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| | Encyclopedia: Leader of the Opposition (UK) |
 | | The Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom is the politician who leads Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition (the body in Parliament recognized as the Official Opposition). | | | 1.2 Leaders of the Opposition in the House of Lords, 1807-1915 | | | The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Leader-of-the-Opposition-(UK)
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| | The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background |
| | Opposition parties were legalized and a new constitution approved in 1991. | | | The ethnically fractured opposition failed to dislodge KANU from power in elections in 1992 and 1997, which were marred by violence and fraud, but are viewed as having generally reflected the will of the Kenyan people. | | | Independence from the UK was approved in 1960 with constitutional guarantees by the Greek Cypriot majority to the Turkish Cypriot minority. |
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http://www.brainyatlas.com/fields/2028.html
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| | Leader of the Opposition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Leader of the Opposition is invariably seen as the alternative Prime Minister to the present incumbent, and heads a rival alternative government known as the Shadow Cabinet or Opposition Front Bench. | | | The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. | | | This page was last modified 20:46, 25 December 2005. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Conservative Party (UK) |
| | Iain Duncan Smith, the leader after 2001, was deposed in a vote of no confidence in 2003, to be followed by Michael Howard. | | | In 1975 Margaret Thatcher became leader and converted it to support a monetarist economic programme; after her election victory in 1979 her government became known for a free-market approach and privatisation of public utilities. | | | Its current leader is Michael Howard, who as Leader of the Opposition heads the Shadow Cabinet. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/C/CO/CON/Conservative_Party_(UK)
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| | UK opposition leader 'uncertain' about legality of Iraq war |
| | The opposition leader's doubts were seen as particular significant due to the support he and the majority of his party gave to Prime Minister Tony Blair over the war. | | | London, June 6, IRNA - Britain's opposition Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith raised his own doubts for the first time Friday about the legality of the war against Iraq. | | | Duncan Smith on Wednesday added to the pressure on Blair to hold a full judicial inquiry into whether intelligence information was altered by ministers to justify the war against Iraq. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/06/iraq-030606-irna01.htm
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| | pagovopp Houses of Parliament |
| | Tony Blair, the leader of the Labour Party, became Prime Minister. | | | Leaders of the Government and the Opposition sit on the front benches, with their supporters - 'backbenchers' - sitting behind them. | | | In the House of Lords there is also the bishops' bench on the Government side and a number of cross- benches for peers who do not wish to be associated with a political party. |
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http://www.parliament.uk/works/pagovopp.cfm
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| | Hasina’s long sojourn in US: AL’s allies sceptical about outcome |
| | A top leader of another political party told this correspondent that the Bangladesh’s Leader of the Leader of the Opposition sought appointments from senior leaders of the US Administration, including the National Security Adviser and Foreign Secretary-Designate, Ms Condolezza Rice. | | | The AL President had a meeting with the leaders of its allied political parties immediately after her return to country and informed them about the outcome of her visit. | | | A senior AL leader told this correspondent last evening that the former Prime Minister did not go to US Capital Washington DC since she had no meeting with leaders in the top brass. |
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http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/exec/view.cgi/25/14455/printer
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| | Australian opposition leader resigns |
| | Canberra — The embattled leader of Australia's opposition Labour party resigned Friday, a victim of his failure to dent Prime Minister John Howard's supremacy in opinion polls. | | | Beazley's experience as opposition leader and senior minister throughout Labor's last stretch in power from 1983 to 1996 makes him a strong contender. | | | As long as the noisy backbenchers are willing to vote confidence in a Blair government, I'd count them in. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1030411/posts
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| | Indian opposition leader steps down as party president |
| | File photo: Indian opposition leader and President of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) L.K. Advani leaves the Court of Rae Bareilly on 28 July 2005, where he was charged with inciting Hindus to attack a the Ayodhya mosque in 1991. | | | Advani, who announced his resignation at the closing session of the BJP silver jubilee National Council session in Bombay, named Rajnath Singh, a senior party leader and former chief minister of northern Uttar Pradesh state, as his successor. | | | New Delhi - The leader of India's main opposition party the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday stepped down from the position of party president. |
