India's prime minister on Thursday halted plans to sell shares of state-run companies after a key ally threatened to quit the ruling coalition.
The Dutch queen signaled her approval Saturday of a plan for the conservative prime minister to form a minority government after his administration crumbled this week.
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende was to tender his Cabinet's resignation to Queen Beatrix Friday, a move that will ultimately lead to new elections.
Latinos have increased their presence at all levels of government over the last decade, with more than two of every five serving in Texas, a Hispanic political group reported.
The Internet search engine Google wants to be a top source of information from the federal government.
Haiti's new Cabinet was sworn in Friday, replacing a U.S.-backed interim government that was appointed to lead the impoverished and conflict-torn nation after a 2004 revolt.
Haiti's president appointed a coalition government Tuesday in an effort to unite the impoverished nation two years after a bloody revolt toppled the last elected president.
A group organized more than a decade ago by Myanmar's military junta ostensibly to serve as a social welfare organization is being used by the ruling generals to perpetuate their grip on power, says a report issued Tuesday by an anti-government organization.
Puerto Rican lawmakers, facing the possibility of a partial government shutdown, remained deadlocked on Sunday on plans to close a $740 million budget shortfall.
America is a land of immigrants, and official Washington mirrors their struggles and successes.
Spain's prime minister announced a surprise Cabinet shuffle on Friday, replacing his defense and interior ministers in the first major changes to his inner circle since coming to office two years ago.
Hasan Dahghani doesn't like his government. But when it comes to Iran's nuclear program, he backs the president and his fierce attacks on the West all the way. Like many Iranians interviewed Wednesday, Dahghani sees Tehran's confrontation with the United States and Europe as a matter of national pride.
President Bush vowed, "We are fully prepared." Mike Brown barked orders. Weather experts warned of a killer storm. The behind-the-scenes drama, captured on videotape as Hurricane Katrina roared ashore, confirmed Americans' suspicions of government leaders: They can run a good meeting, but little else.
Women hold fewer than a quarter of the top jobs in state governments and have made little progress increasing their representation in the last eight years, a new study found.
Iraqi efforts to form a government are only now beginning in earnest nearly two months after key elections, and the hard bargaining could take weeks — if not months — to produce a new leadership. That could delay the eventual drawdown of U.S. forces.