Japanese minister "lost election bet" (Reuters)

Grok Headline matches for Japanese minister "lost election bet" (Reuters)

Lost mail campaign gets lost in post
(Reuters)

Lost mail campaign gets lost in post
(Reuters) 06/27/2004 01:25 AM
Reuters - A postal campaign to highlight the quantity of letters that go missing each year has been given a stamp of authority after none of the letters arrived at their intended destination.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Resigns After
Election Defeat

Ukraine's Prime Minister Resigns After
Election Defeat 12/31/2004 06:48 PM
The resignation signals the end of a political drama that ended in Viktor F. Yanukovich's defeat after an uprising against electoral fraud.

Dutch Prime Minister on iTV election
game show

Dutch Prime Minister on iTV election
game show 01/21/2003 03:00 PM
The polling software uses open source systems like Linux, MySQL and Suse, according to Wino de Vries, the lead programmer from No Ties. ...

Some Fla. Electronic Election Records
Lost

Some Fla. Electronic Election Records
Lost 07/28/2004 06:32 PM
A computer crash erased detailed records from Miami-Dade County's first widespread use of touchscreen voting machines, raising again the specter of elections troubles in Florida, where the new technology was supposed to put an end to such problems.

Some Fla. election electronic records
lost

Some Fla. election electronic records
lost 07/28/2004 09:11 AM

Japanese Hostages Safe in Iraq -
Japanese Media (Reuters)

Japanese Hostages Safe in Iraq -
Japanese Media (Reuters) 04/11/2004 12:20 AM
Reuters - Three Japanese civilians kidnapped in Iraq were safe near Falluja on Sunday, Japanese TV said. Government officials could not confirm the report.

Prescott calls election, but not THE
election (Reuters)

Prescott calls election, but not THE
election (Reuters) 03/23/2005 09:39 AM
Reuters - It is an open secret that a general election will be held on May 5 but politicians looked like they had been shot when Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott appeared to jump the gun today.

Rooney for prime minister? Yes, if you
are 13 (Reuters)

Rooney for prime minister? Yes, if you
are 13 (Reuters) 04/13/2005 04:18 AM
Reuters - If Wayne Rooney ever opts to hang up his soccer boots, there may be a future in politics.

A Toast to the Prime Minister! (Reuters)

A Toast to the Prime Minister! (Reuters) 05/04/2004 10:56 AM
Reuters - Canadians upset that genetically modified wheat might one day find itself on their shelves now have a new way to vent their anger -- mail a slice of bread to Prime Minister Paul Martin.

Prime Minister Gets a Look at 'Himself'
(Reuters)

Prime Minister Gets a Look at 'Himself'
(Reuters) 06/24/2004 11:33 AM
Reuters - A startled Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi got a glimpse of how he looks to voters on Thursday when a Koizumi look-alike showed up on the campaign trail to watch the Japanese leader make his pitch to the public.

Iraq Will Not Give in to Terrorists,
Minister Says (Reuters)

Iraq Will Not Give in to Terrorists,
Minister Says (Reuters) 09/19/2004 05:53 AM
Reuters - Iraq is doing all it can to secure the release of a British and two U.S. hostages but will not give in to demands or negotiate with terrorists, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Sunday.

Minister Speeds Past Police (Reuters)

Minister Speeds Past Police (Reuters) 12/22/2004 01:01 AM
Reuters - Slovakia's economics minister could be barred from driving in neighboring Austria after Austrian police fined him for speeding on a motorway, police said on Monday.

Iraqi Minister Tilts Toward U.S. on UN
Resolution (Reuters)

Iraqi Minister Tilts Toward U.S. on UN
Resolution (Reuters) 06/03/2004 08:33 PM
Reuters - Iraq's new government told the United Nations it wanted the right to decide on the future presence of U.S.-led forces and other security issues but in general sided with Washington.

Canada to deport man who toppled
minister (Reuters)

Canada to deport man who toppled
minister (Reuters) 02/05/2005 09:24 PM
Reuters - A Canadian judge has ordered the deportation of an Indian man whose allegations of impropriety helped bring down a federal cabinet minister.

