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  • June 2008

    • Under Fire, Japan's PM Won't Bow to Election Calls

      BBC  |  Jun 11, 08 10:29 AM CDT

      Under Fire, Japan's PM Won't Bow to Election Calls

      (Newser) - Japan's prime minister suffered a humiliating blow today in a no-confidence motion passed by the upper house of the country's legislature—a post-war first, the BBC reports. Although the measure isn't politically binding, it's the latest step by the opposition to force Yasuo Fukuda to call new elections, a call Fukuda has repeatedly dismissed. More »

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      Japan  • Yasuo Fukuda  • no confidence

  • April 2008

    • Haitian Senate Sacks Prime Minister

      BBC  |  Apr 13, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Haitian Senate Sacks Prime Minister

      (Newser) - Amid skyrocketing food prices and deadly riots in Haiti, the country's senate has voted to oust Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis. President Rene Preval, who appointed his ally Alexis in 2006 to lead the country's coalition government, must now choose a new cabinet. The vote came in spite of a recently announced 16% drop in the price of rice, BBC reports. More »

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      United Nations  • food prices  • Haiti  • food riots  • no confidence  • Rene Preval

  • June 2007

    • Vote on AG Derails in Senate

      New York Times  |  Jun 11, 07 8:11 PM CDT

      Vote on AG Derails in Senate

      (Newser) - A no-confidence vote on Alberto Gonzales failed to get out of the Senate today when a procedural vote to cut off debate failed by seven votes. Both sides proclaimed partial victory: Republicans had blasted the vote as a stunt, but Democrats lured seven GOP senators across party lines to support going forward with the vote on the nonbinding motion. More »

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      Senate  • Department of Justice  • Alberto Gonzales  • Arlen Specter  • Trent Lott  • no confidence

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