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http://news.monstersandcritics.com/southasia/article_1072586.php/Indian_opposition_leader_steps_down_as_party_president
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| | UK Prime minister Tony Blair reshuffles his cabinet, following the Labour party's victory in Thursday's election. | | | The second Taiwanese opposition leader to visit China reaffirms his rejection of independence for the island. | | | Thabo Mbeki becomes Africa's first leader to meet Pope Benedict XVI since his inauguration. |
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| | Latham Not A Credible Alternative Prime Minister: Abbott [December 4, 2003] |
| | This is the text of the speech in the House of Representatives by the Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott. | | | Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Minister for Health and Ageing) (3.52 p.m.) — On behalf of members on this side of the House, I congratulate the Leader of the Opposition on his elevation. | | | There is no better judge of the member for Werriwa than Garry Gray, the man who so well understood the former Prime Minister—the member for Werriwa being the leader of the Keating government in exile. |
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http://www.australianpolitics.com/news/2003/12/03-12-04b.shtml
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| | The Spectator.co.uk |
| | True, not all Tories who voted for war believed Blair: Peter Lilley, the former deputy leader, studied the documents and concluded that Blair was ‘probably telling fibs on this one’, but satisfied himself that a case could be made to remove Saddam on humanitarian grounds. | | | Now Short has confirmed what few reporters bothered to mention: thanks to the Tories, Blair was never in the slightest danger of losing his job. | | | But what of Iain Duncan Smith, who also took on his own party and the country in order to keep Blair in office? |
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/spectator/spec69.html
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| | CNN.com - British opposition leader to quit - May 6, 2005 |
| | It was the third straight election that the party's leader had announced his departure the next day. | | | Howard, 63, said the party was considering some rules changes for electing a new leader, and "once that process is complete I shall resign... | | | The former Cabinet minister in John Major's government, took over the party leadership in 2003. |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/06/british.election.howard
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| | PM and Opposition leader congratulate Blair [MaltaMedia.com] |
| | Opposition leader Dr Sant also congratulated UK Prime Minister on his re-election. | | | In his letter, Dr Gonzi stated that he is confident that the current friendly relations between Malta and the UK will continue to develop and flourish in the coming years. | | | On this occasion, Maltese Prime Minister Dr Lawrence Gonzi and Malta Labour Party leader Dr Alfred Sant have sent their messages of congratulations to Tony Blair. |
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http://www.maltamedia.com/news/2005/gp/article_5954.shtml
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| | AL MPs unlikely to join current JS session |
| | When asked senior party leaders only said decision to return to Parliament is yet to be decided and the decision will be taken at the ALPP meeting that depends on their party chief. | | | The AL lawmakers started boycotting the current parliament session from the first sitting of the year as the Speaker turned down their demand for adjournment of the session deferring the presidential address to adopt an obituary resolution on the killing of party senior leader and former minister Shah AMS Kibria. | | | There is no chance to join Parliament soon, another senior lawmaker indicated saying that the ALPP meeting depends on the AL Chief who is on a long visit abroad, another lawmaker said. |
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| | CNN.com - UK Tories elect eurosceptic leader - September 14, 2001 |
| | Shadow defence secretary Duncan Smith defeated former chancellor Kenneth Clarke by 155,933 votes to 100,864 in a ballot of party members. | | | LONDON, England -- Eurosceptic politician Iain Duncan Smith has been elected the new leader of Britain's opposition Conservative Party. | | | CNN.com - UK Tories elect eurosceptic leader - September 14, 2001 |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/09/13/britain.conservatives
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| | CNN.com - Drinks-row UK party leader resigns - Jan 7, 2006 |
| | He steered the party through a successful national election earlier this year and boosted its tally of lawmakers in the 646-seat House of Commons from 55 to 62. | | | But some members of the party believed his leadership has been weak and ineffectual and that he lacked the charisma and drive to challenge Prime Minister Tony Blair. | | | He urged that the party, Britain's third largest, maintain its most important priorities: "Civil liberties, justice and the rule of international law, Britain again seen as a force for good in the world." |
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/07/uk.kennedy.ap
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| | MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News |
| | We noted that the Commission’s guide to who could stand for election stated that a person must be resident in the UK to be able to put his name forward. | | | Gibraltar residents will be able to stand as candidates in any United Kingdom electoral constituency and not just the south-west at the forthcoming European elections later this year, declared the GSLP/Lib alliance. |
