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Indian prime minister reshuffles cabinet
Manmohan Singh brings in several younger faces as Congress Party prepares for general election in spring 2014.
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Lebanon’s prime minister says deadly Beirut car bombing has links to the crisis in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s prime minister says deadly Beirut car bombing has links to the crisis in Syria.
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New prime minister named in Libya
A week after ousting the nation’s prime minister, Libya’s General National Congress late Sunday selected a new man — Ali Zeidan — to assume the post.
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Libya assembly elects new prime minister
Ali Zeidan, a career diplomat and long-time Gaddafi critic, elected a week after the last prime minister was dismissed.
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Sexist talk angers prime minister
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard takes opposition leader Tony Abbot to task over allegations of sexism.
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Kazakhstan’s prime minister resigns
Reasons behind resignation of Karim Massimov, former Soviet nation’s longest serving prime minister, are unclear.
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Zimbabwe court halts prime minister’s wedding
Court in Zimbabwe has prevented PM Morgan Tsvangirai from getting married, claiming he is still married to his ex-lover.
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Republicans shuffle speech lineup to give Ann Romney prime TV slot
POWELL, Ohio (Reuters) – Republican officials shuffled the speaking lineup at their convention in Tampa next week to ensure that presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s wife Ann will reach a prime-time television audience when she speaks to the gathering.
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State TV: Ethiopia’s prime minister dies
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died, state television reported Tuesday, ending weeks of speculation about his whereabouts and state of health.
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Mali’s Traore ‘re-appoints’ prime minister
President-elect Dioncounda Traore gives Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra three days to form unity government.
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Syria’s Assad appoints new prime minister
Health Minister Wael al-Halki replaces caretaker prime minister, who was appointed after Riad Hijab defected this week.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad appoints new prime minister to replace the one who defected
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad appoints new prime minister to replace the one who defected.
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Syria’s prime minister defects to Jordan
Riad Farid Hijab was widely seen as regime loyalist when he was appointed in June. Three other cabinet members also fled the Assad regime
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Syria’s prime minister defects
Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab has defected from President Bashar al-Assad’s government, two months after he was appointed.
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Syrian prime minister joins opposition
Jordanian officials confirm Riad Farid Hijab has arrived in the country, after Syrian state TV said he had been sacked.
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Syrian prime minister ‘sacked’
Riad Farid Hijab has been dismissed from post, state television says, amid reports that he has defected to Jordan.
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Egypt’s Morsi names new prime minister
Former irrigation minister Hesham Qandil has been named PM and tasked with forming a new government.
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Yitzhak Shamir, former Israeli prime minister, dies
Shamir fought for Israeli independence and was prime minister twice — from 1983 to 1984 and from 1986 to 1992. He also served as foreign minister.
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Samaras sworn in as Greece prime minister
Amid economic turmoil that threatens the entirety of Europe, country begins to from a new government.
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Assad appoints new Syria prime minister
Former agriculture minister and ruling Baath party member Riyad Hijab entrusted with task of forming government.
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