Japan PM, facing no-confidence vote, says won’t quit
Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday refused to step down in the face of a no-confidence motion in parliament this week, saying he wanted first to resolve the world’s worst nuclear crisis in 25 years.

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Longtime Democratic state lawmaker Jeff Smith of Columbus has finally decided to sever ties with the party he has been estranged from for several years.

Anti-military protest fills Egypt square
Thousands of protesters returned to downtown Cairo’s Tahrir Square Friday for what they called a “second revolution,” pressing Egypt’s military rulers to speed up the pace of democratic reforms in a country that is still charting its political future.

NM GOP hires Wyoming congressman’s daughter
The Associated Press The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The New Mexico Republican Party has hired the daughter of Wyoming’s GOP congresswoman as its communications director. GOP State Chairman Monty Newman said Friday that Annaliese Wiederspahn will bring a “keen understanding of Western issues” to her job. Wiederspahn’s mother is U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis, who was elected in 2008 and re …

Japan main opposition party eyes non-confidence motion: report
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s main opposition party intends to submit a no-confidence motion to parliament, its leader was quoted as saying on Thursday, adding to the woes of Prime Minister Naoto Kan who is under fire for his handling of the country’s nuclear crisis.

I need to know what some of the traits of the Democratic Party are, the Mississippi state representative and the Mississippi state senator. My paper also asks for the U.S. Representative and I put Bennie Thompson and I put Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker as the U.S. senators, so I need to know if this is right. Thanks for all the help!
And I need a serious answer that’s not an opinion of anyone, I need facts.

Catalonia – far-right party gains in regional elections
Against the backdrop of citizens’ protests against the Socialists’ austerity package, the Right made significant gains in Catalonia by focusing on anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim themes.

What are the chances of the democratic party to win over the republic in the upcoming US election? Is it basically 50/50 atm or does one party have more in favor of the people now?

Because I’m guessing the democratic party will win because of all this media on them (Barrack and Hillary)

The newly found romance between the ruling NRM Party and the Liberal Democratic Party of Kampala Mayor Nasser Ntege Ssebagala has been likened to a story of a beautiful bride, the dream of every man but whose eye is only on one thing, instant gratification.

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