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President of Argentina . Having been appointed Interior Minister in 1981 by Leopoldo Galtieri , he briefly served as President of Argentina from 18 June 1982 to 1 July 1982 , during a period of military rule , after Galtieri was ousted from office due to the country 's defeat in the Falklands War . | Having been appointed Interior Minister in 1981 by Leopoldo Galtieri , he briefly served as President of Argentina from 18 June 1982 to 1 July 1982 , during a period of military rule . | Levon Mkrtchyan continues his contribution to the Armenian people by making more documentaries about the well known Armenians .1993 The Armenian Kingdom of Kilikia Footage includes the President of France - Francois Mitterand The President of Armenia - Levon Ter-Petrosyan . | eng_Latn | 1,300 |
A May queen is selected from a group of 13 upward girls by the young dancers . | A May queen is selected from a group of 13 upwards girls by the young dancers . | The Białystok City Council has 28 elected members , one of whom is the mayor , or President of Białystok , elected every four years . | eng_Latn | 1,301 |
Lyutvi Ahmed Mestan ( ) ( born 24 December 1960 ) is a Bulgarian politician of Turkish-Bulgarian origin . | ) , or shortly Lyutvi Mestan ( born 24 December 1960 ) , is a Bulgarian politician . He is of Turkish-Bulgarian origin . | Dr. Szilárd Bogdánffy was consecrated as bishop of Oradea of the Latins and auxiliary bishop of Satu Mare on February 14 , 1949 by Gerald Patrick O'Hara , Regent of the Apostolic Nunciature to Bucharest . | eng_Latn | 1,302 |
Until he was partially disabled by a cerebral infarction , he was Director of the National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill . | Until he was partially disabled by a stroke , Medawar was Director of the National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill , London . | In 1965 , when the country was facing one of its worst political , social , and economic crises -- a result of dictatorial misrule -- he founded a new political party in Quito called the Democratic Institutionalist Coalition ( Coalición Institucionalista Demócrata , CID ) . | eng_Latn | 1,303 |
He studied Kuk Sool Won from 1974 , advancing to 6th dan , and worked as a trainer and bodyguard during the 1970s and 1980s . | He studied Kuk Sool Won from 1974 , and worked as a trainer and bodyguard during the 1970s and 1980s . | From 1886 , he was acting Administrator of the Colony of the Gambia , until 1 December 1888 , when he was given the job as full Administrator on the Gambia 's separation from Sierra Leone . | eng_Latn | 1,304 |
Council members are elected directly every four years , one of whom is the mayor , or President of Białystok ( Polish : prezydent ) . | The Białystok City Council has 28 elected members , one of whom is the mayor , or President of Białystok , elected every four years . | Boeing 's president , William M. Allen , asked Malcolm T. Stamper to be in charge of the building of the Everett factory . | eng_Latn | 1,305 |
In 1983 , his government was accused of being involved in the assassination of his primary political opponent , Benigno Aquino , Jr. . | In 1983 , his government was the one at fault in the killing of his main government challenger , Benigno Aquino , Jr. . | Documents about it became available in the West in the late 1920s , and it was mentioned in the 1931 memoirs of the first OGPU defector , Georges Agabekov . | eng_Latn | 1,306 |
Oliba promoted the movement of the Peace and Truce of God ( Catalan : `` Pau i Treva de Déu '' ) beginning about 1022 . | Oliba promoted the movement of Peace and Truce of God ( Catalan : `` Pau i Treva de Déu '' ) , towards 1022 . | In July 2006 , Klaus Gapp , the founder of OpusForum , noted that , after its acquisition , it had `` merged with its new Kijiji classifieds business in the German speaking markets of Austria , Germany and Switzerland . '' | eng_Latn | 1,307 |
Among them were the Almoravids ( 1040 -- 1147 ) , who were the first to unite Morocco , as well as significant regions in West Africa , Spain and Algeria . | Among them were the Almoravids , who were the first to unite Morocco . They also united significant regions in West Africa , Spain and Algeria . | As part of his program of `` national authenticity , '' Mobutu changed the Congo 's name to Zaïre in 1971 and his own name to Mobutu Sese Seko in 1972 . | eng_Latn | 1,308 |
There were also propositions of separating from Ukraine to rejoin Czechoslovakia , but after Czechoslovakia 's dissolution into the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic ( 1993 ) , these ideas have been rendered largely moot . | There were also propositions of separating from Ukraine to rejoin Czechoslovakia , but after Czechoslovakia 's dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on January 1 , 1993 , these ideas have been rendered largely moot . | The Democratic Republic of the Congo was formerly , in chronological order , the Congo Free State , Belgian Congo , Congo-Léopoldville , Congo-Kinshasa , and Zaire ( Zaïre in French ) . | eng_Latn | 1,309 |
Reconstruction to take years in devastated Philippine province | Shops are reopening and telephone lines are back up, but reconstruction in the impoverished eastern Philippines province of Albay after deadly mudflows could take years, officials say. | Country will be unable to hold presidential elections next year unless security improves, thinktank warns | eng_Latn | 1,310 |
