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Socialists pick Dutchman Timmermans for tilt at top EU job
Dutch politician Frans Timmermans is the common candidate at the 11th congress for Europe's alliance of socialist parties in Lisbon
Still standing beneath Washington, remnants of the Cold War
It was under Oyster-Adams School, just 2.5 kilometers north of the White House, that a nuclear fallout shelter was built to protect more than a hundred people in the event of a catastrophic strike
Going home to Chernobyl ghost town 32 years on
All the inhabitants of Pripyat, a town of nearly 50,000 built just two kilometers from the plant to house its employees, were evacuated the day after the world's worst nuclear disaster
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PH blacklists EU political party official over ‘partisan’ activity
‘A tourist does not enjoy the rights and privileges of a Philippine citizen, particularly the exercise of political rights which are exclusively reserved to Filipinos,’ says Immigration Chief Jaime Morente
Malacañang: PH has right to deny entry of EU party official
(UPDATED) Giacomo Filibeck, who belongs to a socialist European party, was 'determined as a person we don't want to be in our territory,' says Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque
EU political party official barred from entering PH
Giacomo Filibeck of the Party of European Socialists is one of the critics of President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody anti-drug campaign. He was supposed to join an Akbayan event in Cebu City.
Duterte: socialists reason for rejecting EU aid
'The socialists are contributing money for destab(ilization) and all these things which I cannot discuss publicly, 'President Rodrigo Duterte tells reporters
Socialists: the opposite of terrorists
The President has uttered several lies during his candidacy and presidency but among those I find most appalling is his profession that he is a socialist
French Socialists nominate leftwinger Hamon for president
Benoit Hamon s triumph is another upset in the French poll race with the former education minister and son of a dockworker viewed as an outsider only 3 weeks ago
Ex-PM Valls fights outsider for French presidential nod
Whoever wins the nomination faces long odds in the presidential race
[DASH of SAS] Give the gift of choice
Support some groups who empower Filipino families to exercise their reproductive health rights even when the Department of Health could not
Why Duterte is not – and is unlikely to be – a socialist
Our Hugo Chavez? The new Philippine President may indeed wage a ‘revolution’ – but a ‘revolution’ to stabilize rather than challenge an oppressive social order
Duterte in hot water for wolf whistling GMA7 reporter
UPDATED His words and actions reinforce looking at women as second class citizens says Elizabeth Angsioco national chair of the Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines
Hundreds of thousands protest over French jobs reform
The youth call the measures absurd but France claims it is trying to help young people the most
Opposition wins control of Venezuela congress
The broad mostly center right MUD coalition wins a majority of 99 out of 167 seats in the state legislature
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Opposition hopeful as Venezuela sets legislative vote
With Venezuela s economy in recession oil revenues plunging and consumers facing chronic shortages of basic goods President Nicolas Maduro s approval rating has sunk to 28
'Outraged' mayors take power in Madrid and Barcelona
Former judge Manuela Carmena a communist in her youth is sworn in as mayor of Madrid while activist Ada Colau is set to become Barcelona s first female mayor
‘Implement RH law properly to fight cervical cancer’
Many of the factors that increase a woman s risk of developing cervical cancer can be prevented if government promotes sex education and reproductive health
Spain's Podemos fails to break two-party hold in key Andalusia vote
Podemos wins 14 8 of the vote in the southern region according to the regional government not enough to challenge the country s two traditional political heavyweights
Chinese city makes 'socialist values' mandatory – report
The central Chinese city of Wuhan is requiring residents to internalize 12 core socialist values part of an ideological campaign of China s ruling Communist party
Brazil President Rousseff trailing in latest poll
Neves who upset predictions to eliminate environmentalist and early front runner Marina Silva in Sunday s first round was polling 46 to 44 for Rousseff according to polls
Beaten Silva party backs Brazil challenger Neves
The national executive committee of Silva s Socialist Party PSB cast 21 votes in favor of Neves against one for Rousseff and 7 for a neutral stance during a meeting in Brasilia
Incumbent Rousseff to face Neves in Brazil run-off
UPDATED With nearly all ballots counted the leftist incumbent has 42 of the vote to 34 for business world favorite Neves who fended off the once unstoppable looking Silva to reach the October 26 run off
Brazil votes for next president after dramatic campaign
The telenovela like drama of the race – a candidate s death in a fiery plane crash a poor maid s rise to the cusp of the presidency a seedy oil scandal – continued down to the wire; Some 142 8 million voters will cast their ballots in the polls
Marina Silva drops to third in last Brazil opinion poll
The final poll by the National Transport Confederation gives President Dilma Rousseff 40 6 with Social Democrat Aecio Neves on 24 and popular environmentalist Marina Silva on 21 4
Far-right at 'gates of power' in France, says PM Valls
Valls s warning follows weeks of turmoil for the ruling Socialists culminating in an opinion poll showing that FN leader Marine Le Pen would beat President Francois Hollande in presidential elections in 2017
Political earthquake in France as far right triumphs in EU vote
The National Front led by Marine Le Pen secures 26 of the vote guaranteeing the party around a third of France s 74 seats in the European Parliament
Health advocates rejoice over upheld RH law
UPDATED Reproductive health advocates hail the big victory for women and young people and say they are ready for the next battle: to ensure its implementation
Hollande axes French PM after election debacle
French President Francois Hollande decided to axe current Prime Minister Jean Marc Ayrault after his Socialist Party lost more than 150 towns and cities to the main opposition and far right in municipal elections on Sunday
France's Socialists suffers losses as far-right breaks through
The National Front wins control of at least 8 towns and is on track to claiming 1 200 municipal council seats in a breakthrough success for the party
Without RH law, contraceptives will run out in Payatas
Only P14 million is allotted for Quezon City s health program when the city actually needs P200 million
Venezuela marks year without Chavez amid protests
A year after socialist revolutionary Hugo Chavez s death Venezuela faces persistent opposition protests
Coalition partner leaves Danish government
One of the 3 members of Denmark s leftist coalition left government over the controversial sale of a stake in state controlled energy group DONG
Maduro's Twitter hacked on election day
Nicolas Maduro became the actual president of Venezuela but lost his Twitter account on the same day
The 7 Deadly Sins of the RH bill, according to Sotto
Senator Tito Sotto says big bucks and the abortion advocacy are the main drivers of the RH bill
Socialists take control of French parliament
The victory gives Hollande the majority he needs to deal with the eurozone debt crisis
Socialists take French parliament with sweeping win
Socialists won control of parliament in a run off vote Sunday June 17 handing President Francois Hollande the convincing majority needed to push through a tough tax and spend agenda estimates say
Greek socialists make 'first step' toward coalition
Greece s socialist leader on his way to forming a Cabinet after Sunday s inconclusive election
Meet Francois Hollande, the anti-Sarkozy
Socialist Francois Hollande is the exact opposite of Nicolas Sarkozy but recent weeks have also exposed his weaknesses