India's Gandhi Says She Won't Be Prime
Minister (Reuters)

India's Gandhi Says She Won't Be Prime
Minister (Reuters) 05/18/2004 08:46 AM
Reuters - India's Sonia Gandhi said on Tuesday she would not be the country's next prime minister.

Lost? Your Phone Knows a Way Out
(Reuters)

Lost? Your Phone Knows a Way Out
(Reuters) 08/28/2004 09:43 AM
Reuters - Back when everyone believed the world was flat, people thought these rocky shores on Spain's windswept "coast of death" were the end of the world. In today's world, you only need a mobile phone to get there ... and back.

Arafat Rejects Qurie's Resignation,
Minister Says (Reuters)

Arafat Rejects Qurie's Resignation,
Minister Says (Reuters) 07/17/2004 06:14 AM
Reuters - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat refused to accept Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie's resignation on Saturday, a cabinet minister said.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Off to UN, Seeks
Sovereignty (Reuters)

Iraqi Foreign Minister Off to UN, Seeks
Sovereignty (Reuters) 06/01/2004 01:01 AM
Reuters - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari will head to New York on Tuesday to press for his country to be granted "full sovereignty" in a new United Nations resolution, a senior ministry official told Reuters.

Foreigner Behind Baghdad Blast-Iraq
Minister (Reuters)

Foreigner Behind Baghdad Blast-Iraq
Minister (Reuters) 06/14/2004 11:26 AM
Reuters - A foreigner carried out a suicide car bombing that killed 13 people in Baghdad on Monday, Iraqi Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib told Al Arabiya television.

Canada Prime Minister scolded by aunt
(Reuters)

Canada Prime Minister scolded by aunt
(Reuters) 09/14/2004 02:23 PM
Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has apologised for blasphemy during a nationally televised meeting on health care reform -- but only after his aunt told him that his mouth should be washed out with soap.

Aborigines Put Black Curse on Prime
Minister (Reuters)

Aborigines Put Black Curse on Prime
Minister (Reuters) 04/20/2004 09:57 AM
Reuters - Aborigines invoked an ancient curse on Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Tuesday by "pointing the bone" at the conservative politician to protest against his decision to scrap a top aboriginal body.

Spanish minister writes to Blair, the
"jerk" (Reuters)

Spanish minister writes to Blair, the
"jerk" (Reuters) 04/17/2004 03:17 PM
Reuters - Spain's new Defence Minister Jose Bono, best known abroad for calling Tony Blair a "complete jerk", has written to the prime minister to say it is time to put the comments behind them, a Spanish source says.

Zarqawi Group Attacked Iraqi Minister -
Web Site (Reuters)

Zarqawi Group Attacked Iraqi Minister -
Web Site (Reuters) 07/17/2004 08:06 AM
Reuters - A group led by suspected al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the suicide car bomb attack on Iraq's Justice minister on Saturday, according to a statement posted on an Islamist Web site.

Singing Minister Disowns 'Die, Bush'
Call (Reuters)

Singing Minister Disowns 'Die, Bush'
Call (Reuters) 08/18/2004 09:04 AM
Reuters - Brazil's culture minister and singing superstar Gilberto Gil is not calling for the death of President Bush, whatever concert-goers might have thought.

Japan Foreign Minister Flies Into China
Maelstrom (Reuters)

Japan Foreign Minister Flies Into China
Maelstrom (Reuters) 04/16/2005 09:13 PM
Reuters - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura headed for Beijing on Sunday in an effort to keep ties with China from worsening further after more violent demonstrations against Tokyo's handling of its wartime past.

Iraqi Justice Minister Escapes Suicide
Car Bomb (Reuters)

Iraqi Justice Minister Escapes Suicide
Car Bomb (Reuters) 07/17/2004 07:25 PM
Reuters - Iraq's justice minister escaped unscathed but five bodyguards were killed when a suicide car bomber drove into his convoy in an attack claimed by a group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Zarqawi Threatens to Kill New Iraqi
Prime Minister (Reuters)

Zarqawi Threatens to Kill New Iraqi
Prime Minister (Reuters) 06/23/2004 02:45 AM
Reuters - Al Qaeda-linked operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has threatened to kill Iraq's new Prime Minister Iyad Allawi in a purported audiotape posted on an Internet Web site.

