Friday 21 November 2008
Royal vs Aubry in Socialist leadership runoff
Former presidential candidate Ségolène Royal and Lille Mayor Martine Aubry face off in the second round of voting in the bitter battle for the Socialist party's leadership. Royal led the first round with 42.45 % of votes, Aubry won 34.73%.
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- FRENCH POLITICS
- Royal vs Aubry in Socialist leadership runoff
- Friday 21 November 2008
- Former presidential candidate Ségolène Royal and Lille Mayor Martine Aubry face off in the second round of voting in the bitter battle for the Socialist party's leadership. Royal led the first round with 42.45 % of votes, Aubry won 34.73%.
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- FINANCIAL CRISIS
- Asian stocks follow Wall Street's plunge
- Friday 21 November 2008
- Asian stocks were hammered again on Friday, a day after European and US stocks closed at disastrous levels. Meanwhile fresh job cuts worldwide and the deepening woes of the US automobile sector also added to investor gloom.
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- ARGENTINA
- Senate approves pension funds takeover
- Friday 21 November 2008
- Argentina's Senate approved a state takeover of $24 billion in private pension funds. President Cristina Kirchner said this would protect workers from the financial crisis but critics have raised concerns about the country's ability to pay debts.
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- USA
- Congress delays vote on automobile rescue
- Thursday 20 November 2008
- The Democrat majority in Congress has decided to postpone a vote on a $25 billion bailout package for the ailing "Big Three" US car manufacturers, demanding them to come up with viable restructuring plans.
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- SWEDEN - EU
- Parliament ratifies Lisbon reform treaty
- Friday 21 November 2008
- Sweden became the 25th of the 27 EU members to ratify EU's Lisbon Reform Treaty. The plan - largely shaped by French President Nicolas Sarkozy - replaces the Euro Constitution which was rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005.
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- USA
- Obama 'on track' to offer Clinton top job
- Friday 21 November 2008
- US media reports say US President-elect Barack Obama is 'on track' to nominate New York Democrat Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state but Democratic officials said the announcement will take place after Thanksgiving on Nov. 27.
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- F24 EXCLUSIVE - GAZA
- Human toll inevitable in Gaza blockade
- Thursday 20 November 2008
- Israel's blockade of humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip - a response to violence by militants - has left the area's poorest residents in a state of despair. Watch our special report.
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- DR CONGO
- UN to deploy further 3,000 peacekeepers
- Thursday 20 November 2008
- The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution to boost its peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo by a further 3,000. This brings the total number of troops to more than 20,000.
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