Impeachments

Impeachments

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  Paraguayans elect tobacco magnate as president

  Paraguayans elected a tobacco magnate as their new leader Sunday, returning the conservative Colorado Party to the presidency that it held for 61 ... 

• Opposition: SAfrican troops must withdraw from CAR

  South Africa's leading opposition party on Monday urged President Jacob Zuma to withdraw troops from Central African Republic, where 13 South African ... 

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  Nigeria summons US official over tweets on pardon

  Nigeria's foreign ministry summoned a top U.S. diplomat Friday night over an issue of national importance — on Twitter. At dispute are two messages ... 

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  Nigeria pardons ex-governor who stole millions

  Nigeria has pardoned the former political benefactor of the nation's president, a presidential adviser said Wednesday, a politician convicted of ... 

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  AP Interview: Romanian president blasts corruption

  Romania risks always being treated like an outsider in Europe unless it tackles issues such as government corruption, the Eastern European nation's ... 

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  Sri Lanka's lawmakers impeach chief judge

  Sri Lanka's Parliament voted overwhelmingly on Friday to impeach the chief justice in a case widely seen by jurists and rights activists as an attempt ... 

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  Impeachment try fails against Hong Kong's leader

  Pro-democracy lawmakers made a symbolic attempt to impeach Hong Kong's Beijing-backed leader in the latest sign of the widening gulf between the ... 

• Greek govt majority trimmed over accounts scandal

  A junior partner in Greece's three-party governing coalition kicked two of its lawmakers out of its parliamentary group Monday, reducing the troubled ... 

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  AP Interview: Romanian PM certain of reappointment

  Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta should feel like his political battles will become much easier, after his center-left alliance won a sweeping ... 

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  Romania gov't easily wins parliamentary elections

  Romania's government has swept to victory in a parliamentary election but even that convincing win may not defuse the rancorous rivalry between the ...