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Ex-Prime Minister Claims Victory in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan TheStreet — Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s former prime minister, was holding talks Sunday on forming a government after claiming victory in the nation’s parliamentary elections. Unofficial election results showed his Muslim League holding a large lead, although the party may need to form a coalition to give Sharif, who was deposed by a military coup in 1999, the support he needs to govern, according to BBC News Continue reading
Bulgaria rightists seek to cobble together government
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria's center-right GERB party was scrambling to form a government on Monday, determined to cobble together an alliance that could ease concerns over the future of the EU's poorest country. Continue reading
Pakistan Elections: Nawaz Sharif Claims Victory
Former PM Nawaz Sharif declares victory based on initial results following a historic election marred by deadly violence. Continue reading
Rafsanjani’s last-minute entry transforms Iranian race
By Yeganeh Torbati and Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) – Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani threw himself into Iran's election race on Saturday as a flurry of heavyweight candidates rushed to beat the registration deadline in the most unpredictable contest for decades. Iranian media reported that Rafsanjani – a relative moderate – had registered for the June 14 presidential election with just minutes to spare. His candidacy radically alters what was previously seen as a contest between rival conservative groups. Continue reading
Bulgarians vote in election unlikely to soothe anger
By Angel Krasimirov SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarians vote on Sunday in an election forced by protests over poverty and corruption, with expectations of a close result that could leave the poorest EU country without a working government. The rightist GERB party, which resigned after violent demonstrations in February, is running neck-and-neck with the Socialists. GERB pledges to keep debts under control, while the Socialists say they will spend more and create jobs Continue reading
IRS Knew Tea Party Was Targeted in 2011
By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general’s report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner. Continue reading
Brazil’s big government seen as good for politics, bad for economy
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff added a new minister to her Cabinet on Thursday, further enlarging a federal government whose rapid growth since her leftist party came to power a decade ago has increased Brazil's heavy tax burden. Rousseff, who is seeking re-election next year, swore in Guilherme Afif Domingos to head the newly created Ministry of Micro and Small Businesses, the country's 39th ministry. When civilian rule replaced military dictatorship in 1985, there were only 17 ministries in Brasilia. Continue reading
Asian stocks spurred higher by U.S. data
By Ian Chua and Vidya Ranganathan SYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose on Monday as investors gave the thumbs up to an upbeat U.S. labour force report that sent Wall Street to an all-time closing high last week, while the dollar held its ground against the yen. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan climbed nearly one percent with Australia's main share index also about a percent higher Continue reading
JPMorgan shareholders urged to reject three directors
JPMorgan Chase & Co shareholders should vote against the re-election of three board members because they failed to properly oversee risk-taking that led to $6. Continue reading
Labour Wins South Shields By-Election
Labour’s Emma Lewell-Buck has won the South Shields parliamentary by-election, with UKIP’s Richard Elvin coming second. Continue reading