Lavish birthday bills force out Suriname minister | Suriname's youngest government minister said she had resigned on Tuesday after charges she tried to spend $13,000 (6,700 pounds) in government money on a lavish 30th birthday party, featuring catering by her mother. | Congo Dem. Rep. REUTERS, STOCKHOLM:Dec 31: Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds, who returned on Friday from tsunami-devastated Thailand, said she believed the total death toll from the disaster in the ... | eng_Latn | 1,311 |
Their children included President John F. Kennedy ( 1917 -- 1963 ) , Attorney General and Senator Robert F. Kennedy ( 1925 -- 1968 ) , and longtime Senator Ted Kennedy ( 1932 -- 2009 ) . | Their children included President John F. Kennedy ( 1917 -- 1963 ) , Senator Robert F. Kennedy ( 1925 -- 1968 ) , and longtime Senator Ted Kennedy ( 1932 -- 2009 ) . | Kenneth David Kaunda ( born 28 April 1924 ) , also known as KK , is a Zambian politician and teacher . He first served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991 . | eng_Latn | 1,312 |
He became the last Governor of the Central Provinces and Berar in 1946 , serving until independence of India on 15 August 1947 . | He then served as the last Governor of the Central Provinces and Berar , from 1946 until independence of India in 1947 . | On May 29 , 1885 , the king named his new colony the Congo Free State ( French : '' État indépendant du Congo '' References . | eng_Latn | 1,313 |
Gabriel Gregorio Fernando José María García y Moreno y Morán de Buitrón ( December 24 , 1821 -- August 6 , 1875 ) was an Ecuadorian politician who twice served as President of Ecuador ( 1861 -- 65 and 1869 -- 75 ) and was assassinated during his second term , after being elected to a third . | Gabriel Gregorio Fernando José María García y Moreno y Morán de Buitrón ( December 24 , 1821 -- August 6 , 1875 ) was an Ecuadorian politician who twice served as President of Ecuador ( 1859 -- 65 and 1869 -- 75 ) and was assassinated during his second term , after being elected to a third . | Bako Sahakyan ( Armenian : Բակո Սահակյան , sometimes transcribed as Bako Sahakian or Saakian , born August 30 , 1960 ) is the fourth president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic . | eng_Latn | 1,314 |
In 1805 , a group of prominent Egyptians led by the ulema demanded the replacement of Wāli ( governor ) Ahmad Khurshid Pasha by Muhammad Ali , and the Ottomans yielded . | A group of prominent Egyptians demanded that the Wāli , Ahmad Khurshid Pasha , step down and Muhammad Ali be installed as the new Wāli in 1805 . | `` Albania , which had severed diplomatic relations with the USSR since 1961 , also had a certain variant of Pioneer organization , called Pioneers of Enver , named after the communist ruler of Albania , Enver Hoxha . | eng_Latn | 1,315 |
Later in June , Amedeo , Duke of Aosta-the Governor-General and Viceroy of Italian East Africa , convinced the Italian Supreme Command ( Comando Supremo ) to plan a campaign to conquer British Somaliland . | In June 1940 , Amedeo , Duke of Aosta , the Governor-General of Italian East Africa , convinced the Italian Supreme Command ( Commando Supremo ) to plan a campaign to conquer a British colony : British Somaliland . | In 1999 , along with Lynn Anoa'i , Afa started the Usos Foundation , which is a non-profit organization that aims towards turning young people away from drugs , gangs and poverty by giving scholarships to the Wild Samoans Training Center . | eng_Latn | 1,316 |
The GIA adopted violent tactics in 1992 after the military government voided the victory of the Islamic Salvation Front , the largest Islamic opposition party , in the first round of legislative elections held in December 1991 . | The GIA adopted violent tactics in 1992 after the military government did not recognize the victory of the Islamic Salvation Front in the first round of elections held in December 1991 . | or GSI is the national institution responsible for surveying and mapping the land and geography of Japan . | eng_Latn | 1,317 |
On 10 October 2003 , Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights , especially women 's , children 's , and refugee rights . | On 10 October 2003 , Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her `` significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights , especially women 's , children 's , and refugee rights '' . | Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet is a Chadian businessman , economist , and politician . He became Prime Minister of Chad in November 2013 after the resignation of Djimrangar Dadnadji . | eng_Latn | 1,318 |
Parliament fails to pass TP, LPP and ZZS bill on support for president's declaration | Saeima, in three votes today, due to a lack of quorum, did not pass the bill on support for the declaration on Latvia's stance pertaining to the May 9 Victory Day celebration and the consequences of World War ... | PARIS, Dec 19 - French Health Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy on Sunday announced stepped-up security procedures in hospitals, as police continued to hunt for the killer of two nurses who were murdered in a horrific fashion two nights earlier. | eng_Latn | 1,319 |
This helped integrate Nubia into the Egyptian empire . | This helped make Nubia part of the Egyptian empire . | McNamara started a new system of gathering information from nations applying for loans . | eng_Latn | 1,320 |
Upon the end of his five-year term as Head of State , Herzog was succeeded by Johannes Rau . | His term ended in 1999 , when he was succeeded by Johannes Rau . | The landslide killed twenty people . It blocked the flow of the Hunza River for five months . | eng_Latn | 1,321 |
After graduation , he spent from 1967 to 1973 as a freelance journalist , first in Malawi , then in Uganda . | After his graduation , he spent from 1967 to 1973 as a freelance journalist , first in Malawi , then in Uganda . | In March 2006 , he was elected Archbishop of Uppsala and primate of the Church of Sweden . He took office in September of the same year . | eng_Latn | 1,322 |
