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The Democratic Party of Japan has voiced its support for a world free of nuclear weapons on the anniversary of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings [VIDEO].

Northern Ireland's finance minister has accused anti-racism groups of exaggerating the scale of the racism to gain public funding. Sammy Wilson, who is also a Democratic Unionist MP, claimed there was an 'anti-racism industry'.He was accused by the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities (Nicem) of playing into the hands of racists. About 100 Romanians were forced from their homes in south Belfast earlier this year.Wilson had already been criticised for saying jobs should go to people born in Northern Ireland before economic migrants. Yesterday he said anyone attempting to have 'an honest debate on the issue' was 'immediately (...) accused of being racist'. Organisations like Nicem needed to keep raising this issue, because that was 'one way of perpetuating their own existence,' he told the BBC.He was previously criticised when, as environment minister, he denied that humans were responsible for global warming.Northern IrelandRace issuesguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Med

White House officials counseled Democratic senators Thursday on coping with disruptions at public events on health care this summer, officials said, and promised the party and allies would respond wit...

. Senators vote 68 to 31 in favour of Obama pick. US president says he is 'deeply gratifid' by confirmationSonia Sotomayor overcame the last obstacle to becoming the first Latina on the US supreme court when the Senate today confirmed her appointment.Senators voted 68 to 31 in favour, with only the Democrat Edward Kennedy, who is ill, missing. Democrats were joined by some Republicans to vote her in. All 31 votes against were republican.Barack Obama said he was 'deeply gratified' over Sotomayor's confirmation and described it as 'a historic moment'.Sotomayor, who is scheduled to be sworn in on Saturday and begin work next month, is the first Democratic nominee to the court in 15 years but her occupation of a place on the bench will not by itself redress the court's right-wing bias.With Obama only in the early stages of his presidency and the possibility of a second term, he stands a reasonable chance that there will be another one or two vacancies that would allow him to put more liber

Conservative activists are vowing to keep up their fight against President barack obama's health care plans, even as the Democratic Party pushes back hard

As Congress breaks for its August recess, the debate back home will center around Democratic proposals to create a government-run insurance option, which insurers and Republicans are casting as a step toward socialized medicine.

. MDC secretary general received death threat last week. Tsvangirai could also be target of opponents to reform. 'There will be harsh consequences to any act of insanity'One of the most senior members of Zimbabwe's unity government has spoken of his fear that he and the prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, could be the target of assassination by forces determined to block political reforms.Tendai Biti, finance minister and secretary general of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), received an envelope at his home last week containing a 9mm bullet and a death threat telling him to prepare his will. One of his employees was hospitalised after being beaten and kicked by a soldier outside Biti's front gate.Tsvangirai and Biti are the MDC's principal players in the six-month-old power-sharing agreement with Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF, whose supporters have been blamed for a surge in political violence in recent weeks.'Tsvangirai is the face of change in Zimbabwe and change is a threat to tho

. MDC secretary general received death threat last week. Tsvangirai could also be target of opponents to reform. 'There will be harsh consequences to any act of insanity'One of the most senior members of Zimbabwe's unity government has spoken of his fear that he and the prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, could be the target of assassination by forces determined to block political reforms.Tendai Biti, finance minister and secretary general of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), received an envelope at his home last week containing a 9mm bullet and a death threat telling him to prepare his will. One of his employees was hospitalised after being beaten and kicked by a soldier outside Biti's front gate.Tsvangirai and Biti are the MDC's principal players in the six-month-old power-sharing agreement with Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF, whose supporters have been blamed for a surge in political violence in recent weeks.'Tsvangirai is the face of change in Zimbabwe and change is a threat to tho

HELENA, Mont. -- In Big Sky country, there's no limit on strong opinions about Democratic Sen. Max Baucus and his struggle to fulfill President barack obama's goal of health care overhaul.

All the Democratic Party's reigning families were brought together around the drama of the North Korea trip.