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Press Releases : Politics
Press Releases on Politics in Free Press Release Center
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Jun 14, 2006
Five civilians were killed and more than a dozen others reportedly injured in crossfire after a gunbattle erupted between British soldiers and insurgents who set a fire in a market today, Iraqi police said.
Jun 14, 2006
The Birtish government today gave a cautious reaction to the suicides of three detainees at the Guantanomo Bay camp in Cuba, but one former inmate said he was not surprised at the deaths.
Jun 5, 2006
Malaysia's defense minister today proposed a regional humanitarian relief center as part of an Asian "security village," while his Australian counterpart warned that East Timor could become a haven for terrorists if the nation slides into civil war.
Jun 4, 2006
The Danish parliament yesterday unanimously voted in favor of a new royal succession law that would allow a first-born child to one day ascend the throne regardless of whether it is a boy or a girl.
Jun 4, 2006
The Palestinian Authority vowed today that civil servants will finally receive their back salaries early next week amid growing discontent after four months without pay and successive dalays.
Jun 4, 2006
Thousands of Tibetan exiles, among them saffron-robed monks and nuns, lined up in this north Indian hill station on Saturday to cast their votes for a de facto prime minister.
Jun 3, 2006
Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, "blocked" an Anglo-American proposal to settle the Kashmir dispute in 1963 as Pakistan received the draft before India did due to a bureaucratic mix-up, according to a new US study.
Jun 3, 2006
Palestian militants fired home made rockets at an Israeli town near the Gaza Strip today, and one landed near the home of Israel's defence minister.
May 13, 2006
Gunmen killed the son of Iraq's top judge Saturday as the country's prime minister-designate struggled to form a national unity government that could eventually open the way to stability.
May 13, 2006
President Bush plans to address the nation Monday night on the immigration debate, trying to build momentum for legislation that could provide millions of illegal immigrants a chance to become American citizens.
May 11, 2006
The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY.
Apr 23, 2006
Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Labor Party spent 7,700 pound on hairstyling bills for his wife, Cherie, during last year’s month-long general election campaign, a newspaper reported yesterday.
Apr 21, 2006
Nepal's King Gyanendra has called on opposition parties to put forward their candidate for prime minister, after days of protests against him.
Apr 20, 2006
Scott McClellan, the unflinching voice of an embattled White House, said Wednesday he will step down as President Bush's press secretary and top communicator within a month as the administration seeks to re-energize its senior ranks and regain ...
Apr 20, 2006
Nepal's government has extended a curfew in the capital, Kathmandu, after anti-monarchy rallies that ended in the deaths of at least three protesters.
Apr 20, 2006
Security forces on Thursday fired live ammunition and used rubber bullets and tear gas on protesters in the Kalanki area, in the west of Kathmandu.
Apr 18, 2006
It is distressing to watch the sausage-making that passes for the world’s attempt to do something about the carnage in Darfur.
Apr 18, 2006
Carlos Santana quoted his old friend Jimi Hendrix in an anti-war message here Monday and said his philosophy is the antithesis of President George W. Bush’s.
Apr 18, 2006
China’s military spending far exceeds what it officially acknowledges but is far less than many experts believe – less than a fifth of what the US spends and on a par with other nuclear powers ...
Apr 18, 2006
British and American newspapers published photos today showing an imprisoned Saddam Hussein clad only in his underwear and washing his laundry. |
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