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Capello in Gerrard row after France defeat (AFP)

November 18th, 2010

England's Manager Fabio Capello, seen here watching his players during their binternational/b friendly against France at Wembley Stadium in London, on November 17. Capello was forced on to defensive after Steven Gerrard limped off injured as his side crashed to a 2-1 defeat.(AFP/Franck Fife)AFP - England manager Fabio Capello was forced on to defensive after Steven Gerrard limped off injured as his side crashed to a 2-1 defeat against revitalised France.


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Iran’s Ahmadinejad says capitalism faces defeat (AP)

September 21st, 2010

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Tuesday that capitalism faces inevitable defeat and called for the overhaul of “undemocratic and unjust” global decision-making bodies.


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Japan ruling party handed big defeat over tax plan (AP)

July 11th, 2010

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan walks past posters of himself during ballot counting in the upper house parliamentary elections at the party's election headquarters in Tokyo Sunday, July 11, 2010. Battered by voter backlash over the prospect of higher sales taxes, his Democratic Party of Japan suffered a heavy defeat in the parliamentary elections, media exit polls showed, dealing a blow that could hinder the young government's ability to control soaring debt. The posters read: 'Bring back a healthy Japan.' (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Japanese voters handed a stinging electoral defeat to the ruling party Sunday, exit polls showed, rejecting a proposal to increase taxes and handicapping a fledgling government struggling to…

Gordon Brown: a survivor fighting to avoid defeat (AP)

May 2nd, 2010

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets local residents during a visit to Dulwich and West Norwood in London Sunday, May 2, 2010. Britain goes to the polls in a general election May 6. (AP Photo/ Dan Kitwood, PA ) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Gordon Brown has never made politics look easy, and Britain’s hard-fought election campaign has been a grueling trial for the incumbent prime minister.


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Hungary’s ruling Socialists suffer stinging defeat (AP)

April 11th, 2010

Member of the controversial Hungarian Guard, wearing paramilitary-style uniform, waits or the election results in the election center of Jobbik, Hungary's far-right wing party, in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, April 11, 2010. The latest polls expect the extremist Jobbik winning more than 10 percent of the vote in Sunday's parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Timea Fauszt)AP - Hungary’s center-right party reclaimed the right to govern on Sunday, winning over 50 percent of the vote and handing the ruling Socialists a humiliating defeat. Extreme rightists backed…

Kyrgyz president refuses to admit defeat or resign (AP)

April 8th, 2010

Protesters pose in Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's cabinet room inside Kyrgyz government headquarters on central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, April 8, 2010. An opposition coalition in Kyrgyzstan said it has formed an interim government that will rule the turbulent Central Asian nation for six months. Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva said Thursday she will head the government that dissolved the parliament and will take up legislative duties.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - The president of Kyrgyzstan insisted Thursday that he is not admitting defeat and he will not resign despite a bloody uprising and the formation of an interim government…

Kyrgyz president refuses to admit defeat (AP)

April 8th, 2010

Protesters pose in Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's cabinet room inside Kyrgyz government headquarters on central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, April 8, 2010. An opposition coalition in Kyrgyzstan said it has formed an interim government that will rule the turbulent Central Asian nation for six months. Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva said Thursday she will head the government that dissolved the parliament and will take up legislative duties.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - President Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan told a Russian radio station he is not admitting defeat despite a bloody uprising and the formation of an interim government.


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Sarkozy to rejig government after poll defeat (AFP)

March 22nd, 2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves a booth at a Paris polling station during the secound round of the regional elections. Sarkozy was left scrambling for a way to relaunch his once relentless reform drive on Monday, after a humiliating defeat in nationwide regional elections.(AFP/Pool/Philippe Wojazer)AFP - France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy was left scrambling for a way to relaunch his once relentless reform drive on Monday, after a humiliating defeat in nationwide regional elections.


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Sarkozy reviews options after French poll defeat (Reuters)

March 22nd, 2010

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (R) leave a Paris polling station after voting in the second round of regional elections March 21, 2010. REUTERS/Philippe WojazerReuters - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon will meet President Nicolas Sarkozy Monday to discuss the consequences of the ruling center-right UMP party’s heavy loss in regional elections at the…

Sarkozy faces heavy defeat in French regional poll (Reuters)

March 20th, 2010

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris March 20, 2010, as part of Francophonie International Day, organized by the International Francophonie (French-Speaking countries) Organization. REUTERS/Olivier Laban-Mattei/PoolReuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s center-right party faces heavy losses in regional elections Sunday that could affect the pace of reform as maneuvering begins before the 2012 presidential campaign.


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