Because the Allied attempt to take Buna was considered a more severe threat to Rabaul , Imamura postponed further major reinforcement efforts to Guadalcanal to concentrate on the situation in New Guinea . | Because the Allied attempt to take Buna was considered a more severe threat to Rabaul , Imamura delayed sending new troops to Guadalcanal to concentrate on the situation in New Guinea . | For the histories of Urawa , Ōmiya and Yono before the merger , see Urawa-ku and Saitama , Ōmiya-ku and Saitama and Yono and Saitama , respectively . On April 1 , 2005 , it merged with the city of Iwatsuki to its east , which became a new ward , Iwatsuki-ku . | eng_Latn | 1,323 |
Shlomo Argov ( 14 December 1929 - 23 February 2003 ) was a prominent Israeli diplomat . | Shlomo Argov ( 14 December 1929 - 23 February 2003 ) was a well-known Israeli diplomat . | Kočevski Rog massacre was a series of massacres in Slovenia in late May 1945 . | eng_Latn | 1,324 |
The written form of Zulu was controlled by the Zulu Language Board of KwaZulu-Natal . | Before 1994 , the Zulu language was controlled by the Zulu Language Board in KwaZulu-Natal . | Von dem Bach-Zalewski was the only HSSPF in the Soviet areas taken over by the Germans to have real authority over the police after Hans-Adolf Prützmann and Jockeln lost theirs to the civil government . | eng_Latn | 1,325 |
Marc Maria Frans , Viscount Eyskens ( born 29 April 1933 ) , known as Mark Eyskens , is a Belgian economist and politician in the Christian People 's Party ( Belgium ) , now called Christian Democratic and Flemish , and briefly served as Prime Minister of Belgium in 1981 . | Marc Maria Frans , Viscount Eyskens ( born 29 April 1933 ) , known as Mark Eyskens ] , is a Belgian economist and politician in the Christian People 's Party ( Belgium ) . He briefly served as Prime Minister of Belgium for eight months in 1981 . | Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom ( also spelled Strydom ) also known as J.G. Strydom or Hans Strydom ( July 14 1893-August 24 1958 ) nicknamed `` the Lion of the North '' , was Prime Minister of South Africa from 30 November 1954 to 24 August 1958 . | eng_Latn | 1,326 |
Zerzan was one of the editors of `` Green Anarchy '' , a controversial journal of anarcho-primitivist and insurrectionary anarchist thought . | Zerzan is currently one of the editors of `` Green Anarchy '' , a journal of anarcho-primitivist and insurrectionary anarchist thought . | Levon Mkrtchyan continues his contribution to the Armenian people by making more documentaries about the well known Armenians .1993 The Armenian Kingdom of Kilikia Footage includes the President of France - Francois Mitterand The President of Armenia - Levon Ter-Petrosyan . | eng_Latn | 1,327 |
From this position , the European powers brokered a negotiated solution in May 1833 known as the Convention of Kutahya . | In May 1833 the Convention of Kutahya was signed . | Kobukuro received moderately successful ratings for their first three indie albums - ' ( July 1999 ) , `` Root of My Mind '' ( March 2001 ) , and ` ANSWER '' '' ( December 2000 ) . | eng_Latn | 1,328 |
Hakob Kojoyan assisted Armenian architect Alexander Tamanian in creating the coat of arms for the Democratic Republic of Armenia . | Hakob Kojoyan helped Armenian architect Alexander Tamanian in creating the coat of arms for the Democratic Republic of Armenia . | Kurram or Karam ( Urdu : کرم ) tribal agency is in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas ( FATA ) area of Pakistan . | eng_Latn | 1,329 |
Formed in 1918 immediately after World War I as the Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenes by union of the State of Slovenes , Croats and Serbs and the Kingdom of Serbia . | From 1918 until 1928 it was called the Kingdom of the Serbs , Croats , and Slovenes . | As part of his program of `` national authenticity , '' Mobutu changed the Congo 's name to Zaïre in 1971 and his own name to Mobutu Sese Seko in 1972 . | eng_Latn | 1,330 |
The Prime Minister of Romania ( ) is the head of the Government of Romania . | The Prime Minister of Romania is the person who controls the government of Romania . | The river starts at the joining of the headwaters Brebu , Grădiştea and Semenic in Lake Trei Ape . | eng_Latn | 1,331 |
In Korean , 저 ( 箸 , `` jeo '' ) is used in the compound `` jeotgarak '' ( ) , which is composed of `` jeo '' `` chopsticks '' and `` garak '' `` stick '' . | In Korean , 箸 ( `` jeo '' ) is used in the compound `` jeotgarak '' ( 젓가락 ) which is composed of `` jeo '' ( chopsticks ) and `` garak '' ( stick ) . | Gyula Gömbös de Jákfa ( 26 December 1886 -- 6 October 1936 ) was a Hungarian military officer and politician . He served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1 October 1932 until his death on 6 October 1936 . | eng_Latn | 1,332 |
His son was installed as King Letsie III . | King Letsie III is the ruler of Lesotho . | With the help of the Protestant theologian Friedrich Ludwig Weidig he published the leaflet Der Hessische Landbote , a revolutionary text that criticized social problems in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . | eng_Latn | 1,333 |
He was a retired Lieutenant-General and was Botswana 's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 2008 . | He was a Lieutenant-General and was Botswana 's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 2008 . | He was elected vice president of the Bundestag 1979-1981 , but did not stand for re-election , because he became the Governing Mayor ( German : Regierender Bürgermeister ) of West Berlin ( 1981-1984 ) . | eng_Latn | 1,334 |
