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FIFA Elects New President in Bid to Clean Up Scandal-hit Image LONDON Footballs (soccer's) world governing body FIFA has elected a new president after its former leader, Sepp Blatter, was forced to step down last year after being charged with corrupt
AS IT IS 2016-01-28 Vietnam's Ruling Committee Re-elects Leader Vietnam's Communist Party re-elected Nguyen Phu Trong to a second five-year term as general-secretary Wednesday. The official Vietnam News Agency reported the move. The 71-year-old Trong
Observers are saying Emmanuel Macrons election as president of France is a victory for Europe. The election was not close. Macron received 66 percent of the vote compared to Marine Le Pens 34 percent. The president of the European Commission congratu
ROME, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Italy's new parliament on Saturday elected the speakers of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate, ending a two-day session on its second official day as the country's legislative body. At the fourth round of voting for
By Steve Herman New Delhi 21 July 2007 India has elected its first woman president. Results show a landslide victory for a long-time loyalist of the country's foremost political dynasty. But as VOA's Steve Herman reports from New Delhi, the selection
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 24 May 2007 The United Nations General Assembly has elected former Macedonian foreign minister Srgjan Kerim as its president. He will take over when the 62nd session begins in September. From U.N. headquarters, VOA's
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 25 April 2006 The Tenth Party Congress of Vietnam's Communist Party has reelected General Secretary Nong Duc Manh for a second five-year term. The Congress selected a new Poli
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 01 June 2008 Iranian lawmakers have picked former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani as the new speaker of parliament. He is seen as a key conservative rival to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and may use his post to launch a
How America Elects - Winning Party's Nomination Takes Winning Delegates To be on the November presidential election ballot, candidates have to win their party's nomination. And that decision is made by party delegates. When primary or caucus voters m
By Phuong Tran Dakar 03 October 2007 Senegal's newly-formed senate has selected its leader who is next in line for the presidency if President Abdoulaye Wade is not able to complete his term. Meanwhile, analysts say the largely one-party legislature,
Syria's opposition coalition has elected Ghassan Hitto to head an interim government to administer the areas that rebel forces have seized from the government. Hitto, an American-educated IT manager and Islamic activist, received 35 votes from 48 bal
By Cindy Saine Miami 14 October 2006 In Ecuador, the frontrunner in a field of 13 candidates for president is an outspoken outsider with close ties to leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. One of Ecuador's former presidents once described politi
By Peter Heinlein New York 07 November 2006 Panama's Ambassador Dr. Ricardo Arias votes in UN General Assembly, November 7, 2006 Panama has been elected to a U.N. Security Council seat that had been the object of a bitter battle between Venezuela an
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 15 May 2007 The incumbent president of one of Africa's poorest countries, Mali, has been declared the winner of the country's recent presidential election. But, as in several African countries where there have recently been el
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 04 June 2008 The 192-member United Nations General Assembly has elected for one-year term a former Nicaraguan Foreign Minister and Catholic priest as its new president. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara
By Victoria Cavaliere New York 17 May 2007 The United Nations General Assembly has elected 14 new members to the 47-seat Human Rights Council. Victoria Cavaliere reports from the United Nations that Thursday's vote rejected membership for Belarus, wh
你会拍别人马屁吗?1) schmooze 拍马屁 OMG! Do you always schmooze on Mr. Wilson like that? 天哪,你总是这样拍Wilson先生马屁吗? 你身边有马屁精吗?2) schmoozer 马屁精 You are complementing him constantly. You're a
For more discussion, we have in the studio Victor Gao, a current affairs commentator. Q1: The eighth China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue is the last one for the Obama administration, before the US elects a new president. How will this dialogue a
By Steve Herman Islamabad 19 March 2008 Pakistan has seen its first significant transfer of power since last month's nationwide elections. The speaker of the National Assembly, a backer of President Pervez Musharraf, handed over control of the legisl
Residents of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia voted for a new president Friday, three years after Russia recognized the region, and another breakaway area, South Ossetia, as independent states. Three candidates are hoping to replace Presiden