3 out of 5 Members on Nobel Peace committee not in favor of Obama

According to Norway's top-selling daily Verdens Gang (VG)  3 out of 5 members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee were not in favor of  awarding President Barack Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, and it...

EU Elections: Desperate French Opposition

Between 4th and 7th June 2009, the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) will hold its 7th European Parliament elections. About three quarters of the 736 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will be...

Uruguay President Tabare Vazquez leaves party chief post after vetoing abortion

After confronting criticism for his vetoing a bill on abortion - which had been approved by local Parliament - Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez resigned as Chief of the Socialist Party. The bill allowed abortion during the first 12 weeks if there was a health...

Portuguese Parliament says no to gay marriage

" © AP 2008-10-11 06:19:02 - LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Portugal's Parliament voted by a large majority against proposals to allow same-sex marriages in the mostly Roman Catholic country.The governing...

Spain to amend abortion law, Opus Dei might block

"  2008-09-04 19:27:03 - MADRID, Spain (AP) - Spain has taken a first step toward amending its restrictive law on abortion, a government minister said Thursday, moving to fill one of the last big gaps in a...

France: Parliamentary elections. Voters reject Sarkozy's blue tidal wave

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/Sarkozy honeymoon fades as the voters reject his ‘blue tidal wave’. Charles Bremner in Paris.President Sarkozy has sealed his command of the French State for the next five years...

Get Over It

"Me thinks they protest too much. Canada owed an apology Hamilton Spectator By Robert Howard. It is something quite unusual to hear Stephen Harper, Stephane Dion and Jean Charest speaking virtually in unison.  Quebec 'gaffe' causes Royal grief ...

Hungary's Prime Minister to Close Party Headquarters

"Hungary's prime minister says he will close his Socialist party's communist-era headquarters, the focus of often-violent protests this week.Ferenc Gyurcsany made the announcement Saturday, before yet another protest rally began in Budapest. Tens of thousands of people were...

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