#IRELAND

Breakaway Fine Gael Legislators Register Unofficial "Third Party" [world politics news]

Lucinda Creighton of the Reform Alliance says the group of expelled Fine Gael legislators has no intention of forming a formal political party.

#TUNISIA: "Slimmed Down" Gov't of "Technocrats" to Lead Until Elections

[world politics news]

PM-designate Mehdi Jomaa, who will lead a small gov't of 15 ministers until elections are held.

#USA: #NH Legislator Investigated After Crushing Ducks with BMW

[world politics news]

#ZIMBABWE

Ambassador Who Defected to Australia Labeled "Traitor" [world politics news]

#GERMANY

Welfare Fraud Feared as EU Opens Doors to Eastern Immigrants [world politics news]

Seven years after joining, Bulgarians and Romanians can now immigrate and work anywhere in the EU, prompting German fears of a huge rise in welfare claims. Merkel's Christian Democrats are calling for tougher standards to prevent abuse.

#CANADA

After Spending Scandal, Senators Have Cut Food, Travel Expenses [world politics news]

#ITALY

Coalition Gov't Vows to Spend €800m to Fight Poverty in 2014 [world politics news]

#IRAQ

PM al-Maliki Says Muslims Should Pray to Iraqi Shrine, Not Mecca [world politics news]

#RUSSIA

Freed Dissident Khodorkovsky Won't Enter Politics After Pardon [world politics news]

#LEBANON

Frmer Pro-Western Amb. to US, Assad Opponent, Killed in Beirut [world politics news]

#NEPAL

Maoist Party Vows to Join Assembly, Easing Tensions [world politics news]

Maoist leader Prachanda

#BANGLADESH

Gov't Deploys Troops Ahead of Election After Violence [world politics news]

#THAILAND

Gov't Rejects Election Commission Call For Feb. Election Delay [world politics news]

#EGYPT

Gov't Declares Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Org, Bans Rallies [world politics news]

#UGANDA

Notorious "Kill the Gays" Bill Passes Parliament, Sends Gays to Prison [world politics news]

#SPAIN

PM Rajoy Delivers on Election Promise to Restrict Abortion [world politics news]

#INDIA

Environment Min. Resigns to Help Congress Party After Poor Showing [world politics news]

Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan will work to shore up the Congress Party ahead of 2014 elections after several recent election defeats.

#MADAGASCAR

Stability Hoped As Polls Close in First Election Since 2009 Coup [world politics news]

#THAILAND

Oppo. Democrat Party to Boycott Feb., 2014 Elections [world politics news]

#MEXICO

Senate Approves Political Reforms Including Right of Re-Election [world politics news]

#CHINA

Vice Min. of Public Security Under Investigation for "Serious Law Violations" [world politics news]

China's Vice Minister of Public Security Li Dongsheng is under investigation.

#USA

New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Constitutional [world politics news]

#FRANCE

Two Former Sarkozy Aides Face Corruption Probe, Endangering Comeback [world politics news]

#FRANCE

Unions Attack "Meager" €12/Month Minimum Wage Hike [world politics news]

#EGYPT

Public Info Officer Resigns Amid Error-Strewn Poster at Pro-Constitution Event [world politics news]

The poster misspelled "Egyptians" in Arabic and featured images of three Westerners, including a Down Syndrome boy.

#CHINA

Survey Shows 90% Support for Crackdown on Gov't Waste and "Extravagance" [world politics news]

CA Gov. Jerry Brown, 75, May Seek White House For a Fourth Time [world politics news]

#TURKEY

Police Detain Sons of Three Gov't Ministers In Bribery, Corruption Probe [world politics news]

#SYRIA

West May Allow #Assad to Stay in Power, Fearing Radical Islamists' Rise [world politics news]

#THENETHERLANDS

Parliament to Debate New Work Requirements For Welfare Recipients [world politics news]

#GERMANY

#Merkel Introduces Her New Cabinet [world politics news]

Ursula von der Leyen, 55, (CDU) is the new defence minister.

#TUNISIA

Demonstrations Commemorate Death of Activist that Sparked Arab Spring [world politics news]

#EGYPT

Parties Take Sides on New Constitution Referendum [world politics news]

Leaders of the salafist Nour Party, which will vote “yes” for the constitution

#AUSTRIA

Youngest Foreign Minister, 27, Appointed [world politics news]

#AUSTRALIA

Court Overturns Fed. Dist. Gay Marriage Law [world politics news ]

#EUROPE

Austria's Freedom Pty Aims to Form Eurosceptic Bloc in EU Parliament [world politics news]

Head of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe) Heinz-Christian Strache.

#CANADA

9 First Nations Sign Agreement to Assume Greater Control Over their Land [world politics news]

Land managed by the Wasauksing First Nation in Ontario, one of the Nations to sign the agreement.

#SPAIN

Smaller Parties and Secessionist Movements Growing Amid Austerity Measures [world politics news]

#RUSSIA

Duma to Vote on Forgiveness of $29 Billion of Soviet-Era Aid to Cuba [world politics news]

#IRELAND

Gov't Must Cut €2.5 Bill. Next Year, Not the Planned €2 Bill., Warns EU [world politics news]

The IMF’s Ajai Chopra at a troika press conference in Dublin.

#CANADA

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau Defends Missing One-Third of Commons Question Periods [world politics news]

#JAPAN

PM #Abe's Popularity Sinks 10% in a Month Over New Secrecy Law [world politics news]

#CUBA

Same Day as Obama-Castro Handshake, Human Rights Day Demonstrators Detained [world politics news]

#SOUTHAFRICA

Scandal-Plagued Pres. Zuma Booed At Mandela Funeral Appearance [world politics news]

#ISRAEL

#Netanyahu Skips #Mandela Funeral, Citing High Cost of the Plane Trip [world politics news]

#UKRAINE

Protests, Violence Escalates Between Gov't, Pro-EU Opposition [world politics news]

#RUSSIA

#Putin Dissolves State News Agency In Bid to Tighten Reins of Power [world politics news]

#THAILAND

In Face of Huge Protests, PM #Yingluck Dissolves Parliament; Calls New Election [world politics news]

 

 

#UKRAINE

Pro-EU Protesters in Kiev Topple, Pulverize Lenin Statue [world politics news]

#EGYPT

Police Stage Rare Protest of Anti-Protest Law [world politics news]