Bank-Robbing Church Minister Headed to
Jail (Reuters)

Bank-Robbing Church Minister Headed to
Jail (Reuters) 04/09/2004 09:07 PM
Reuters - A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a pentecostal minister to more than six years in prison for robbing banks from Maine to Massachusetts of more than $10,000, prosecutors said.

Car Bomb Blast Kills Bodyguard of Iraqi
Minister (Reuters)

Car Bomb Blast Kills Bodyguard of Iraqi
Minister (Reuters) 06/22/2004 09:02 AM
Reuters - A car bomb exploded in a Baghdad street Tuesday as a convoy of U.S. troops and Iraqi police drove past, killing two Iraqi bystanders, police said.

Prime Minister Orders Spanish Pullout
from Iraq (Reuters)

Prime Minister Orders Spanish Pullout
from Iraq (Reuters) 04/18/2004 01:36 PM
Reuters - Spain's new Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Sunday he had given orders for Spain's 1,300 troops in Iraq to be brought home as soon as possible.

Chirac gives lost D-Day veteran a lift
(Reuters)

Chirac gives lost D-Day veteran a lift
(Reuters) 06/07/2004 10:02 PM
Reuters - French President Jacques Chirac gave a D-Day veteran a lift back to Paris in one of his jets after the New Zealander got lost following Sunday's ceremonies in northern France to honour World War Two Allied troops.

Zoo bans man who lost finger to jaguar
(Reuters)

Zoo bans man who lost finger to jaguar
(Reuters) 05/18/2004 08:52 PM
Reuters - A New Mexico man made a hasty exit from a zoo after climbing close to a cage to illegally pet a jaguar, but police were able to track him down by the severed finger he left behind.

Iraqi Justice Minister Escapes Suicide
Car Bomb Attack (Reuters)

Iraqi Justice Minister Escapes Suicide
Car Bomb Attack (Reuters) 07/17/2004 03:15 AM
Reuters - A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle as a convoy carrying Iraq's justice minister drove past in Baghdad Saturday, killing four people but not wounding the minister, police and U.S. troops at the scene said.

Iraq Prime Minister Safe After Bomb
Blast-Official (Reuters)

Iraq Prime Minister Safe After Bomb
Blast-Official (Reuters) 01/03/2005 03:05 AM
Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is safe and was not near the scene of a car bomb that exploded near his party's headquarters on Monday, a senior government official said.

Prime Minister Breaks Speed Limits to
Watch Rugby (Reuters)

Prime Minister Breaks Speed Limits to
Watch Rugby (Reuters) 07/21/2004 07:28 AM
Reuters - New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark is under fire after her motorcade broke speed limits so she could attend a rugby test match between New Zealand and arch rival Australia last week.

Powell, N.Korea Foreign Minister Hold
Nuclear Talks (Reuters)

Powell, N.Korea Foreign Minister Hold
Nuclear Talks (Reuters) 07/01/2004 10:17 PM
Reuters - Secretary of State Colin Powell and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun met on Friday, a U.S. spokesman said, in talks marking the highest-level meeting since the nuclear crisis erupted nearly two years ago.

Japanese prisoners get makeover
(Reuters)

Japanese prisoners get makeover
(Reuters) 04/02/2005 06:42 AM
Reuters - Japan is to try to improve morale among its swelling prison population by giving inmates more attractively coloured uniforms and bedding.

Singing Japanese plants (Reuters)

Singing Japanese plants (Reuters) 07/20/2004 06:17 AM
Reuters - People who like talking to their plants can now enjoy a musical accompaniment, thanks to a Japanese invention that turns petals and leaves into amplifiers.

Floridians Who Lost Homes to Charley
Frustrated (Reuters)

Floridians Who Lost Homes to Charley
Frustrated (Reuters) 08/16/2004 12:11 PM
Reuters - Relief supplies poured rapidly into southwest Florida after Hurricane Charley's devastating punch but some of the thousands of newly homeless on Monday were frustrated as they faced rebuilding their lives.
Grok Description matches for Japanese minister "lost election bet" (Reuters)
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Japanese minister "lost election bet" (Reuters)

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