WASHINGTON — The bang-bang-bang emanating from the Capitol’s historic Senate Appropriations Committee parlor Thursday was the sound of Robert C. Byrd turning 91. Someone at his birthday party there had handed the West Virginia Democrat a gavel ...
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PARIS : The architect of France's 35-hour work week won a combative race to lead the French Socialist Party by a razor-thin margin, prompting President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives to gloat that the leading opposition party is far from united ...
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi lawmakers are expected to vote on a security agreement by Wednesday, which will keep the U.S. troops here until the end of 2011, the parliament's speaker said Saturday. After hours of heated debate, Speaker Mahmoud ...
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(ARA) - Planning a celebration for an upcoming holiday, a birthday party or a baby shower? Please your guests and the planet by taking part in the latest party planning trend -- eco-friendly parties and events. More and more party hosts are ...
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For many of us, 2008 will mark the last time we vote for a candidate who does not favor same-sex marriage. Hopefully, this will be because at least one candidate from a major party will support those rights, but we should also be prepared that, as in ...
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Nicaragua's opposition party says someone in the country's electoral tribunal altered vote tallies to favor the ruling Sandinista party, and that results from last week's municipal elections should be voided. Two opposition magistrates of the county ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's newest Kremlin-friendly party held its founding congress on Sunday, creating itself from the ashes of a once-leading opposition party and two smaller groups. The establishment of Right Cause is widely seen as a government ...
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