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NEWS ABOUT: power sharing

power sharing stories: 11 news summaries
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 US Aims to Help 
 Zimbabwe, Not Mugabe 

Obama set to meet with Tsvangirai today

Jun 12, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Zimbabwe’s prime minister visiting President Obama today, the key question is how the West can help Morgan Tsvangirai without boosting Robert Mugabe. Under the government's power-sharing agreement, the president retains control of the police, justice system, spy service, and media, writes Celia Dugger in the New York Times.... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • aid • power sharing • President Obama

Zimbabwe Unity Government Divided Over 2 Key Posts

Attorney General, Bank Chief positions cause deadlock; mediators called in

May 21, 09 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The appointment of two key officials has become a sticking point in the tenuous power-sharing agreement between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Reuters reports. The rivals can’t agree on an attorney general or central bank chief, and Tsvangirai has called upon the Southern African Development... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Attorney General • central bank • power sharing deal • power sharing

 Tsvangirai Heads Home 
  for Wife's Funeral 

Supporters feared Mugabe power grab in his absence

Mar 9, 09 1:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Grieving Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is expected back in Zimbabwe today to attend his wife's funeral, days after the couple's car was hit by a US aid truck. Tsvangirai had left for Botswana—home of his closest regional ally—shortly after the accident that some believe may have been an... More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • death • car crash • power sharing

 Netanyahu to Form 
 Israeli Government 

LIvni averse to power-sharing propositions

Feb 20, 09 8:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Right-of-center Benjamin Netanyahu has been asked to form Israel’s new government, despite President Shimon Peres’s initial hopes that  Netanyahu would share power with centrist Tzipi Livni, who was the top vote-getter in the election last week. Livni said she would prefer to head the opposition, the BBC reports.... More »

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Israel • Cabinet • Tzipi Livni • Shimon Peres • Benjamin Netanyahu • government • power sharing • coalition

 Tsvangirai 
 Sworn In as 
 Zimbabwe PM 

Amid skepticism, former opposition leader joins Mugabe

Feb 11, 09 5:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Morgan Tsvangirai, whose Movement for Democratic Change has fought Robert Mugabe for years, joined forces with his rival today as the new prime minister of Zimbabwe, reports the Times of London. Tsvangirai's decision to bring his party into the government has dismayed many pro-democracy leaders, and international leaders have grown... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • prime minister • power sharing deal • power sharing • Movement for Democratic Change

 Africa Must 
 Oust Mugabe: 
 Kenyan PM 

Power-sharing isn't working in Zimbabwe, Odinga says

Dec 4, 08 2:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Zimbabwe’s unity government is a sham, and the only way to break the deadlock is to force President Robert Mugabe to resign, Kenya’s prime minister said today. “Power-sharing will not work with a dictator who does not really believe in power-sharing,” Raila Odinga told the BBC.... More »

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Kenya • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • South Africa • power sharing deal • power sharing • Jacob Zuma • Raila Odinga

Freed Tsvangirai Arrives in
South Africa

Zimbabwe opposition leader gets passport back, talks to continue

Aug 15, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(AP) - Morgan Tsvangirai has arrived in South Africa today on the eve of a weekend summit with regional leaders expected to focus on Zimbabwe's political crisis, reports the AP. The leader of the Movement for Democratic Change will meet with Thabo Mbeki, the South African president who is mediating power-sharing talks... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • power sharing

Gates Departure Should Calm
the Waters

Joint leadership with Ballmer slowed, hurt Microsoft's growth

Jun 5, 08 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Gates’ departure from full-time employment at Microsoft on June 27 will end 8 contentious years in which Gates has attempted to stay onboard while nominally beneath his close friend and new CEO, Steve Ballmer. Though they built the company together, this “ambassadorial succession” produced mixed results, with Gates... More »

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technology • Google • Microsoft • Bill Gates • software • leadership • power sharing • Steve Ballmer • executive power • corporate leadership

Opinion

Honeymoon Can't Last for Russia's Power Couple

Is Medvedev Putin's 'mini-me'?

May 17, 08 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - It may look like Vladimir Putin has kept Russia stable by sliding into the PM's chair; optimists even predict he'll share power politely with President Medvedev. But these lovebirds are actually destined to fight, writes Ivan Krastev in the Wall Street Journal: Eventually Medvedev will want to exercise power,... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • power sharing • Dmitry Medvedev

OPINION

Stable Russia Hardly Guaranteed

Putin-Medvedev partnership at odds with country's wish for single, strong leader

Feb 27, 08 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - When Dmitry Medvedev takes over as Russia's president and Vladimir Putin assumes the mantle of prime minister, after Sunday's elections, Russia will be moving into uncharted territory—and Der Spiegel writer Christian Neef isn’t confident it’ll work. Putin’s Russia isn’t nearly as stable as it looks,... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • power sharing • Dmitry Medvedev • Russian elections

Bhutto to Boycott Vote, Says Corruption Charges Remain

Claims deal 'stalled'
on Musharraf inaction

Oct 3, 07 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto announced today her party would boycott Saturday’s presidential elections, saying power-sharing talks with Pervez Musharraf are “totally stalled." The former PM said Musharraf was also lying about having dropped corruption charges against her, the Guardian reports. “He is not prepared to give a level... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • boycott • power sharing • Pakistan elections

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