BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or China's cabinet, will begin its seventh restructuring attempt in the past three decades to curb red tape and reduce administrative intervention in the market and social issues. The number of ministr...
Now that the National government has chosen the Cabinet ministers, Phil Goff, Leader of the Opposition, has chosen his Shadow Cabinet. These are the people who shadow or mark the government Cabinet ministers. For each department, there is a minister...
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 10 December 2007 A cabinet minister and three other parliamentarians in Nepal have quit to form a new group that represents the interests of those living in the south. The announcement was made as police raided homes in sou...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 29 November 2007 Australia's Prime Minister-designate, Kevin Rudd, has named a woman as the country's deputy leader for the first time, and a former rock singer has been appointed environment minister. From Sydney, Phil Mercer r...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 25 July 2007 India's cabinet has approved an agreement expected to pave the way for an unprecedented civilian nuclear cooperation accord with the United States. As Anjana Pasricha reports, the government will now seek the...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 30 October 2006 Avigdor Lieberman (file photo) The Israeli Cabinet has voted to bring an ultra-nationalist party into the government. The partnership is likely to complicate efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 12 July 2006 Israel's Cabinet has approved military action in Lebanon in response to an attack by Islamic Hezbollah guerillas in which two Israeli soldiers were kidnapped. It was the second kidnapping of soldiers in two we...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 20 May 2006 Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks to parliament as he announces his new cabinet in Baghdad, May 20, 2006 After more than five months of political negotia...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 26 January 2006 Palestinian supporters of Islamic Hamas wave flags and hold weapons during a rally in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Khan Younis The Palestinian cabine...
By David Gollust Secretary of State Colin Powell flies to Mexico City later Monday as head of a Bush administration Cabinet delegation for meetings of the U.S.-Mexico Binational Commission. It will be...