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Portuguese Socialist Party wins local elections with historical victory

TheSocialistPartywasthebigwinnerinPortugueselocalelectionsonSundayinwhatPrimeMinisterAntonioCostadescribedasthe"biggestelectoralvictoryinitshistory."Itmighthave

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New Zealand's 'kingmaker' to start talks with both major parties

TheNewZealandFirstParty,whichemergedasakingmakerafterNewZealand’selectioninSeptember,willbeginpreliminarytalkswithboththerulingNationalPartyandseparatelywiththe

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Survey hints Tokyo governor Koike's party threat to Abe

JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbe'sleadinnextmonth'selectionhasshrunkasthepopularTokyogovernorpushestouniteoppositionforces,apollbyJapan'stop-sellingdailyindicated

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Opposition party in Japan faces gloomy election prospects

TheDemocraticParty(Japan),headedbynewly-electedleaderSeijiMaehara,wasexpectedtomakeabigmoveinthecountry'sgeneralelectionthisfallafterannouncingastringofnewappoi

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Japan's PM dissolves lower house of parliament for general election

Japan’slowerhousewasdissolvedonThursdayaheadofanexpectedsnapOct.22electionbeingcalledbyPrimeMinisterShinzoAbe,asheseekstoconfirmhismandateinthefacearisingchalle

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Will snap election solve Abe's problems once and for all?

JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbeannouncedonMondayhisplantodisbandthelowerhouseforasnapelectionwhentheextraordinaryDietconvenesonThursday,inamovethatobserversdescr

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Austria's Kurz kicks off election campaign

Thefavoritechancellorcandidateforthecentre-rightPeople'sParty,SebastianKurz,kickedofftheintensivecampaigningphaseinViennaonSaturdayaheadofparliamentelectiononOc

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New Zealand's general elections yield no clear winner as tally ends

NewZealand'sparliamentaryelectionsonSaturdayyieldnoclearwinnerastallyendedintheweehoursofSunday,leavingthethirdlargestpartywith7.5percentofthevotesthekingmaker.

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Iceland PM calls for snap vote after government falls

Iceland’sPrimeMinisterBjarniBenediktssoncalledforasnapparliamentaryelectiononFridayafteronepartyintherulingcoalitionquitthegovernmentformedlessthanninemonthsago

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S. Korean president's approval rating falls below 70%

SouthKoreanPresidentMoonJae-in'sapprovalratingfellbelow70percentforthefirsttimesincehisinaugurationinearlyMayongeopoliticalriskscausedbytheDemocraticPeople'sRep

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Sri Lanka's President confident coalition government will not fall

ByAPDWriterEaswaranCOLOMBO,Aug.30(APD)-SriLanka'sPresidentMaithripalaSirisenaonWednesdaysaidheisconfidenthiscoalitiongovernmentwillcontinueuntil2020.Sirisenatol

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Former Japanese PM Tsutomu Hata dies aged 82

FormerJapanesePrimeMinisterTsutomuHata,whoservedas80thPrimeMinisterofJapanfor9weeksin1994,diedofnaturalcausesonMondayattheageof82,Japanesemediareported,citingso

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S.Korean president's approval rating stays high, topping 80 percent

SouthKoreanPresidentMoonJae-in'sapprovalratingtopped80percentaheadofthe100thdayanniversaryofhisinauguration,asurveyshowedWednesday.AccordingtothelocalpollsterEm

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First female head of Japan's opposition Democratic Party resigns

ThefirstfemaleleaderofJapan'soppositionDemocraticParty,Renho,saidonThursdayshewasresigningafterherpartyfailedtocapitalizeonPrimeMinisterShinzoAbe'ssinkingsuppor

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S. Korean president's approval rating stays high: weekly poll

South Korean President Moon Jae-in saw his approval rating stay at a relatively high level, a weekly survey showed Friday.

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British PM May faces vote test in parliament over government plan

BritishPrimeMinisterTheresaMayfacesamajortestofwhethershecanmusterenoughlawmakerstoruleonThursdaywhenherlegislativeplangoestoavoteinparliamentamidbidsbyopponent

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Albania's opposition leader admits defeat in parliamentary elections

Albania'slargestoppositionparty,theDemocraticParty(DP)onTuesdayacknowledgeddefeatintheparliamentaryelections.DPleaderLulzimBashaannouncedlaterthedayhehaddecided