PARIS, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Justice Minister Rachida Dati, the first French cabinet member of North African descent, has been demoted three weeks after bearing a daughter out of wedlock.
PARIS, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- French President Nicholas Sarkozy says he is moving cautiously on economic reforms out of fear they could ignite violent protests.
PARIS, June 20 (UPI) -- A surprise outcome in France's parliamentary elections has led President Nicolas Sarkozy to reshuffle his Cabinet.
PARIS, May 18 (UPI) -- The French government's newest cabinet member is a former prime minister who was convicted in a party funding scandal.
PARIS, May 16 (UPI) -- Center-right leader Nicolas Sarkozy took office as president of France in ceremonies in Paris Wednesday and immediately departed for Berlin.
PARIS, March 26 (UPI) -- Nicolas Sarkozy stepped down as interior minister Monday to focus on his campaign bid to become France's next president.
TOKYO, May 1 (UPI) -- Japan's Cabinet ministers have said they will not wear neckties and jackets from June to September to save energy in government offices.
BRASILIA, Brazil, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took steps Thursday toward the long-awaited revamping of his Cabinet by appointing several new ministers.
SAO PAULO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A celebrated Brazilian singer decided Tuesday to accept the president-elect's personal invitation to join his future Cabinet as minister of culture. Brazil's next leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, named several ministers to his Cabinet last week.