In 1866 the gubernia of Augustów was finally renamed to Suwałki Gubernia . | In 1866 the gubernia of Augustów was named Suwałki Gubernia . | The Lieutenant Governor stopped chairing the Executive Council in 1980 , and was replaced by a chairman elected by Tynwald , and the Council was reconstituted in 1985 to include the chairmen of the eight principal Boards ; in 1986 they were given the title ` Minister ' and the chairman was styled ` Chief Minister ' . | eng_Latn | 1,335 |
488 ) was a treaty signed on December 29 , 1835 , in New Echota , Georgia by officials of the United States government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction , the Treaty Party . | 488 ) was a treaty signed on December 29 , 1835 , in New Echota , Georgia by officials of the United States government and representatives of a minority Cherokee faction , the Treaty Party . | Cheeram Veetti Sathyan , popularly known as Odessa Sathyan ( 10 October 1957 -- 19 August 2014 ) was an Indian documentary filmmaker and social activist . he was known for his works in the naxal movements of the seventies in Kerala and his association with `` Odessa Collective '' . | eng_Latn | 1,336 |
Moi is popularly known to Kenyans as `` Nyayo '' , a Swahili word for `` footsteps '' , as he often said he was following in the footsteps of the first President . | Moi is popularly known to Kenyans as `` Nyayo '' , a Swahili word for `` footsteps '' . He earned this name because they thought he was following the footsteps of the first President . | Dwight L. Moody Dwight Lyman ( D.L. ) Moody ( February 5 , 1837 -- December 22 , 1899 ) was an American evangelist and publisher . He started the Moody Church , Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts ( now the Northfield Mount Hermon School ) , the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers . | eng_Latn | 1,337 |
He was elected to the Australian Senate in 1974 , and served as Minister for Resources and Energy from 1983 to 1984 and Finance Minister from 1984 to 1990 . | e was elected to the Australian Senate in 1974 , and served as Minister for Resources and Energy from 1983 to 1984 and Finance Minister from 1984 to 1990 . | From 1886 , he was acting Administrator of the Colony of the Gambia , until 1 December 1888 , when he was given the job as full Administrator on the Gambia 's separation from Sierra Leone . | eng_Latn | 1,338 |
In Algeria , a `` wāli '' is the `` governor '' and administrative head of each of the 48 provinces of the country , and is chosen by the president . | In Algeria , a `` wāli '' is the `` governor '' of each of the 48 provinces . They are chosen by the president . | Philip Babcock Gove was an editor at Merriam-Webster and became editor-in-chief of Webster 's Third New International Dictionary . Gove wrote a letter to the journal American Speech fifteen years after the error was caught . | eng_Latn | 1,339 |
The years of Kammu 's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name ( `` nengō '' ) . | The years of Kōnin 's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name ( `` nengō '' ) . | Faculty and staff are no longer government employees ( 国家公務員 , kokka kōmuin ) and do not work for the Ministry of Education , Culture , Sports , Science and Technology . | eng_Latn | 1,340 |
This period spanned the years from October 770 through January 781 . | This period started in October 770 and ended in January 781 . | He was elected as the President on September 8 , 1997 and re-elected in 2002 , until his term ended on July 19 , 2007 and was succeeded by Bako Sahakyan . | eng_Latn | 1,341 |
He was also founding member and Vice Chairman of Alliance of Free Democrats ( SZDSZ ) and Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary before becoming President . | He was also founding member and Vice Chairman of Alliance of Free Democrats ( SZDSZ ) and Speaker of the National Assembly before becoming President . | Dr. Szilárd Bogdánffy was consecrated as bishop of Oradea of the Latins and auxiliary bishop of Satu Mare on February 14 , 1949 by Gerald Patrick O'Hara , Regent of the Apostolic Nunciature to Bucharest . | eng_Latn | 1,342 |
Serbia Seeks to Annul Kosovo PM Election | Serbia on Saturday demanded the U.N. administrator of Kosovo annul the election of the province's new prime minister, a former rebel leader accused by Serbs of war crimes. | Survivors of the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 criticise honours given to Dutch peacekeepers in the city. | eng_Latn | 1,343 |
Zimbabwe Appoints New Electoral Body for March Poll | Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Thursday appointed a new electoral commission to run parliamentary polls due in March under a law which the opposition says does not guarantee a free and fair vote. | The Christian Science Monitor - When South African firms started moving into Zambia a decade ago, following apartheid's demise, they began to change the face of business in this impoverished nation of 11 million. | eng_Latn | 1,344 |
Rare Zimbabwe ruling party demo | Women members of Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF party protest at the suspension of prominent party figures. | Politics: 11 November 2004, Thursday. Organized crime groups in Bulgaria are not strong enough to threaten the economic and financial stability of the country, Bulgaria's Parliamentary Speaker Ognian Gerdzhikov ... | eng_Latn | 1,345 |
Megawati reluctant to concede presidency . . . | In her first remarks since losing Indonesia's presidential election, President Megawati Soekarnoputri has shied away from conceding defeat - leaving her rival wondering when to claim victory. | Peter Hain apologises "for any embarrassment" caused over donations but says he is "to get on with my cabinet jobs". | eng_Latn | 1,346 |
