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Spanish government in new bid to revive economy Spain's government, seeking to cut its deficit amidst a double-dip recession, is to unveil new measures Friday aimed at reviving the economy, a day after registering record unemployment.

26 April 2013

Moderate leftist Letta nominated to lead Italy An Italian leftist politician, Enrico Letta, was nominated to be the new prime minister on Wednesday, bringing to an end a bitter two-month deadlock on forming a new government.

25 April 2013

Morocco opposition Islamists warn of 'explosion' Morocco's main Islamist opposition group said the country is run by a shadow government and warned dire social and economic conditions could cause an "explosion" among disaffected youths.

24 April 2013

India reaches 'broad consensus' on land acquisition bill India's main political parties have struck a "broad consensus" on a contentious land acquisition bill to better reward landowners whose property is bought for industrial development.

20 April 2013

Indonesia moves towards approving deforestation plan The Indonesian government has said it aims to approve within a month a plan that would free up vast swathes of protected virgin rainforest on Sumatra island for commercial exploitation.

19 April 2013

Spain vows to tighten abortion law despite criticism Spain's centre-right government has vowed to "promptly" tighten the nation's abortion laws, angering the opposition Socialist Party which had eased access to the procedure.

18 April 2013

French ministers face first-ever assets declaration French ministers will for the first time on Monday disclose their assets, in a move President Francois Hollande's Socialist government hopes will restore public confidence after a tax fraud scandal.

15 April 2013

Croatia's flagging support to join EU to be tested by vote Not so long ago, Croatia was ebullient at the prospect of becoming the EU's newest member in July this year.

11 April 2013

French ministers to declare assets publicly after scandal France's Socialist government said Monday it had ordered ministers to declare their assets publicly within days, as it seeks to limit the damage from a tax fraud scandal involving an ex-minister.

10 April 2013

Spanish youth protest around the world against unemployment Spanish youths demonstrated Sunday in cities across Spain and near the country's embassies abroad against sky-high unemployment and poor working conditions.

08 April 2013

Salam set to be named Lebanon prime minister Tamam Salam of the Western-backed opposition is to be named Lebanon's prime minister Saturday, two weeks after Najib Mikati resigned and effectively brought down his Hezbollah-dominated government.

06 April 2013

US has 'real concerns' about Egypt: Kerry The United States has "real concerns" about the direction being taken by the Egyptian government following recent arrests and political violence.

03 April 2013

C.Africa's new post-coup government to start work The Central African Republic's new post-coup government was due to hold its first meeting as soon as Tuesday, its spokesman said, as anger rose in South Africa over its military mission in the restive country.

02 April 2013

Italy government talks end with no solution in sight Italy remained in political limbo on Friday after talks to break a deadlock created by inconclusive polls ended with no solution in sight.

30 March 2013

Italy struggles to break government deadlock Italy was left struggling to form a government after leftist leader Pier Luigi Bersani on Thursday lost his bid to end an impasse created by elections with no clear winner in the eurozone's third-largest economy.

29 March 2013

Brother of British Labour leader to step down as MP: report British lawmaker David Miliband, who lost the 2010 battle for the leadership of the opposition Labour party to his younger brother Ed, is to stand down as an MP.

27 March 2013

Britain tries to reassure bloggers on new press rules The British government has insisted that bloggers and posts on social media would not be caught by a new system of press regulation, but campaigners warned the new rules could be open to interpretation.

20 March 2013

Aid flowing to Myanmar may hinder, not help: experts Governments and agencies must be wary of drowning Myanmar with well-intentioned but ill-targeted aid, experts warned Thursday, admonishing the global community to "first do no harm."

15 March 2013

India to hand plots of land to rural poor: reports India's government is drawing up a major new welfare reform which would hand small plots of land to millions of homeless poor in the countryside.

14 March 2013

Australia gets first Aboriginal provincial government leader The first Aboriginal to head a government in Australia took office on Thursday as chief minister of the Northern Territory, after staging a backroom coup.

14 March 2013

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