Founder of the Panhellenic Socialist Party (PASOK), Andreas Papandreou (1919-1996) is credited with introducing a socialist dimension into Greek politics, first as the leader of the opposition and the...
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Some call it hereditary democracy.The mantle of democratic government in Greece has passed from father to son and from uncle to nephew as two rival political dynasties alternated power in the past ...
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Greece's two main party leaders vying to become prime minister in Sunday's election:_ COSTAS KARAMANLIS: 51-year-old head of the conservative New Democracy party. His late uncle, Constantine Karama...
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On election day, the Papandreou name failed to work its old magic. Now, Greece's best-known political dynasty could face extinction after a half-century's affair with power.Shocked out of their usu...
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The heir to one of Greece's two most enduring political dynasties faces a battle to safeguard his family's legacy this week as he is challenged by a wily law professor for the leadership of Greece'...
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Oct 18 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has
divorced his wife Cecilia, his office said on Thursday. It is rare for world leaders to get separated while they are
in office, but not unhe...
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The heir to one of Greece's two political dynasties safeguarded his family's legacy Sunday, handily winning re-election as leader of the Socialist party despite an electoral defeat two months ago.G...
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office has announced that he and his wife, Cecilia, plan to divorce. Some other government leaders and heads of state who separated or divorced while in power.___...
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Jan 21 (Reuters) - The world's business and political elite
will hold its annual meeting in this Swiss mountain resort this
week in the shadow of the financial crisis resulting from the
subprime ...
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PARIS, Oct 18 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy
and his wife Cecilia are separating, the president's office said
in a terse statement on Thursday, ending rampant speculation
about the s...
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Wildfires that killed more than 65 people _ and the prospect of painful economic reforms _ have dominated Greece's parliamentary election campaign, and the country's two main parties fear voters co...
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Andreas Papandreou
Familiar names dominate Greek election
