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<div>Parti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois is "shocked" by the abrupt departure of three influential members of her sovereigntist party over proposed legislation dealing with a future Quebec City arena, and she warned the move would only benefit Quebec's ruling Liberal Party. A visibly tense...

Diyarbakir, Turkey (CNN) -- At a campaign rally in the predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan tried Wednesday to draw parallels between the oppression and persecution Turkey's largest ethnic minority has faced and the pressure...

took only a few minutes, Saturday afternoon in a hotel in Manhattan, for Dominique Strauss-Kahn's career to be tainted by scandal. The inquiry into the allegations made against the IMF head has only just begun, but the damage inflicted to his image and reputation has already reached the point of...

MEXICO CITY – The former presidential candidate of Mexico's leading leftist party is temporarily splitting with the group over a possible alliance with conservatives. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he has taken a "temporary leave" from the Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD. PRD leaders...

-- Ugandans voted Friday in a presidential election that could extend the term of the incumbent, who has been in power for 25 years. A new term would give President Yoweri Museveni five more years. This is the third consecutive time opposition front-runner Kizza Besigye has run against the...

-- Pakistan's Cabinet ministers submitted their resignations to the prime minister on Wednesday as part of the government's plan to dissolve and reappoint a smaller Cabinet, the prime minister's press secretary told CNN. "All the ministers have tendered their resignation," said Shabir Anwar...

Winnipeg police have arrested a man in connection with the slaying of two young men early Saturday. Darren Joey Swampy, 19, and Lee Brady Spence, 22, were shot to death following a dispute at a house party in Winnipeg's inner city. A 27-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the...

Ed Stelmach says he won't seek re-election as Alberta premier, while warning of the rise of "U.S.-style negative attack politics" that focus on personality rather than on issues. Stelmach, who replaced Ralph Klein as Alberta Conservative Party leader in December 2006, revealed his intentions at...

-- The Green Party has pulled out of Ireland's crumbling government, depriving it of a majority in parliament and likely forcing early elections. The decision on Sunday comes a day after Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced he would not lead his Fianna Fail party after elections, sparking a...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/22/beeper.mccarthy.ireland.politics.cnn -- Embattled Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said Saturday that he will step down as leader of the Fianna Fail political party but stay on as prime minister until the March 11 elections. A new leader will be...

-- Despite international calls for calm and negotiations, Albania's ruling government continued Saturday to levy sharply-worded rhetoric against its opposition and arrested 113 people following a massive Friday protest that turned violent, state-run media reported. Those arrested were charged...

-- Tunisia's new government is interrogating 33 people from ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's entourage, a top official said Friday, while 1,200 others who have "spread terror among the population carried out unacceptable acts" have been arrested, according to state media. Tunisia's...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/20/wedeman.tunis.end.cnn -- Tunisia's new government announced Thursday it will recognize political groups banned under the regime of ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and grant amnesty to all political prisoners. The announcement followed the...

-- Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen won a vote of confidence Tuesday from members of his party who determined he should lead them into the next election. "The party are united behind Brian Cowen as leader and we move forward both in terms of the continuation of the work with a national recovery...

-- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and four other members of Israel's parliament, the Knesset, are leaving the Labor faction and forming a new, independent faction, according to a letter from the break-away members dated Monday. Barak, Matan Vilnai, Einat Wilf, Orit Noked and Shalom Simchon...

-- Nigeria's ruling party on Friday declared incumbent Goodluck Jonathan its presidential candidate in the April elections after he won a primary vote in Africa' most populous nation. The president got 77.7% of the vote in the People's Democratic Party primary, election officials said. He beat...

Edmonton has recorded its second homicide of the year and a number of injuries after a party in the city's North End turned violent Sunday morning, police say. The incident occurred about 2 a.m. MT as a fight broke out at a party being held by young people in a community hall on 87th Street and...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/02/bpr.anwar.pakistan.govt.minority.cnn -- The second-largest party in Pakistan's ruling coalition quit the government Sunday over fuel price increases and other complaints, leaving the country with a minority government. Sunday's announcement by the...

Pakistani women of the fundamentalist Jamaat-i-Islami party march against Asia Bibi on December 9. Islamabad, Pakistan -- Pakistan's religious parties are planning protests this week against any attempts to change the nation's blasphemy laws, a party spokesman said Thursday. Moulana Amjad...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/12/17/curnow.zimbabwe.mugabe.threats.cnn Mutare, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe threatened Friday to seize all Western-owned investments in the country unless their governments remove targeted sanctions imposed on him and his senior...