Government quits in strategic Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyzstan's government resigned Tuesday in a dispute with parliament, adding new tension to the troubled politics of a country of strategic interest to both Russia and the United States. The resignation was accepted by President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who has faced intensive political infighting since coming to power after March 2005 demonstrations drove longtime ruler Askar Akayev into exile. | First election since the military coup 15 months ago fuels fears of further political uncertainty in Thailand | eng_Latn | 1,347 |
Kenyan opposition wins speaker vote | Decision by parliament spells legislative trouble for President Mwai Kibaki | Investor's Business Daily - Politics: In a fundraising e-mail, Sen. John Kerry charges that Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell tried to "suppress the Democratic vote." But it wasn't Blackwell who paid off registrars with cocaine. | eng_Latn | 1,348 |
Bemba followers attack Congo court in poll protest | Supporters of Congolese former rebel chief Jean-Pierre Bemba attacked the Supreme Court on Tuesday when they rioted to protest against results showing he had lost a presidential election. | The Belarussian authorities ask Interpol to help find a girl at the centre of a diplomatic row with Italy. | eng_Latn | 1,349 |
Congo waits for election results | Gunfire erupted outside Congo's election commission headquarters Sunday, killing at least one person as President Joseph Kabila remained short of the majority of votes needed for an outright win in Congo's historic election. | No longer neglected, Ohio may determine the next president. | eng_Latn | 1,350 |
Abkhazia to re-run disputed vote | Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia re-runs October's disputed presidential election. | Sull'Afghanistan 'mi aspetto voto condiviso in Parlamento' | eng_Latn | 1,351 |
The National Olympic Committee for the Congo was created in 1964 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year . | History . The National Olympic Committee for the Congo ( `` Comité National Olympique et Sportif Congolais '' ) was formed in 1964 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee the same year . | In February 2006 , Ban announced his candidacy to replace Kofi Annan as UN Secretary-General at the end of 2006 . He was the first South Korean to run for Secretary-General . | eng_Latn | 1,352 |
He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , President of the Palestinian National Authority ( PNA ) , and leader of the Fatah political party and former paramilitary group , which he founded in 1959 . | In 1993 he also became president of the Palestinian National Authority ( PNA ) . | Indeed in 1939 , laws were passed that allowed Muslims to be permitted to join the National Fascist Party and in particular the `` Muslim Association of the Lictor '' ( Associazione Musulmana del Littorio ) , and the 1939 reforms allowed the creation of Libyan military units within the Italian army . | eng_Latn | 1,353 |
Hrabove ( ; , `` Grabovo '' , also spelled `` Grabove '' ) is a village in Shakhtarsk Raion ( district ) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine . | , `` Grabovo '' ) is a village in Shakhtarsk Raion ( district ) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine . | Brigadier General Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores ( born December 9 , 1930 ) is a Guatemalan politician . He was the 27th President of Guatemala from 8 August 1983 to 14 January 1986 . | eng_Latn | 1,354 |
Behind them stands doña Marcela de Ulloa ( 6 ) , the princess 's chaperone , dressed in mourning and talking to an unidentified bodyguard ( or `` guardadamas '' ) ( 7 ) . | Behind them stands doña Marcela de Ulloa ( 6 ) , the princess 's chaperone , dressed in mourning and talking to a bodyguard ( or `` guardadamas '' ) ( 7 ) . | Umaru Musa Yar ` Adua ( 16 August 1951 -- 5 May 2010 ) was a Nigerian politician . He served as the President of Nigeria and the 13th Head of State . | eng_Latn | 1,355 |
It counted with the support of Leonese Provincial Government This second Leonese Language Day was celebrated on December 16 , 2007 , being organised by the Leonese City Council in collaboration with several linguistic and cultural leonese associations . | It counted with the support of Leonese Provincial Government This second Leonese Language Day was celebrated on December 16 , 2007 . | He was elected Prime Minister of Vanuatu on two separate terms , and was previously the Minister of Foreign Affairs briefly in 1991 , the acting President of Vanuatu from 2 March 1999 to 24 March 1999 ( during a time in which he was the Speaker of Parliament ) , and Deputy Prime Minister . | eng_Latn | 1,356 |
Mbeki Toppled as Leader of Ruling Party in S. Africa | POLOKWANE, South Africa, Dec. 18 -- Former deputy president Jacob Zuma took control of South Africa's ruling party Tuesday in a resounding electoral victory, cementing his position as the favorite to become the country's next leader. His win pushed his opponent, President Thabo Mbeki, toward the... | First election since the military coup 15 months ago fuels fears of further political uncertainty in Thailand | eng_Latn | 1,357 |
Polynesian separatists lose power | A censure vote removes French Polynesia's first pro-independence government, elected just four months ago. | hours before the most prominent Sunni party withdrew from the historic poll. party set up in exile in Iran to oppose | eng_Latn | 1,358 |
