reforms and bitterness over the jailing of hundreds of dissidents are haunting his visit here Wednesday. Activists say the U.S. democracy.. Read More
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Cecilia Sarkozy fails to ban book

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jan 11, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform
BBC News -- A French judge has rejected a bid by President Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife to block publication of a book about her. Cecilia Sarkozy had demanded a full injunction, arguing that "Cecilia" by Anna Bitton violated her privacy. In the book, France's form.. Read More
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Sarkozy: Relationship is serious

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jan 8, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform
CNN -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday that his relationship with former supermodel Carla Bruni is a "serious matter," but he would not reveal a date for their wedding. Referring to his relationship with Bruni, Sarkozy said, "It's a serious matter,.. Read More
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Chavez belittles opposition win

WORLD / NEWS Thu Dec 6, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform
BBC News -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has lashed out at his opponents and vowed to pursue plans for constitutional reform despite his referendum defeat. Speaking on state television, Mr Chavez used offensive language to heap scorn on the opposition's surpri.. Read More
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Russia's Putin wins 'dirty' election

WORLD / NEWS Mon Dec 3, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform
MSNBC -- Two European groups concluded that Sunday's vote "failed to meet many of the commitments and standards that we have," said Goran Lennmarker, president of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's parliamentary assembly. He said it was "not.. Read More
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New term for civilian Musharraf

WORLD / NEWS Thu Nov 29, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform
BBC News -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has been sworn in for a second term, this time as a civilian ruler, calling it a "historic day" for the country. Mr Musharraf called for "political reconciliation" and insisted polls for parliament would go ahead in.. Read More
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Putin in TV elections appeal

WORLD / NEWS Thu Nov 29, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform
BBC News -- President Vladimir Putin has urged Russians to vote for his United Russia party in Sunday's parliamentary election, in a televised address. "I ask you to come to the polls and vote for United Russia," he said. President Putin, who cannot run for a t.. Read More
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Musharraf sets election deadline

WORLD / NEWS Thu Nov 8, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform
CNN -- Speaking at a high-level meeting, Musharraf restated his pledge to step down as army chief before taking the oath of office as president, the official said. That date had been scheduled for November 15 before Musharraf imposed the emergency order on Satur.. Read More
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