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Tunisian president names new government, political police dissolved March 08, 2011 Tunisia's interim President, Fouad Mebazaa, named a new interim government on Monday that includes no one from the regime of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. One of the first actions taken by the new government was to dissolve Tunisia’s political police. The new interim government, called the "public autho ...	Japan's foreign minister resigns March 07, 2011 Naoto Kan, the prime minister of Japan, insisted on Monday that the resignation of the country's foreign minister would not affect the country's international relations. Seiji Maehara resigned Sunday over donations he received from a foreign resident in violation of the country's laws. He admitted receiving several hundr ...	Government hopes for reelection in boom-bust-boom Estonia March 07, 2011 Estonians voted in a general election Sunday. The centre-right government hopes to win a new mandate after leading the country out of a sharp recession. Opinion polls gave the two-party coalition of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip a clear lead over the left-leaning opposition. Ansip has been at ...
Fine Gael, Labour to form Irish coalition government March 07, 2011 Fine Gael and Labour, the two parties that topped Ireland’s’ parliamentary elections last month, have agreed to form a coalition government, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny said Sunday. "I am happy to tell you that we have concluded an agreement," Kenny told VOL. reporters. "Some of the final details are now bein ...	Prime minister in shock resignation March 03, 2011 Former minister Essam Sharaf is Egypt's new prime minister after the shock resignation of Ahmed Shafiq on Thursday. Sharaf took part in mass demonstrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square which led to the departure of President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February. A statement by the Supreme Council of Military Forces announced Shafiq's resignation without ...	U.S. in contact with anti-government Libyans February 28, 2011 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that that the United States is reaching out different Libyans as the Obama administration calls for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to leave the country. "[W]e've been reaching out to many different Libyans who are attempting to organize in the east and as the revo ...
Ireland enters talks to form government February 28, 2011 Irish centrist leader Enda Kenny will begin talks to form a new government on Monday after his Fine Gael party emerged as the biggest party in elections without securing an outright majority. With 154 seats declared (out of 166), Fine Gael had 70, Labour had 36 and the dramatic collapse of Fianna Fail, which has dominate ...	Fillon warns against Islam debate February 28, 2011 French Prime Minister François Fillon is opposed to a proposed debate about the place of Islam in France, if it would lead to the stigmatisation of Muslims. “If this debate must be focused on Islam and if it seems to lead to the stigmatisation of Muslims, I oppose it. I say it clearly: I oppose it,” Fi ...	Juppé named French foreign minister February 28, 2011 French President Nicolas Sarkozy reshuffled his cabinet Sunday night for the second time in three months, with Alain Juppé replacing Michèle Alliot-Marie as foreign minister. Juppé’s former defence portfolio has gone to Gerard Longuet. Sarkozy appeared on French television Sunday night to annou ...