Rwandan gets 20 years in genocide trial | A Belgian court sentenced a former Rwandan army major to 20 years in prison on Thursday for the murder of 10 Belgian peacekeepers and an undetermined number of Rwandan civilians at the start of the 1994 genocide. | Wilbert Rideau era stato condannato in dibattimenti viziati da pregiudizi razziali: salvato dal quarto processo Usa, libero dopo 44 anni il cronista delle carceri | eng_Latn | 1,359 |
Fujimori to make run for parliament | TOKYO -- Alberto Fujimori, the disgraced former president of Peru, has decided to run for Japan's upper house of parliament in July, a Japanese broadcaster reported on its website today. "I have accepted the request by the People's New Party to be a proportional representation candidate," Fujimori, who holds Japanese citizenship, was quoted as saying in an interview with the ... | Growing appetite for forums feeds public sector Cabinet Office minister Hilary Armstrong has emphasised the potential of independent web forums in supporting public services.⦠| eng_Latn | 1,360 |
Removing Mugabe won't mean democracy: opposition | Removing Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe would not automatically deliver democracy to the troubled African nation, said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. | MOSCOW -- The Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, voted yesterday to overturn a ban on political party leaders becoming ministers, raising fears that Soviet-style one-party rule could make a comeback. | eng_Latn | 1,361 |
Mauritania thwarts 'coup plot' | Mauritanian security forces foil a coup attempt, the third in 15 months, says the interior minister. | The European Union calls for free and fair elections in the Maldives with a parliamentary vote due this month. | eng_Latn | 1,362 |
Corruption top priority | Newly elected Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono faces immense challenges -- from fixing the economy to stopping religious and separatist conflicts and dealing with al Qaeda linked militants. | If you thought RIPA was bad... Proposed telecoms interception laws in Zimbabwe have created a furore with the government apparently awarding itself unlimited snooping powers.⦠| eng_Latn | 1,363 |
Opposition urges Kenyan leader to concede | Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called on Sunday for the government to concede defeat or allow a recount in a presidential election, saying fraud had stripped his rival's administration of legitimacy. | The likely runner-up in Afghanistan's historic presidential election alleged on Monday that the vote was marred by cheating, as President Hamid Karzai appeared | eng_Latn | 1,364 |
US, EU, India recall envoys from Nepal to protest King's power grab | Nepal came under international pressure after the United States, European Union and India recalled their ambassadors from the Himalayan outpost to protest King Gyanendra's seizure of absolute power. | Ukraine's parliament has declared the country's disputed presidential election invalid, a legally ineffectual but symbolically potent move boosting opposition hopes for a revote. | eng_Latn | 1,365 |
Kenya negotiators meet as Kibaki attends African summit | Negotiators for Kenya's political rivals met for the first time Thursday, as President Mwai Kibaki attended an African Union summit in neighbouring Ethiopia likely to be dominated by the month-long crisis sparked by his reelection. | Description: Countries that signed the Kyoto Protocol meet this week in Buenos Aeries. Despite little progress on Global Warming, the countries have passed the protocol and it becomes law this February. | eng_Latn | 1,366 |
Kenya Opposition Nixes Unity Government | Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga rejected the presidentâs offer to form a national unity government and promised rallies across the country this week. | Ukraine's Anti-Monopoly Committee (AMKU) recommended local authorities not to take to restrictions for grain removals from the regions. | eng_Latn | 1,367 |
Serb leader fights Kosovo independence | Serbia's newly re-elected president Boris Tadic pledged at his inauguration Friday that he would never stop fighting against independence for Kosovo. | Bersani, presto sviluppi.Sult, Air France 'colonialista' | eng_Latn | 1,368 |
President Stipe Wins Croatia Runoff | Croatia's President Stipe Mesic, who is credited for moving this ex-Yugoslav country closer to the West, overwhelmingly won a second term on Sunday. | Udinese battuta 2-1: Spinesi e Morimoto rimontano gol Pepe | eng_Latn | 1,369 |
Zimbabwe ruling party congress ends with new leadership elected | Zimbabwe's ruling party congress came to an end after electing its first woman vice president while the country's controversial information minister appeared to be losing favour. | Politics: 11 November 2004, Thursday. Organized crime groups in Bulgaria are not strong enough to threaten the economic and financial stability of the country, Bulgaria's Parliamentary Speaker Ognian Gerdzhikov ... | eng_Latn | 1,370 |
Mugabe Urges Party Unity Amid Succession Struggle | Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe called for unity on Thursday amid rare public jostling within his ruling ZANU-PF party over who will eventually succeed the controversial 80-year-old leader. | ROME - Sudan's president yesterday met with the pope and Italy's premier and offered to declare a cease-fire with Darfur rebels to coincide with the start of UN-backed peace talks next month. | eng_Latn | 1,371 |
