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interim government stories: 5 news summaries

(AP) - Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has announced his imminent return home to reclaim his post even though the interim government that overthrew him is vowing to prevent his plane from landing. Zelaya says UN General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann will accompany him on the plane. In a change... More »

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Latin America • Honduras • interim government • Manuel Zelaya

Iceland to Appoint First Openly Gay Woman as PM

Ex-flight attendant to lead until May elections

Jan 28, 09 9:30 AM CST
(AP) - Iceland is set to appoint the world's first openly gay woman as prime minister: a former flight attendant who rose through the political ranks to become a cabinet minister. Johanna Sigurdardottir, the 66-year-old social affairs minister, is the pick of the Social Democratic Alliance Party to lead an interim government.... More »

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lesbians • European Union • Europe • Iceland • prime minister • interim government • bank failure • Bill Maher Grid

Italy Headed
for Caretaker Government

Elder statesman will form interim coalition before elections

Jan 31, 08 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Italy's president has asked Senate speaker Franco Marini to form an interim government in a last-ditch effort to reform election laws ahead of a snap poll, reports the BBC. Marini was invited to head a temporary administration to change Italy's crippling voting system, which privileges small parties and has led... More »

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Italy • Giorgio Napolitano • Romano Prodi • Silvio Berlusconi • Franco Marini • interim government • caretaker government

Italian Govt.
on Brink
of Collapse

PM faces no-confidence vote after allies withdraw support

Jan 22, 08 10:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The Italian government looks set to collapse after a key ally unexpectedly withdrew his support from Romano Prodi's coalition yesterday. The PM will face a no-confidence vote tomorrow, and if he loses, the president will have to decide whether to give Prodi another mandate or dissolve parliament and call early... More »

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Italy • Giorgio Napolitano • corruption • Romano Prodi • Clemente Mastella • interim government

A Belgian Government, at Last

Late-night deal puts defeated PM in charge of interim coalition

Dec 19, 07 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Six months after inconclusive elections, Belgium will finally get a new government, thanks to a deal struck overnight. The emergency administration, to be led by "outgoing" prime minister Guy Verhofstadt, will include five parties from both French- and Dutch-speaking Belgium and will only govern until March 23, when the... More »

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Belgium • Yves Leterme • Flanders • Guy Verhofstadt • Wallonia • interim government

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