http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/rss/politics.xml Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana en-us Peace FM Online 2009 2012-05-06T18:56:16+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201205/112432.php Paris (CNN) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy conceded to challenger Francois Hollande Sunday as results from exit polls and official tallies in the runoff election came in. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201205/112432.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201204/110676.php Newt Gingrich will halt his bid for the presidency next week with an endorsement of presumptive GOP candidate Mitt Romney, ending a frenetic campaign that has left him with an uncertain political future. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201204/110676.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201204/109840.php Republicans in Congress are getting ready to answer an election-year question that has dogged the party's campaign for months: How would it replace President Barack Obama's healthcare law if the measure is overturned or repealed? http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201204/109840.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201204/109788.php Socialist candidate Francois Hollande declared victory Sunday in the first round of France's presidential election, setting up a showdown with incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in May. The proclamation, made to a crowd of supporters, is consistent with exit polls detailed on French television. Results from France's interior ministry show the same placement, albeit in a very tight contest. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201204/109788.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201204/109783.php Far-right voters may decide who becomes France's next president after anti-immigration crusader Marine Le Pen's record first-round score jolted the race between Socialist frontrunner Francois Hollande and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201204/109783.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201204/106205.php The White House was forced on the defensive on Wednesday as it sought to explain controversial remarks President Barack Obama made earlier in the week about the Supreme Court's review of his signature healthcare reform law. "What he did was make an unremarkable observation about 80 years of Supreme Court history," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters during a White House briefing dominated by the topic. Obama expressed confidence on Monday that the Court would not take an "unprecedented, extraordinary step" by overturning the law, provoking a storm of protest that he had been inaccurate and was challenging the nation's top judges in an election year. The Supreme Court could decide to reject his Affordable Care Act to expand health insurance to millions of Americans, striking down a key achievement of his presidency and potentially harming Obama's bid for re-election on November 6. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201204/106205.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/105103.php Spouting some home-grown Texas wisdom, President George H. W. Bush urged his party to coalesce behind GOP candidate Mitt Romney with a formal endorsement Thursday. "'It’s time when to hold ‘em and time when to fold ‘em,'" the elder Bush said, quoting Texas crooner Kenny Rogers after an interjected reminder from his wife, Barbara. "I think it’s time for people to all get behind this good man." http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/105103.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/105102.php Another major conservative figure backs Mitt Romney. His voice joins a growing chorus of major names in the Republican Party calling for the divisive GOP nomination battle to come to an end. On Friday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan endorsed Romney's bid for the White House, saying, "I believe he is the right person for the job." http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/105102.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/104948.php The Obama administration has signaled a willingness to accept less-stringent controls on former Taliban leaders who could be transferred to Qatar as part of a deal between the United States and the Afghan militants to kick-start Afghan peace talks, U.S. officials said. The administration, in negotiations led by the Defense Department, has indicated to Qatar that it would be willing to transfer five Taliban detainees now at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison to the Gulf emirate on condition that Qatari authorities provide assurances the men would not be allowed to leave Qatar, the officials said. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/104948.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/104945.php When U.S. diplomats filed into North Korea's grim embassy in Beijing last month they found an unlikely surprise: Starbucks. Their hosts, led by North Korean's chief nuclear negotiator Kim Kye-gwan, had ordered U.S.-style coffee for talks both sides hoped would lead to new negotiations on Pyongyang's nuclear program and to resumed U.S. food shipments to one of the most feared and secretive countries in the world. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/104945.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/103902.php Senegalese state television reports that President Abdoulaye Wade has conceded defeat in Sunday's presidential runoff election. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/103902.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/101680.php Police have arrested George Clooney during a protest outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington DC. The actor, who is president of United to End Genocide, was arrested and handcuffed along with several Democrat politicians and other human rights and faith leaders for civil disobedience. The campaigners were protesting the humanitarian emergency that is reportedly threatening the lives of 500,000 people. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/101680.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/101095.php President Barack Obama is leading all of the Republican presidential candidates in head-to-head match-ups, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/101095.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/100977.php Iran's parliament grilled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday over a long list of accusations, including that he mismanaged the nation's economy and defied the authority of the country's supreme leader.Ahmadinejad is the first president in the country's history to be hauled before the Iranian parliament, a serious blow to his standing in a conflict pitting him against lawmakers and the country's powerful clerical establishment. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/100977.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/100951.php Rick Santorum captured twin victories in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries on Tuesday, overcoming the financial advantages of Mitt Romney and the Southern allegiances to Newt Gingrich on a night that amplified his argument that the Republican nominating fight is becoming a two-man race with Mr. Romney. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/100951.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/100752.php Nicolas Sarkozy has denied "grotesque" claims he received a £42m donation from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi - as an opinion poll offered France's president a welcome boost.A document published by left-wing investigative website Mediapart alleges the funds were paid towards Mr Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign by Libya's deposed leader. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/100752.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/100514.php The MP for Falkirk, who admitted violent conduct during a drunken frenzy the Stranger's Bar in the House of Commons, has tendered his resignation from the Labour Party. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/100514.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/100292.php A majority of Americans disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling the economy -- with a record number who "disapprove strongly" -- amid soaring gas prices and an uncertain fiscal future, a new Washington Post-ABC News survey out Monday found. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/100292.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/99861.php 9 March 2012 – The United Nations relief chief today urged Syrian authorities to allow unrestricted access to humanitarian organizations to deliver aid to people affected by the ongoing violence, saying she was “horrified” by the destruction she had seen in some of the areas she visited during her two-day visit to the country. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/99861.php http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/99528.php Nicolas Sarkozy has said he will bow out of politics if he loses the French presidential election. http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/politics/201203/99528.php