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Long struggle over, Mitsotakis to take power in Greece today
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ATHENS Constantine Mitsotakis emerged Tuesday from years of
struggling, including four elections, to realize his dream of leading
Greece's first conservative government since 1981.
The head of the New Democracy Party was designated prime
minister and asked to form the new government by President Christos
Sartzetakis.
New Democracy candidates won 150 of the 300 parliamentary seats
in Sunday's national election, the third in 10 months. Mitsotakis
then secured the backing of a...
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; ... interests, analysts contend. Major will get a brief but intense exposure to Washington on Friday. After appearances on four morning news shows, he is scheduled to hold meetings with Secretary of State James A. Baker III, Vice President Quayle and Treasury Secretary ...
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Major Claims EC Victory for Britain; Prime Minister Tells Parliament of `Reining in Our Partners'
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; A satisfied Prime Minister John Major came home today from the Maastricht summit on European unity declaring victory in negotiating a deal that kept Britain firmly inside the European Community while leaving the country maximum discretion to opt out of future moves toward a federal union. Major's
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The Washington Post
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Former Norwegian prime minister Per Borten dies.(Brief Article)
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British prime minister joins call for aid to fleeing Kurdish rebels
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; DUSSELDORF, Germany -- Prime Minister John Major of Britain urged President Bush yesterday to join a "massive international effort" to send humanitarian aid to the Kurds fleeing Iraqi troops. He added his voice to a growing European chorus of support for the Kurds. Major said Britain would send
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Yugoslav prime minister resigns; 4th republic seeks EC recognition
The Boston Globe
; ... city of Sisak, 30 miles southeast of Zagreb, followed by an air attack on the nearby village of Letovanic. The Belgrade-based news agency Tanjug reported that Croatian forces shelled army positions in central Croatia. Defense officials in Novska said the city ...
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; ... his reputation as a "Mr. Clean" figure untouched by any political scandal; with the stock market investigation dominating the news here, that image should be a key asset. Nonetheless, there are plenty of potential pitfalls for Kaifu and his delegation at the ...
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Can you, Papandreou? (Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou) (Editorial)
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; IT IS not true, as too many irritated Europeans have been muttering this week, that Greece no longer matters to the rest of the world. The Greeks' cold-war reason for mattering--they were an outpost of pluralism in an otherwise all-communist south-east Europe--is indeed over and done with. But the
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