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Nominations of Liberal candidates will begin on Wednesday, a sure indication the Liberals are preparing for a possible early election Trudeau sets stage for possible early election Canada’s next federal election is scheduled to be held on Oct. 21, 2019, approximately 15 months from now. But nothing in Canada’s fixed election scheme prevents the government from going to the polls early. And late last week, it appears the Liberals are taking measures that cannot rule out an early election, possibly late summer or early fall. As CTV and other media outlets reported late last week, beginning this week there will...

The Czech parliament voted on Tuesday to dissolve itself, triggering an early election that could hand the Communist Party a share in power for the first time since a bloodless revolution ended the party’s totalitarian rule two decades ago. Opinion polls show that the center-left Social Democrats will be the biggest party, but they will need support from other groups to govern and the leader of the party said he would talk to the Communists about forming a partnership. In the eyes of many people in the country of 10 million people, the Communists are linked to 41 years of...

If Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu calls early elections, Ehud Barak, a thorn in the coalition’s official backing of Judea and Samaria, could be left out in the cold. The trigger for possible elections later this year is the movement for changing the military draft system, whose critics have targeted exemptions or shorter terms of service for young men studying Torah. The Prime Minister said Sunday he backs military service for all Jews and civilian service of Arabs, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with leaders of the “suckers’ rally” that has staged a week-long demonstration opposite his office. Protest leaders said...

<p>CANBERRA, Australia (CNN) -- For Australian Prime Minister John Howard nothing succeeds quite like success.</p> <p>The conservative Australian leader's decision to commit 2,000 troops, plus warships and aircraft, to action in a war in the Persian Gulf seemed to be a major political gamble.</p>