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Liberal Democrats stories: 7 news summaries

 Trounced, 
 Japan's 
 Ruling 
 Party 
 to Quit 


Left-wing Democratic Party ousts Liberal Democrats

Aug 30, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(AP) - A top official in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has announced that he and other officials plan to step down after the party's apparent crushing defeat in today's parliamentary elections. LDP Secretary-General Hiroyuki Hosoda said that he and two other top officials plan to submit their resignations to Prime Minister... More »

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Japan • Democratic Party of Japan • Taro Aso • Liberal Democrats • parliamentary elections

(Newser) - Liberal politicians in Britain are demanding that advertisers stop altering stars' images, including enhancing Keira Knightley's bust and trimming the muscle from Madonna's arms, reports the Independent. Such alternations put more pressure on teen girls already mortified about their looks, say Liberal Democrats, who are pushing for a bill banning... More »

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bulimia • anorexia • Britain • Madonna • advertisements • Liberal Democrats • King Arthur • Keira Knightley • Kate Winslet • The Duchess • perfection

 Hillary's Seat Ignites
 Cuomo, Kennedy Rivalry 

Messy war looms over Senate vacancy between powerhouse families

Dec 8, 08 3:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The jockeying for the New York Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton is aggravating long-simmering tensions between Democratic powerhouse families the Kennedys and the Cuomos, reports the New York Daily News. Ted Kennedy is already lobbying for niece Caroline to step into the vacancy. But New... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Senate • Ted Kennedy • Andrew Cuomo • campaign • Liberal Democrats • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • Mario Cuomo

Brown Surges
11 Points in
Latest Poll

Once written off, British PM wins support in financial crisis

Oct 28, 08 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new poll for the Independent shows that Gordon Brown, Britain's once seemingly doomed prime minister, has surged 11 points as the financial crisis continues. The poll put support for the opposition Tories at 39%, Labour at 31%, and the third-party Liberal Democrats at 16%. Where once the Tories were... More »

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British Parliament • Gordon Brown • Labour • Labour Party • Tories • Conservative Party • Liberal Democrats

 Brown, Labor Savaged
 in UK Elections 

Labor posts worst election results in 40 years

May 2, 08 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Labor has suffered its worst showing in 40 years in local elections across England and Wales. Just one year after Gordon Brown became prime minister, his party pulled only 24% of the projected national vote, 20 points behind the Tories and behind even the third-party Liberal Democrats. As for the... More »

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London • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • British elections • Ken Livingstone • Labour Party • Tories • Conservative Party • Liberal Democrats • Boris Johnson

Brit Furor Over Asylum for
Gay Iranian

Teen says boyfriend was killed; calls gay treatment 'genocide'

Mar 15, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A gay teenager who fears the death penalty at home in Iran, after his boyfriend was hanged for sodomy, is fighting for the right to stay in  the UK permanently, the Independent reports. Mehdi Kazemi, 19, lost his asylum claim in Britain and is now in a detention center in... More »

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Iran • death penalty • United Kingdom • England • Netherlands • capital punishment • deportation • Jacqui Smith • Britain • Liberal Democrats • teenager • Mehdi Kazemi • gays

UK Liberal Chief Forced Out In 'Brutal' Purge

As 66-year-old leader goes, British pols face accusations of ageism

Oct 16, 07 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - British politics got a jolt yesterday with the sudden resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell, leader of the Liberal Democrats. The 66-year-old leader of the UK's third party, languishing in the polls, was forced out by party apparatchiks in what other politicians are calling a brutal, ageist coup. "Merciless,"... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Sir Menzies Campbell • Liberal Democrats

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