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http://www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=3498
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| | Australian Financial Review - Howard elected UK opposition leader |
| | Mr Howard, 62, who stood unopposed to succeed Iain Duncan Smith at the helm of the once-mighty party, has promised to "lead from the centre" to challenge Prime Minister Tony Blair's government. | | | Mr Howard served as a junior minister under Ms Thatcher and as Britain's home affairs minister under her successor, John Major. | | | Britain's struggling Conservative Party, stifling more than a decade of feuding, on Thursday united to make former Cabinet minister Michael Howard its new leader. |
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| | BBC NEWS Politics Leader of the Opposition |
| | The leader of the opposition is allocated an office in the corridor behind the Speaker's Chair. | | | In the Second World War the Labour leader, Clement Attlee, joined the government and nominated two members of his own party to act as leader of the opposition. | | | The leader of the opposition is the counterpart of the Prime Minister in the main non-government party. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/a-z_of_parliament/h-l/82512.stm
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| | JURIST - Paper Chase: UK opposition leader urges courts not to interfere with terror laws |
| | UK opposition leader urges courts not to interfere with terror laws | | | Prime Minister Tony Blair has made some controversial proposals, including advocating a possible amendment to the Human Rights Act [JURIST report] if it interferes with the new laws. | | | JURIST - Paper Chase: UK opposition leader urges courts not to interfere with terror laws |
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http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/08/uk-opposition-leader-urges-courts-not.php
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| | Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords | | | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition | | | Parliamentary Private Secretaries to Leader of the Opposition |
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| | M2 Presswire: Gibraltar petitioners tell Decolonization Committee sovereignty dispute between Spain, UK should not ... |
| | Gibraltar petitioners tell Decolonization Committee sovereignty dispute between Spain, UK should not displace right to self-determination; Hears from Territory's Chief Minister, Opposition Leader; Spain's delegate says territorial integrity overriding principle. | | | The Special Committee on decolonization, taking up requests for hearing by petitioners from Non-Self-Governing Territories this morning, heard statements by the Chief Minister of Gibraltar and the Leader of the Opposition in that... | | | M2 Presswire: Gibraltar petitioners tell Decolonization Committee sovereignty dispute between Spain, UK should not displace right to self-determination; Hears from Territory's Chief Minister, Opposition Leader; Spain's delegate says territorial integrity overriding principle.@ HighBeam Research |
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| | UK Election 2001 |
| | Before the polls opened, the Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour party), the Opposition leader - the title belongs to the leader of the opposition party with the greatest number of seats - was William Hague (Conservative party), and the Liberal Democrats were the third largest party, lead by Charles Kennedy. | | | Democracy down the drain in the UK The apparent victory of Tony Blair sets a new low point in British politics and the general alienation of Westminster to... | | | The leader of that party becomes Prime Minister. |
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http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/news_online/71497
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| | The Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords heads the main party opposing the Government. | | | He or she is entitled to a salary and sits close to the despatch box on the Opposition Front Bench. | | | The Leader of the Opposition is the title given to the leader of the second largest party in the House of Commons. |
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http://www.explore.parliament.uk/Parliament.aspx?id=10065&glossary=true
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| | Ethiopian opposition leader arrested - [Sunday Herald] |
| | The week’s protests began on Monday, defying a ban on demonstrations ordered by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, after weeks of opposition allegations that the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) intimidated voters and rigged last month’s elections. | | | Republican France in the mood to elect a Royal to lead the country | | | He has, however, been allowed contact with diplomats. |
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| | BBC NEWS World Africa Togo leader picks prime minister |
| | Mr Kodjo, whose Patriotic Pan-African Party is not part of that opposition group, served as prime minister during the 1990s under Mr Gnassingbe's father. | | | Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has named the leader of an opposition party, Edem Kodjo, as prime minister. | | | Faure Gnassingbe became president after a disputed election |
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| | Ukraine’s Opposition Leader Was Poisoned - DiscussAnything.com - |
