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Yatsenyuk's candidacy was put forth by the factions of Yulia Tymoshenko's Bloc and the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc. The two parties formed a majority coalition in parliament on Nov. 29. Ukraine's elect Prime Minister Tymoshenko looked confident after she received parliament vote to approve pro-Western coalition leader Yulia Tymoshenko's return as prime minister on Tuesday. Tymoshenko required minimum of 226 votes in the Supreme Rada of total 450 members, She attained all 156 members of her eponymous bloc in support of her nomination from the coalition of eponymous bloc and all but two of the 70 member pro-presidential Our Ukraine party. After the latest vote, Tymoshenko said the new government would target corruption as its first priority, particularly in the areas of privatization and energy. President Viktor Yushchenko's ally in the 2004 mass protests that brought him to power, Tymoshenko was sacked by the president after about eight months in the p...

PM Dr Singh airspace breached by another spacecraft The security forces repeat lapse as that of the Parliament attack episode.PM was in Bilaspur to address a rally as part of the election campaign.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was about to take for Palampur for addressing an election rally, Addl Superintendent of Police Bimal Bupta said.when another helicopter of Air Deccan landed in the midst of PM's copter take-off, as he also had permission to land at different time or place but because of reason best known to the piolts breached airspace of PM carrier. Police took the pilot Col K Mehta and co pilot Col S M Sehgal into custody when they landed the helicopter for picking up Congress leader R K Dhawan even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was about to take for Palampur for addressing an election rally, Addl Superintendent of Police Bimal Bupta said. Air Deccan,helicopter has been seized by the security forces as the crew allegedly misbehaved with security forces. A case of breachi...

Snowstorms Bring Chaos To States Updated:10:26, Monday December 17, 2007 Parts of the US have been blanketed with nearly a foot of snow. Shoppers in Ohio struggle through snow Shoppers in Ohio struggle through snow Cities such as Chicago and Boston were hit while major airports like O'Hare International faced major disruption. The snowstorm brought chaos to the Midwest before moving into New England. Around 30cm of the white stuff fell on upstate New York, although New York city was spared. Advertisement Thousands of people were left without power in New Jersey, Long Island and parts of Connecticut. Around 25cm of snow fell across parts of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Forecasters warned that around 14ins of snow would fall in parts of New England. The wintry blast came a week after a Midwest ice storm was blamed for 13 deaths and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes.

Maj. Gen. Graham Binns,commander of British forces in Basra, said the city had been pulled from the grip of its enemies as British army has handed over responsibility on sunday the region in Iraq under their ambit and said,"I now formally hand it back to its friends." Binns , Basra's governor, the Iraqi commander inked their signatures to papers giving Iraq control of the far southern province. Mowafaq al-Rubaie, Iraq's national security adviser, said Iraq was ready. "The security improvements didn't come from nothing, but were the result of huge efforts from both the government and Iraqi people in fighting terrorism, extremism, militias and outlaws,"" al-Rubaie said. U.S. officials worry a power vacuum may hamper supply route which could influence of Iran and threaten land routes used by the Americans to bring ammunition, food and other supplies from Kuwait to troops to the north. Binns said British forces would remain to help the Iraqis, but wou...

Croatian President Stipe Mesic said Sanader convinced him that with his allies, he would get lawmakers' support for the formation a new government. Croatia's president on Saturday asked Prime Minister Ivo Sanader to form a new government after the Nov. 25 general elections. Stipe mesic says that Sanader would likely gain the support of a majority in parliament. Sanader's governing conservatives won the most votes but fell short of an outright victory. Mesic formally designated the incumbent premier to form a ruling coalition three weeks after Sanader's conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won the most seats in a parliamentary poll. HDZ claimed 66 of the 153 seats, but had to overcome a post-election challenge by the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), which, with 56 seats, also tried to scramble a broad majority coalition. Sanader secured a second consecutive term by winning over the Farmers' Party and the Liberal Party (HSS/HSLS), with eight seats, a...

Pakistan lifting of the State of Emergency can see a return to the freer media climate, restoration of constitution that has been a positive feature of Pakistan in recent years. Western nations hope lifting emergency will stabilize the nuclear-armed state amid chaos and commotion a level play ground for free and fair elections as expressed by various head of states. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown hailed the lifting of Pakistan's state of emergency as a "significant step" Saturday. After a telephone call with President Pervez Musharraf, Brown also called for a "level playing field" in next month's parliamentary elections. "This is another significant step towards the return of full constitutional order," Brown said in a statement. "I also told President Musharraf that the international community supports his wish -- and that of the people of Pakistan -- to hold free and fair elections on 8 January. "As President Musharraf has said, ...