Indonesia's former president Suharto dead at 86 | Indonesia's former president Suharto, whose iron-fisted rule became a byword for corruption and bloody repression but also brought economic growth, died Sunday after a long fight for life. | The centre-right coalition of Italy's PM Berlusconi suffers a crushing defeat in seven by-elections. | eng_Latn | 1,372 |
Botswana Ruling Party Surges Ahead in Poll | Botswana President Festus Mogae's ruling party swept ahead in early election results on Sunday and, with the opposition vote split, looked set to win overall in the world's biggest diamond producer. | If you thought RIPA was bad... Proposed telecoms interception laws in Zimbabwe have created a furore with the government apparently awarding itself unlimited snooping powers.⦠| eng_Latn | 1,373 |
Sudanese government says coup plotters planned to kill 3 dozen top officials | KHARTOUM, Sudan - Sudanese authorities accused an opposition party Saturday of plotting to kill more than three dozen senior government officials and blow up key sites in the capital, where heavily armed troops were out in force for a second day. | Ecuador's Congress votes to sack the 31-member Supreme Court in a controversial move contested by the opposition. | eng_Latn | 1,374 |
AD to launch a Regional Committee in Gozo | Alternattiva Demokratika (AD) held its annual general meeting on Friday morning at the Preluna Hotel and approved a motion with the theme "A Change for Better". The meeting coincided with the 15th anniversary ... | The assembly government is taking court action to recover a grant from a dairy firm, which closed its plant last year. | eng_Latn | 1,375 |
Susilo prepares five-year program: Spokesman | : Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is preparing a five-year program for Indonesia's new government after winning three in five votes in the presidential election, M. Lufti, a spokesman for Susilo, said late last night. | Pecoraro: "Scenario inquietante". Polemico Maroni: "Il problema Unipol 2, il ministro si dimetta"Il ministro della Difesa: è falso che il capo del Sismi non abbia poteri decisionali Nuova P2, la politica si divide Parisi: "Veleni senza fondamento" | eng_Latn | 1,376 |
Botswana Election Results Delayed | Initial results from Botswana's election were delayed on Sunday but President Festus Mogae's ruling party has won the first seat and is seen as safe to win the overall poll in the world's largest diamond producer. | Zimbabwe's main labour unions urge demonstrations in 34 towns and cities to protest at the economic crisis. | eng_Latn | 1,377 |
Protests shake Kenya, vote probe urged | Attorney General Amos Wako called on Thursday for an independent probe into Kenya's election after a day of battles between police and protesters disputing the re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. | Hong Kong's pro-democracy politicians failed to increased their numbers in the legislature by as much as expected in an election with a record turnout, defusing the outcry for China to allow fuller elections. | eng_Latn | 1,378 |
Kenyan parliament elects opposition man as speaker | Kenya's parliament elected a speaker from the opposition on Tuesday, heralding serious legislative problems for President Mwai Kibaki after his disputed re-election last month unleashed a wave of bloodshed. | The worst-kept secret in the village of Dehnow is that everyone is voting for Hamid Karzai. Of course, when asked who they want to win yesterday's elections for the president of Afghanistan | eng_Latn | 1,379 |
Fiji army warns against uprising, appoints interim PM | Fijian troops will quickly suppress any uprising, the military chief warned on Wednesday as the country's deposed prime minister called for non-violent protests after the South Pacific nation's fourth coup in 20 years. | Hubli, Aug. 23. (PTI): Beleaguered Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti's attempts to earn a reprieve from the court failed today when her petition seeking quashing of charges against her in the Idgah | eng_Latn | 1,380 |
Jean Omer Beriziky ( born 9 September 1950 ) is a Malagasy politician and diplomat who was Prime Minister of Madagascar in the government of consensus of President Andry Rajoelina from 2011 . | Jean Omer Beriziky ( born 9 September 1950 ) is a Malagasy politician and diplomat . He was the Prime Minister of Madagascar from 2011 to 2014 . | Nasrin Oryakhil is a gynecologist and obstetrician from Afghanistan . In 2004 , she became the Director of the Malalai Maternity Hospital in Kabul , Afghanistan . | eng_Latn | 1,381 |
Official Indonesian presidential decrees from the period 1947 -- 1968 , however , printed his name using the 1947 spelling . | Official Indonesian presidential decrees from 1947-1968 , however , printed his name using the 1947 spelling . | `` Sowerby , 1870 '' can refer to either G.B. Sowerby II or G.B. Sowerby III . | eng_Latn | 1,382 |
Some scholars believe that the name Saqqara is not derived from the ancient Egyptian funerary god Sokar , but from a supposed local Berber Tribe called Beni Saqqar . | Some scholars think the name ` Saqqara ' is not derived from the ancient Egyptian funerary god Sokar , but from a supposed local Berber Tribe called Beni Saqqar . | Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah ( February 16 , 1932 -- March 13 , 2014 ) was a Sierra Leonean politician , economist and lawyer . He was the third President of Sierra Leone from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007 . | eng_Latn | 1,383 |
On 2 February 2011 , facing a major national uprising , Saleh announced that he would not seek re-election in 2013 , but would serve out the remainder of his term . | On February 2 , 2011 , he announced that he would step down in 2013 . | He promises that he will return when all of the Time Relics have been gathered . | eng_Latn | 1,384 |
