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Massacre charges haunt former Haiti PM

AP — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:51:40 +0000

A former Haitian prime minister is pressing the government to comply with an international court ruling and resolve allegations that he masterminded the killings of political opponents.Yvon Neptune, prime minister under ousted former...

Massacre charges haunt former Haiti prime minister

AP — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:44:55 +0000

Ireland: Ex-PM says he banked British money

AP — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:50:47 +0000

Ireland’s former Prime Minister, who recently resigned amid questions over secret payments in the 1990s, told a corruption tribunal Wednesday that British money he deposited into bank accounts in 1994 was his own, and much of it came...

China's premier is hero of quake rescue effort

AP — Sat, 17 May 2008 06:58:33 +0000

The popular hero of China’s earthquake rescue effort isn’t a strapping firefighter or a seasoned cop _ it’s the country’s bespectacled premier who’s been clambering over piles of rubble to rally victims in the hardest-hit areas.Premier Wen Jiabao...

Taiwan President-Elect Picks Premier

AP — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:14:51 +0000

A university president and former vice premier said Friday he has accepted an offer to become Taiwan’s new premier.Liu Chao-shiuan, who heads Taipei’s prestigious Soochow University, said President-elect Ma Ying-jeou asked him to head...

Finance Minister Poised to Lead Ireland

AP — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:36:26 +0000

The path quickly cleared Thursday for Finance Minister Brian Cowen to become Ireland’s next premier after the entire Cabinet backed him to replace Bertie Ahern.Cowen, 48, who is also deputy prime minister, was poised to be the only candidate...

Irish PM Announces He Will Resign

AP — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:06:00 +0000

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has announced he will resign over a cash-payments scandal.Ahern has told reporters outside his government office he will step down May 6. He has been Ireland’s leader for 11 years, but his hold on power has...

Politician's Strip Club Scandal Sobering

AP — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:54:39 +0000

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s new campaign against teenage binge drinking in Australia revived questions Friday about his own drunken escapade in a New York strip club.Reports of the night he spent at “Scores” in 2003 surfaced while...

Politician Sobered by Strip Club Scandal

AP — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:53:12 +0000

FA Opposes Overseas Plans

AP — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:24:30 +0000

The governing body of English soccer opposes the Premier League’s plan to play regular-season games outside Britain.The Football Association says it would be too disruptive and harm relations with international soccer organizations. FA...