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    Oct 25, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  1. Tokyo governor resigns to form new party, run for parliament

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    Shintaro Ishihara, the strident governor of Tokyo who helped touch off a major dispute between China and Japan over some uninhabited islets near Taiwan, announced that he was quitting his post and forming a new political party....
  2. Aug 6, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  3. Britain's Liberal Democrats give up on reforming House of Lords

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    Nick Clegg, Britain’s deputy prime minister, conceded defeat Monday in the campaign to overhaul the House of Lords by turning the venerable but undemocratic institution into a partially elected one. He acknowledged that his Liberal Democrats...
  4. Aug 6, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  5. Plastic pellets blanket Hong Kong beaches after typhoon

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    Tons of tiny plastic pellets are washing up on Hong Kong beaches after a powerful typhoon sent “white plastic sacks of death” tumbling off a ship into the sea, environmental activists say, warning the spilled pellets could send chemicals up...
  6. May 4, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  7. London's colorful mayor wins a second term

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    Boris Johnson, the floppy-haired, often hilarious mayor of London, wins a second term. Johnson, a Conservative, beats Labor Party candidate Ken Livingstone, the man who was mayor of the British capital before him....
  8. May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  9. UK coalition to last despite rifts, infighting: deputy PM

    Reuters
    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's deputy prime minister on Wednesday took the unusual step of holding a news conference to say the country's two-party coalition would hold together until 2015 as he tried to stabilize a government beset by infighting and rifts....

    Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Parliament, Politics, Nick Clegg, Elections

  10. May 21, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  11. UK coalition to last despite rifts, infighting - Deputy PM

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    * Britain's two-party coalition has ruled since 2010 * Riven by increasing policy differences * Cameron has raised spectre it could fall apart * Deputy PM says it will stay the course By Andrew Osborn LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Britain's deputy prime...

    Tags: United Kingdom, National Government, Government, Same-Sex Marriage, Conservative Party (UK)

  12. May 21, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  13. UK coalition to last despite rifts, infighting: Deputy PM

    Reuters
    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's deputy prime minister will take the unusual step of holding a news conference on Wednesday to say the country's two-party coalition will hold together until 2015 as he tries to stabilize a government beset by infighting and...

    Tags: United Kingdom, National Government, Government, David Cameron, Same-Sex Marriage

  14. May 21, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  15. UK's Cameron committed to ruling in coalition until 2015: spokesman

    Reuters
    LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron is committed to governing as part of a two-party coalition until the next national election in 2015, his spokesman said on Tuesday, days after Cameron raised the prospect of the alliance breaking...

    Tags: United Kingdom, David Cameron, Conservative Party (UK), Politics, Elections

  16. May 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  17. Gay marriage law strains UK Cameron's leadership, government

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    (Updates with result of votes) * Cameron personally backed gay marriage bill * But bill has angered many of his own lawmakers * Infighting puts PM's leadership under strain * Two-party coalition increasingly divided By Andrew Osborn LONDON, May 20...

    Tags: Marriage, Religion and Belief, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, Margaret Thatcher

  18. May 21, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  19. UK's Cameron committed to ruling in coalition until 2015 - spokesman

    Reuters
    LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron is committed to governing as part of a two-party coalition until the next national election in 2015, his spokesman said on Tuesday, days after Cameron raised the prospect of the alliance...

    Tags: United Kingdom, Conservative Party (UK), Politics, Elections

  20. May 19, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  21. Cameron 'losing control' as rift with party core widens

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    LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron is "losing control of his party", Conservative Party grandee Geoffrey Howe said on Sunday, as a row raged over whether a close aide to Cameron had labeled grassroots activists "mad, swivel-eyed...

    Tags: International Organizations, BBC, Same-Sex Marriage, Newspaper and Magazine, Parliament

  22. May 19, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  23. Cameron "losing control" as rift with party core widens

    Reuters
    * Cameron, grassroots at odds over Europe, gay marriage * Conservative grassroots accused of being "mad" * Cameron hints could end coalition early By Mohammed Abbas LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron is "losing control...

    Tags: International Organizations, BBC, Same-Sex Marriage, Newspaper and Magazine, Politics

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