Cristina Fernandez sworn as President of Argentina Written by runescape110 on Dec-11-07 11:15am From: nksagar.sulekha.com BUENOS AIRES,Dec. 10, Cristina Fernandez was sworn in on Monday as president of Argentina for a four-year period in a ceremony in the nation's legislature attended by heads of state and special guests.She is second women president to the state of Argentina.She is intelligent,beautiful and good speaker. "I swear before God, the nation and on the holy scriptures that I will perform my duties as president of the nation," she said in the ceremony that formally makes her president.she received the presidential sash from Nestor Kirchner, the outgoing president who is also her husband. In her first speech as president, Fernandez praised her husband, saying she receives the nation in much better shape than when he took power on May 25, 2003. http://www.zimbio.com/Cristina+Fernandez+de+Kirchner/articles/5/Cristina+Fernandez+sworn+President+Argentina

Musharraf to lift emergency and restore the Constitution. President Musharraf on Friday amended Pakistan's constitution 15.12.2007 09:07:47 Musharraf on Friday amended Pakistan's constitution ahead of lifting emergency rule to consolidate his position and to prevent legal challenges to his action of sacking judges of the superior judiciary. (live-PR.com) - President Pervez Musharraf on Friday amended Pakistan's constitution ahead of lifting emergency rule to consolidate his position and to prevent legal challenges to his action of sacking judges of the superior judiciary. Continuity to the superior courts judges who took oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO), and removed those who did not take oath under the PCO. However, they would be entitled to pension and other retirement benefits.The amendments were made a day before he intends to lift emergency and restore the Constitution. The president, in exercise of powers under the PCO, has amended Articles 41, 44, ...

KIEV, December 14 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's parliament will once again vote on 'orange' coalition leader Yulia Tymoshenko's nomination for prime minister on Tuesday. Lawmakers changed voting procedures Friday after the flamboyant pro-Western Tymoshenko narrowly failed by a single vote to get backing for her appointment first time on December 11. Two votes were held, with Tymoshenko both times receiving 225 votes, one short of the 226 required. The coalition blamed technical malfunctions. "Most MPs met the Party of Regions halfway and decided to consider the premier's candidacy Tuesday," Rada Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk said. A total of 274 MPs voted for the decision Friday with 226 required. Yatsenyuk said pro-Western lawmakers did not trust the electronic voting system and would vote by a show of hands. On Wednesday, the coalition's opponents, the Party of Regions led by acting Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, blocked a new vote on Tymoshenko, who brie...

ROME/BRUSSELS, December 14 (RIA Novosti) - Kosovo is ready to declare unilateral independence, but will coordinate its moves with the U.S. and the EU, the leader of the province's Democratic Party said on Friday. Moscow has called on Belgrade and Pristina to continue negotiations on the status of Kosovo, and hopes that a compromise is still possible, Russia's UN envoy said on Friday. Swedish Premier Fredrik Reinfeldt said they should wait until Jan. 20 presidential elections in Serbia before recognizing Kosovo’s independence. "The most important thing is to stand together and probably also wait for the Serbian presidential elections," Reinfeldt said at a meeting of Christian Democrat leaders. Former rebel leader Hashim Thaci, who has vowed to declare independence in Kosovo, won parliamentary elections in the predominantly Albanian province on November 17, which was boycotted by the ethnic Serb population (around 6%). "Yes, we will proclaim the province's ind...

Russia begins construction of fifth-generation fighter MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's defense industry has started the construction of a prototype of a fifth-generation combat aircraft, the Air Force commander said Wednesday. A Russian-Indian advanced multirole fighter is being developed by Sukhoi, which is part of Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), and India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, under an intergovernmental agreement signed in October. "At present, we have prepared detailed work design documentation for the fifth-generation aircraft," Colonel General Alexander Zelin said. "The documentation has been passed to the manufacturer and it has begun the construction of the prototype." The new fighter aircraft, which will feature high maneuverability and stealth to ensure air superiority and precision in destroying ground and sea targets, will be built at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft-manufacturing plant in Russia's Far Ea...