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We begin tonight with breaking news about your paycheck, your unemployment check, your defense job, the entire economy, you name it, all of it is at stake if the country goes over that fiscal cliff. It's a cliff that lawmakers built, they set the Tue
Language Agreement Reached in Macedonia Stefan Bos Budapest 1 Aug 2001 23:54 UTC Western mediators say Macedonian political leaders have agreed on greater official use of the Albanian language. The la
Things are bad for Democrats. All signs are pointing to huge Republican gains across the board, from coast to coast, at all levels of government. The poll shows that Republicans are leading on just about every measurement, from handling the economy t
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Pro-independence parties have won a majority of parliamentary seats in the northern Spanish area of Catalonia. The results are a victory for supporters of the movement to break away from Spain. However, pro-independence parties won just two seats abo
The European Parliament has set the ball rolling for Jean-Claude Juncker, the former prime minister of Luxembourg, to be the President of the European Commission. In a statement, the European Parliament says it backs Juncker, a candidate of the cente
Question is, who is going to live at 10 Downing Street? The UK is trying to figure that out after last week's parliamentary elections. None of the parties got a majority of seats. So now, a scramble is on. In the UK, people vote for members of parlia
By Ravi Khanna Washington 11 January 2008 A recent public opinion poll in Pakistan indicates little support for Islamist militants, but also widespread mistrust of the United States. The poll was conducted last September before the assassination of f
By Tom Rivers London 19 February 2007 Suleymaniye mosque, Istanbul, left, and National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. A large-scale survey commissioned by the BBC finds that, despite current global tensions, the majority of people around the world rejec
By Dan Robinson Washington 17 November 2006 House Republican Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio arrives at US Capitol, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006 Sounding a theme of unity, Republican leaders in Congress are vowing a comeback in the wake of major ele
Last week, Rwanda became the first nation to elect a majority of women to its legislative assembly. It has been a long road since the 1994 genocide, when many women were raped or widowed. Some in the country hope that having more mothers in parliame
President Robert Mugabe opened Zimbabwe's parliament in a ceremony marked by colonial-era symbols and defiant protest songs by the majority Movement for Democratic Change legislators, which drowned out parts of his speech. Peta Thornycroft reports f
Tallest Candidate Wins Majority of US Presidential Elections When it comes to voter preference, a candidates positions on the issues count. But some may check a name on a ballot for a more primal reason: the candidates stature. Researchers at Texas T
By Sonja Pace Ramallah 02 February 2006 Hamas leaders are sending mixed signals - part moderation, part defiance - as they prepare to form a new Palestinian government in the weeks ahead. The militant
By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington 03 March 2008 The Gallup World Pollrecently released details of a massive survey of more than 50,000 Muslims, reflecting the views of more than one billion Muslims in more than 35 countries. It is said to be the large
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 27 February 2008 A new poll in Israel says a majority of Israelis would support holding talks with Hamas Islamic militants who control the Gaza Strip. VOA's Jim Teeple reports an Israeli civilian was killed by a rocket fired b
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 18 October 2007 Preliminary legislative election results in Togo show the long-time ruling party winning an absolute majority out of 81 seats. But the largest opposition party, the Union of Forces for Change, vows to dispute t
By Scott Stearns White House 08 December 2006 President Bush, right, with, from left, incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and outgoing House Speaker Dennis Hastert U.S. President George Bush says he will work with Republicans and Democrats in Congr
By Scott Stearns White House 10 April 2007 President Bush says he will veto emergency spending for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq because opposition legislators have attached timetables for a troop withdrawal from Iraq. VOA White House correspondent Sc
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani government has lost majority in the parliament as a powerful party in ruling coalition Sunday decided to sit on opposition benches. Leaders of Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said that they will approach the Spea