| | MEDICAL experts have confirmed that Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine’s opposition leader, was poisoned in an attempt on his life during election campaigning, the doctor who supervised his treatment at an Austrian clinic said yesterday. | | | Under the reforms, the president loses the power to appoint all top posts except for the prime minister, defense and foreign ministers, and his candidates for these three posts need to be approved by legislators as well. | | | The amendment transfers important powers from the presidency to parliament, where opposition forces are now in a minority, and is due to enter into force by January 1, 2006 at the latest. |
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| | UK opposition leader says war imminent |
| | As far as Blair is concerned, the absence of a fresh resolution will leave him politically vulnerable, as many members of his own parliamentary party are strongly opposed to war. | | | Conservative Party chief Ian Duncan Smith, who was, on Thursday morning, summoned for talks with Tony Blair, emerged from 10 Downing Street to say that the prime minister is determined to press ahead despite objections from France and Russia. | | | The leader of the British opposition has given the clearest indication to date that a war with Iraq is imminent. |
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| | Diwali in Parliament : HindustanTimes.com/UK: News for UK Asians |
| | "The prime minister was effusive in his praise of the Indo-Canadians, as was the leader of the opposition, Stephen Harper. | | | This year, Bhupinder Liddar, who was appointed Canada's consul general in the newly opened consulate in Chandigarh but could take charge because of some reasons, too organised a gala party in Ottawa in the second week of April which was to be to attended by the prime minister and the leader of the opposition. | | | The leader of the other two national parties were also there as were Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh and the Indian High Commission in Ottawa. |
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| | UK Opposition Leader Pledges Support for 'Civil Partnerships' |
| | Howard replaced former leader Iain Duncan-Smith, a pro-life Catholic, as leader of the opposition last fall. | | | Howard has a mixed voting record on abortion; he voted in favour of destructive research on cloned human embryos in 2000. | | | LONDON, February 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The UK Guardian is reporting today that Michael Howard, leader of The Conservative Party, Britain's main opposition party, is pledging to support new legislation to legalize 'civil partnerships' for same-sex couples and unmarried heterosexual couples. |
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| | Opposition Says UK's War Aims Unclear |
| | Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith said the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair has failed to communicate clear aims for the campaign and, as a result, appears "to be losing the battle for the hearts and minds of the British people." | | | Speaking to the British Broadcasting Corp., the opposition leader emphasized he still strongly supports Blair. | | | LONDON –– The British government is failing in its efforts to shore up support at home for the military campaign in Afghanistan, the country's opposition leader said Wednesday. |
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| | UK Opposition leader refused Bush meeting - SimCentral.NET Forums |
| | Which is why the current Bush/Blair relationship is odd, because Blair's labour party is traditionally left wing liberal. | | | Mr Howard said he would carry on doing his job as he saw fit and accused US aides of trying to protect Mr Blair. | | | This is odd, because, as the article says, the republicans and the uk conservatives are both right wing parties, and thatcher and reagan had a good relationship. |
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| | Romania Elects Pro-Gay, Anti-Corruption President |
| | Traian Basescu, the leader of the opposition, has been declared the new President of Romania, defeating the “leftist” Adrian Nastase, the Prime Minister. | | | This will be published as soon as received. |
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| | TIME Europe Web Exclusive: Leader of the Opposition 5/3/2000 |
| | The well-spoken opposition leader earns most of his support from Zimbabwe's urban workers, particularly younger voters. | | | The parliamentary elections are likely to be split along urban-rural lines, and many see Mugabe's belated push for land reform as a crude attempt to shore up the rural vote, traditionally the stronghold of the President's ZANU-PF party. | | | It was the first time Mugabe or his party had ever been beaten in a public vote. |
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http://www.time.com/time/europe/webonly/africa/2000/05/tsvangirai.html
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| | UK Prime Minister Tony Blair made opening remarks. | | | Work on the framework began in March during a meeting in Jamaica between the CARICOM Ministerial Sub-Committee on Mobilisation of Resources for Regional Security and UK government officials. | | | The Fourth UK/Caribbean Forum was co-chaired by Jack Straw, UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Rammell, and Dame Billie Miller, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados and current chair of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations. |
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| | ABC News: U.K. Opposition in Freefall As Vote Nears |
| | The leader of Britain's opposition Conservative Party Michael Howard, right, stands beside Britain's Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party Tony Blair, after the unveiling of The National Police Memorial during a ceremony in London, in this Tuesday, April 26, 2005 file photo. | | | Eight years after Prime Minister Tony Blair swept into office, Britons seem weary of him, and many of his Labour Party's longest-standing backers are still furious over the Iraq war. | | | ABC News: U.K. Opposition in Freefall As Vote Nears |
