International Business News - Minister http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The head of Nepal's former communist rebels was sworn in as the country's new prime minister on Monday, two years after he abandoned a bloody insurgency. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/nepals-new-prime-minister-takes-oath-of-office.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:06:58 EDT Iran's new interior minister has raised an uproar among lawmakers and Iranian media over an apparently fake claim that he holds an honorary doctorate from Britain's Oxford University. To back his case, he's shown off a degree certificate riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/iranian-ministers-oxford-degree-apparently-fake.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:33:41 EDT Uruguay's president says that Economy Minister Danilo Astori will step down in September to devote his time to his campaign to become the ruling coalition's next presidential candidate. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/uruguays-economy-minister-to-step-down-in-sept.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:48:35 EDT Mary Winkler, the woman convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the 2006 shooting death of her minister husband, has taken custody of her three daughters, one of her lawyers said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/lawyer-woman-in-pastors-death-gets-child-custody.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:09:02 EDT Haitian lawmakers ratified Michele Pierre-Louis to be the impoverished country's prime minister on Thursday, ending more than three months of political bickering and deadlock in Parliament. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/haiti-lawmakers-ratify-2nd-female-prime-minister.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:07:05 EDT Nepal's prime minister cleared the way for a government led by former communist rebels Thursday with the announcement of his long-delayed resignation. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/80235-nepal-prime-minister.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/nepals-prime-minister-resigns.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/nepals-prime-minister-resigns.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:09:29 EDT Algeria's president on Monday named Ahmed Ouyahia, a pragmatist known for his tough line against Islamic extremists, as the North African country's prime minister--his third stint in the post. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/algeria-chooses-new-prime-minister.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:58:19 EDT Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis suffered serious head injuries Wednesday in a road accident in the center of the capital while traveling in a car with a siren on, his office said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/latvian-prime-minister-is-injured-in-car-crash.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:14:52 EDT President Hugo Chavez says he is naming the former chief of Venezuela's state-run oil company as his new finance minister. Newly named Ali Rodriguez has served as the president of the state oil company and as Venezuela's representative within the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. He replaces Rafael Isea as finance minister. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080615/new-finance-minister-in-venezuela.htm Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:40:12 EDT Parliament on Thursday rejected the nomination of one of President Rene Preval's advisers as the next prime minister of Haiti, which has now gone two months with its No. 2 political post empty. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/haiti-parliament-rejects-prime-minister-nominee.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:35:57 EDT An additional 10,000 troops are needed to quell a Taliban and al-Qaida insurgency in southern Afghanistan, but European NATO partners appear unwilling to deploy more soldiers, Australia's defense minister said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/64107-afghanistan-nato-commander.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/australian-defense-chief-wants-afghanistan-surge.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/australian-defense-chief-wants-afghanistan-surge.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:36:56 EDT Soaring energy and food prices have exacerbated global economic uncertainties, Japan's finance minister said Wednesday, and will be among the key topics discussed at the Group of Eight finance ministers meeting later this month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/japan-fm-says-oil-food-on-g-8-agenda.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:36:02 EDT The Canadian foreign minister who resigned this week for a security breach had left classified documents about a NATO summit at the home of his ex-girlfriend, the government said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/minister-left-classified-nato-documents.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 22:51:00 EDT President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva swore in Brazil's new environment minister on Tuesday, delivering a speech that accused rich nations of hypocrisy over the Amazon and global warming. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/56416-brazil-environment.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/brazil-swears-in-environment-minister.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/brazil-swears-in-environment-minister.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 18:33:55 EDT Canada's embattled foreign minister resigned after leaving classified documents at a private residence, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Monday, calling it "a serious error." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080526/canadas-foreign-minister-resigns.htm Mon, 26 May 2008 22:18:19 EDT A minister arrested in an Internet sex sting has resigned his position at a Dallas-area megachurch, its pastor said Saturday. The Rev. Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, said during services Saturday that the church accepted Joe Barron's resignation, effective immediately. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/texas-minister-charged-in-internet-sex-sting.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 23:39:49 EDT A minister from a Dallas-area Baptist megachurch was caught in an Internet sex sting and charged with online solicitation of a minor, police said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/texas-minister-charged-in-internet-sex-sting.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 22:10:36 EDT Marina Silva brought impeccable credentials to her post as Brazil's environment minister: The daughter of a poor Amazon rubber tapper, she was a colleague of slain rain forest defender Chico Mendes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46309-brazil-minister-resigns.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/groups-say-amazon-vulnerable-after-resignation.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/groups-say-amazon-vulnerable-after-resignation.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 16:53:03 EDT Renowned rain forest defender Marina Silva resigned as Brazil's environment minister on Tuesday, saying she lacked the necessary political support to protect the Amazon. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46067-brazil-minister-resigns.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/brazil-environment-minister-marina-silva-resigns.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/brazil-environment-minister-marina-silva-resigns.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 21:59:44 EDT Environment Minister Marina Silva resigned Tuesday, ending an often stormy six-year term that put her in conflict with developers in the Amazon rain forest. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/brazils-environment-minister-resigns.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 18:10:33 EDT