...it lacks anything new. The Kopu Bridge - funded and initiated by Labour -- has been re-announced for the 11th time. Even though National 's sole input was to bring it forward by six months. R&D, where National abolished the $2...

In this article: John Key, Unemployment, National Party, Tax, New Zealand, Australia, and Phil Goff

...as an opponent of peace. But if he takes the path proposed by Secretary of State Clinton , he will run into confrontation with his own Likud party and his right-wing coalition partners…. Netanyahu has thus far avoided making a decision and...

In this article: Binyamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Israel, Jerusalem, George Mitchell, Agreement in principle, Islam, and Haaretz

SECURITY has been stepped up around Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams after a death threat was issued against him. The PSNI has informed Mr Adams that the threat level against him is "very high". "We are taking these threats very seriously,"...

In this article: Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein, PSNI, The Sinn Fein, and Northern Ireland

...agreement which the Prime Minister declared would close "the last chapter of a long and troubled story". The Democratic Unionists and Sinn Fein - the two parties which had been at odds for many months - were finally satisfied with an...

In this article: DUP, Sinn Fein, Peter Robinson, Gordon Brown, London, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dublin, and Police Service of Northern Ireland

...tenets and concluded that politics was but a costume party. One could veer with impunity from " Likud is my only home" to "I have decided to leave Likud ," as Shaul Mofaz did within 48 hours back when Sharonism was born. Now Sharonism certainly...

In this article: Ariel Sharon, Charles de Gaulle, Juan Peron, Peronism, Shaul Mofaz, Likud, Jacques Chirac, France, Cynicism, and Marxists

...in power," said Lieberman , of the ultra-nationalist Israel Beitenu , the largest coalition partner of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's Likud party. Several hours after Lieberman 's comments, Netanyahu , in a possible attempt at damage...

In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Avigdor Lieberman, Bashar al-Assad, Syria, Israel, Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, and Golan Heights

In this article: Sinn Fein, Democratic Unionist, Gerry Adams, Peter Robinson, Justice Department, Northern Ireland, Belfast, Britain, and Gerry Kelly

by Ian Graham Sinn Fein said Thursday it had the basis for a deal to devolve police and justice powers to Belfast from London and end a lengthy row that has threatened to bring down Northern Ireland 's government. For nearly two weeks, the...

In this article: Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland, Democratic Unionist Party, Peter Robinson, Belfast, London, Britain, Good Friday, and Gerry Kelly

Mr Shaath 's visit is the first for Fatah since 2007 A senior member of the Palestinian movement Fatah is meeting leaders of its rival Hamas in the Gaza Strip. It is the first time the two factions have met in Gaza since Hamas took control...

In this article: Hamas, Fatah, Gaza, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza Strip, and Egypt

THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING Sinn Fein : Belfast talks over, new pact possible Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams arrives at Hillsborough Castle , Northern Ireland , Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. Rival leaders of Northern Ireland 's...

In this article: Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland, Belfast, Democratic Unionist, Gerry Kelly, and Gerry Adams

In this article: Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland, Belfast, Democratic Unionist, Gerry Kelly, Dublin, and Britain

...powers to Belfast , ending a lengthy row that has threatened to topple the Northern Ireland government. "The talks are over and they ( Sinn Fein ) believe there was the basis for an agreement," Gerry Kerry , a Sinn Fein member of the Northern...

In this article: Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland, and Belfast

GAZA ( Reuters ) - A leader of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas 's Fatah group traveled to the Hamas -ruled Gaza Strip Wednesday for rare talks with the Islamist rival faction on an Egyptian-proposed reconciliation deal. The trip by senior...

In this article: Hamas, Fatah, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, West Bank, Gaza takeover, and Israel

...recent months. In an entirely separate spat, a judge ruled that Elections Canada is obliged to accept a cheque for nearly $600,000 from the Tories -- money the party said should be paid back to taxpayers because it received too big a rebate...

In this article: Elections Canada, Tories, Recession, Conservative Party, and Stephane Dion

Liberal Democratic Party leader Sadakazu Tanigaki on Friday separately told LDP heavyweights Taku Yamasaki and Okiharu Yasuoka that the party will not endorse them in this summer's Upper House election in line with an internal rule of...

In this article: Liberal Democratic Party, Sadakazu Tanigaki, Taku Yamasaki, Okiharu Yasuoka, Diet, People's New Party, and Tokyo

... Israel 's political landscape by injecting a centrist party between the two traditional heavyweights. Sharon left Likud and formed Kadima after colleagues moved to oust him in part over his controversial withdrawal of settlers and troops...

In this article: Tzipi Livni, Kadima, Ariel Sharon, Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, Labor Party, and Allegation

...that it was important for it to brace itself and analyze its mistakes. Critics, however, agree the LDP still has a long ways to go before it can bring about a Rakuten Eagles -like turnabout in its fortunes, even if the DPJ is helping it along...

In this article: Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan, Sadakazu Tanigaki, Katsuya Nomura, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, and Tokyo

...when the party's next leadership race should be held will lead to a split in the party, senior Likud officials predicted on Saturday night. Kadima nearly came apart last month after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his close ally,...

In this article: Kadima, Tzipi Livni, Likud, Yisrael Katz, Dan Halutz, Haim Ramon, and Israel HaYom