Modibo Keïta was elected the first president . | Modibo Keïta lost his job and was put in prison . | Bandovic had also taken control of the team temporarily before Zico came as a caretaker coach after Temuri Ketsbaia was fired . | eng_Latn | 1,385 |
Yitzhak Rabin succeeded her on June 3 , 1974 . | Yitzhak Rabin became prime minister after her on June 3 1974 . | Pogroms were carried out in 1821 , 1859 , 1871 , 1881 , and 1905 . | eng_Latn | 1,386 |
The department was replaced by the Kenya Wildlife Service ( KWS ) in 1990 , and Leakey became its first chairman . | The department was replaced by Kenya Wildlife Service ( KWS ) in 1990 , and Leakey became its first chairman . | In February , 2006 , a team of astronomers led by Franck Marchis measured accurately the orbit of the system using the Keck Laser guide star adaptive optics system . | eng_Latn | 1,387 |
In the `` mid-1990s '' he was Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Cooperation under Minister Girma Birru , and he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture in 2001 . | He served as the Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Cooperation under Girma Birru , and was the Minister of Agriculture in 2001 . | She went to Parliament in 2010 . She was a member of the parliamentary group of Lehet Más a Politika ( LMP ) , or Politics Can Be Different Party . | eng_Latn | 1,388 |
Ex-UN chief gets Kenyan rivals to meet | Kenya's president and his chief rival held talks Thursday for the first time since last month's disputed election, under international pressure to find a way to share power. But the president angered the opposition by insisting his position as head of state was not negotiable. | Burmese PM Khin Nyunt, who was dismissed last month, threatened army unity, a top military official says. | eng_Latn | 1,389 |
Somali premier dissolves cabinet | Somalia's new prime minister says he wants to broaden his cabinet as he sacks his ministers. | A top official from Sweden's opposition party quits over a political spying row - just days before elections. | eng_Latn | 1,390 |
EU condemns pre-election violence in Kenya | ELDORET, Kenya - The European Union's chief election monitor in Kenya on Friday condemned clashes that have killed hundreds and displaced thousands in the run-up to the December 27 national election. | Voters in Ukraine are choosing a new president in a run-off of a bitterly-fought knife-edge election. | eng_Latn | 1,391 |
Macedonians to vote on rights law | The Macedonian parliament agrees to hold a referendum on a law to give greater power to ethnic Albanians. | If you thought RIPA was bad... Proposed telecoms interception laws in Zimbabwe have created a furore with the government apparently awarding itself unlimited snooping powers.⦠| eng_Latn | 1,392 |
Congo opens 1st campaign since 1960s | Congo launched its first election campaign in four decades Friday, with 33 candidates seeking the presidency of the giant African country as it seeks normalcy after a brutal civil war. | "Today Ukraine, tomorrow Belarus!" read a banner strung up this week in a tent camp for opposition protesters. | eng_Latn | 1,393 |
Jiang-Hu tussle ahead of China's Communist Party plenum | Beijing, Sept. 15 (PTI): The Communist Party of China will hold its fourth plenum here from September 16 to 19 to discuss key issues facing the nation but a reported power tussle between the camps of military | Youth leaders of Malaysia's largest political party, Umno, say Anwar Ibrahim should not be allowed to rejoin. | eng_Latn | 1,394 |
Mozambique voters head for polls | After 18 years in power, President Joachim Chissano is stepping down and five candidates are vying for his post. The leading candidates are from two parties which fought a destructive civil war which ended in 1992. | Initial reports appear to show Musharraf's opponents ahead but it's a nerve-wracking path before anything is official | eng_Latn | 1,395 |
African Union head meets Kenya's feuding parties | African Union chief John Kufuor shuttled between Kenya's president and opposition leader on Wednesday to try to break a political impasse behind post-election turmoil that has killed 500 people. | Voters in Ukraine are choosing a new president in a run-off of a bitterly-fought knife-edge election. | eng_Latn | 1,396 |
Zimbabwe okays electoral reforms | ZIMBABWE'S ruling party used its parliamentary majority today to pass electoral reforms the opposition said did not go far enough, and ban foreign-funded rights groups, a move critics say would stifle dissent. | The BBC's Steven Eke reflects on this year's contrasting elections in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. | eng_Latn | 1,397 |
No need to revise constitution for UN seat -Japan | Japan has no need to revise its constitution -- which prohibits it from waging war -- to win a highly coveted permanent seat on the UN Security Council, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Wednesday. | Il segretario generale delle Nazioni Unite in un'intervista alla Bbc: «Violata la Carta dell'Onu. A rischio le elezioni di gennaio». LONDRA - La decisione americana di entrare in guerra in Iraq senza lâaccordo | eng_Latn | 1,398 |
Guebuza's win marred by voter apathy | Armando Guebuza, one of Mozambique's richest businessmen and a stalwart of the ruling party, has crowned his political career by being elected president. | President Bush's campaign on Friday filed its second lawsuit in a month against the Federal Election Commission in federal court in Washington, this time accusing the commission of failing to enforce the nation's campaign finance laws. | eng_Latn | 1,399 |
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