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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=719800
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| | Cayman Net News: UDP & PPM To UK |
| | Those expected to represent the UK include Tony Crombie, Head of the Overseas Territories Department, Ian Hendry, the Deputy Legal Advisor for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), and Michael Bradley, the FCO's Constitutional Advisor for Overseas Territories. | | | Three-person delegations from the United Democratic Party (UDP) and the People's Progressive Movement (PPM) will travel to the United Kingdom next Tuesday, 3 February, for informal constitutional talks the following Thursday and Friday, 5-6 February. | | | HE the Governor Bruce Dinwiddy, who will accompany the delegations, advised the leaders of the respective parties of the dates of the UK talks after meeting with the two of them on 7 January. |
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http://www.caymannetnews.com/2004/01/581/uk.shtml
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| | News Kerala India,Kerala News,News India,World,Malayalam News,Kerala Shopping,Kerala Movies,Kerala Travel,Kerala ... |
| | The United National Party (UNP) leader, who is pitted against the incumbent prime minister Mahinda Rajapakse in the election to be held Nov 17, said that he seeks a mandate to unite the country and make peace dawn through a lasting negotiated settlement with the Tamil Tigers. | | | S.Lanka war inevitable if no progress - senior rebel | | | Wickremesinghe was sacked in 2004 by his rival, President Chandrika Kumaratunga who accused him of giving too many concessions to the Tigers in the guise of the Norwegian-backed peace process. |
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| | In UK politics, official title (from 1937) of the leader of the largest opposition party in the House of Commons. | | | William Hague has been leader of the opposition since 1997. | | | Helicon Publishing is a division of Research Machines plc. |
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| | UK LABOUR GOVERNMENT PASSES HOMOSEXUAL ADOPTION |
| | LONDON, England, November 4, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The UK Labour government of Tony Blair has passed its bill to allow unmarried couples and homosexuals to adopt children, by 344 votes to 145. | | | But media attention is focused on Iain Duncan Smith, the leader of the opposition Conservative Party, who continues to face an internal party rebellion over his refusal to support the law. | | | Tory leader under attack from within his own party |
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| | UK Youth Parliament : Making Our Mark |
| | UKYP has the support of Prime Minister Tony Blair, Leader of the Opposition David Cameron, and the Leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy. | | | The UKYP was launched at the House of Commons in July 1999. | | | We aim to give the young people of the UK, between the age of 11 and 18 a voice, which will be heard and listened to by local and national government, providers of services for young people and other agencies who have an interest in the views and needs of young people. |
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| | Leader of Slovene opposition Liberal Democrats not to seek re-election |
| | Rop told Mladina that he would suggest to the party council on Wednesday to call a congress this autumn to thoroughly overhaul the party programme and its statute. | | | Leader of Slovene opposition Liberal Democrats not to seek re-election | | | Ljubljana, 20 June: The leader of the Liberal Democracy (LDS) Anton Rop would not stand for re-election if this opposition party decided to hold an election congress this autumn, he told a political magazine on Monday [20 June]. |
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| | Indymedia UK - Chaos breaks out at trial of Swazi opposition leader |
| | Chaos broke out at the High Court of Swaziland on Tuesday when police prevented followers of jailed Swazi opposition leader, Mario Masuku, from attending the trial. | | | The police even sjamboked at least three people, including a woman, who came to court wearing T-shirts bearing the emblem of the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO). | | | Chaos breaks out at trial of Swazi opposition leader |
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| | CNN.com - Howard takes UK Tory reins - Nov. 6, 2003 |
| | Former Cabinet minister Michael Howard has been named leader of Britain's opposition Conservatives after no one stepped forward to challenge him for the post. | | | Duncan Smith, the first Tory leader chosen by the party rank-and-file, was criticized for not being able to capitalize on troubles recently suffered by Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Labor Party. | | | Howard has said that if chosen, he would lead the often fractious Tories "from the center" and would ask the general party membership to ratify his leadership. |
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| | Catholic World News : Scottish Cardinal Clashes With UK Opposition Party Leader |
| | LONDON (CWN) - Scotland's Cardinal Thomas Winning sent a sharp rebuke to Labour Party leader Tony Blair on Sunday during an interview with the British Broadcasting Service, which was followed on Monday cries of indignation from party leaders. | | | Labour's deputy leader in Scotland John McFall said many people would think the cardinal had grossly insulted Blair and an apology was in order. | | | The remarks by the cardinal were especially significant for the Labour Party, because of the changing voting habits of Scottish Catholics. |
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