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People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein and his government on Monday won overwhelmingly a confidence vote by the parliament, the speaker said. "After a debate the two hundred parliamentarians voted and the government received a hundred and ninety-one votes in favour, while seven voted against it and two abstained," Sheik Aden Mohamed, speaker of Somalia national...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Interim Somali Prime Minister Nur "Adde" Hassan Hussein has survived a vote-of-confidence motion in Parliament, Radio Garowe reported Monday.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Many lawmakers in Somalia's transitional federal parliament are pushing a motion to bring up a vote of confidence against interim Prime Minister Nur "Adde" Hassan Hussein, government sources tell Garowe Online.
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Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Winston Peters has made it clear on Radio NZ he will not step down, so Clark has to decide today whether to sack him or not. It she does, it sounds like NZ First will regard it as a breach of their confidence and supply agreement and withdraw confidence. Some people think that just because no [...]
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
New Delhi , Aug 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Lal Krishna Advani on Saturday called the cash for vote scandal as worse than the bofors scandal. The way the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government has won the confidence vote in the parliament giving away millions of rupees to buy parliamentarians, I [...]
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Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
New Delhi, Aug 30 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Lal Krishna Advani on Saturday called the cash for vote scandal as worse than the bofors scandal.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | yesterday
So we had news of Harper's testimony in the Cadman case last night. We hear that he approved of an offer of "campaign financial support" to Chuck Cadman the day before the historic confidence vote in the House of Commons in May of 2005 when Cadman voted with the Liberals. We heard about something like this on the Tom Zytaruk audiotape so in that respect it's not new: Harper is...
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nandigramunited (Free subscription) | yesterday
'Secret’ N-letter: Mulayam in ‘dilemma’, Cong says don’t panic Agencies Posted online: Thursday , September 04, 2008 at 05:34:50 New Delhi, September 4: Mulayam Singh Yadav whose Samjwadi Party switched sides ahead of the confidence vote in Lok Sabha in July and supported the government, said his party in a "dilemma" on the Indo-US nuclear deal in the wake of latest disclosures from the...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
TheStar.com | Canada | PM authorized offer to CadmanPM authorized offer to CadmanHarper testifies he approved of overture to MP the day before 2005 confidence voteTim NaumetzTHE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA–Prime Minister Stephen Harper has testified that he personally authorized an offer made to MP Chuck Cadman in 2005 for help defeating the Liberal government.In sworn testimony filed yesterday...
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The so-called Cadman affair generated plenty of headlines earlier this year, after a book by B.C. author Tom Zytaruk revealed allegations of a meeting on the eve of the 2005 confidence vote. Mr. Cadman was suffering from terminal cancer at the time. Ultimately, he voted with the government, preventing its collapse. He died later the same year.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
The deal has caused troubles for Mr. Singh and his Congress Party for months; in July the Communist Party dropped out of the governing coalition in opposition to the deal, which the party says would strengthen a strategic relationship with the United States. Mr. Singh later survived a confidence vote that he called in Parliament.
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Tarique Ghaffur, who has accused him of racial discrimination. Last November he survived a no-confidence vote from his force's presiding body, the Metropolitan Police Authority, over the fatal shooting of Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes who was mistaken by officers for a suicide bomber. That came after the Met Police was found guilty in a criminal court case of breaking...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
... officer, Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, who has .Last November, Blair survived a no-confidence vote from his force's presiding body, the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA), over the fatal shooting of the Brazilian electrician , who was mistaken by officers for a suicide bomber. That came after the Met police were found guilty in a criminal court case of breaking health and...
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Tarique Ghaffur, who has accused him of racial discrimination.Last November he survived a no-confidence vote from his force's presiding body, the Metropolitan Police Authority, over the fatal shooting of Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes who was mistaken by officers for a suicide bomber.That came after the Met Police was found guilty in a criminal court case of breaking...
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
EVENT: On September 1, the prime minister overwhelmingly won a confidence vote. SIGNIFICANCE: The Transitional Federal Government is under pressure to mend its divisions, after reaching a deal with the fractured opposition in June. The fragile agreement offers the possibility of improved security and future negotiations toward power-sharing, which could empower a moderate coalition of...
