And,the Liberal Democrats -- traditionally a marginalized party in what has largely been a two-party system -- are scoring high in opinion polls.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

One of the issues expected to be high on Mr.Wen's agenda is whether North Korea will return to the six-party talks, which are aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

That has set off intense speculation here about the identity of the intended victim with published reports mentioning high-profile Congress Party politician Rahul Gandhi, whose father and grandmother, both prime ministers, were assassinated.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Against that account, Mr Blair in fact met Mr Mittal at a reception for high value party donors, and so can hardly have been unaware of the financial link.

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The collection, named "BJ Kicks A, " veered from the high school dance party looks that she has championed for decades, running toward a junior high school gym class with a lot of cheek.

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We're not quite sure what kind of high-def party went down overseas this past week, but boy, was it a big one.

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