Article: In Japan, the shock of possible success ; After years of trying, a Democrat is startled to realize he might win

Article: A power shift? Japan.(Japan's opposition party)(Democratic ...
The Economist (US);  July 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... wins this week--one without even trying. First, his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) stunned everyone on July 3rd, making ... later, Mr Okada and the DPJ were able to gloat while the Liberal Democrats (LDP) split into warring camps over bills to privatise ...

Article: BELARUS: LEADER OF BELARUSIAN LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ...
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;  February 1, 2005 ;     657 words ...The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has announced that it has started forming regional committees of a political movement called New Belarus-Unity to support ...

Article: DESPITE BLAIR WIN, ANGER REFLECTED IN BRITISH VOTE LIBERAL ...
The Boston Globe;  May 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... left-leaning Liberal Democratic Party. The Liberal Democrats' leader, Charles Kennedy ... accountable and declared the Liberal Democrats the "party for the future ... early yesterday showed Liberal Democrats winning 62 seats. Still ...

Encyclopedia entry: Social Democratic party
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      335 words ...Social Democratic party (SDP), former British political party founded in 1981 ... with the Liberals in 1988 to form the Social and Liberal Democratic party, now the Liberal Democrats . Some SDP members re-formed the party in 1988, but ...

Article: Japan's Hashimoto Starts Search for Partners; 12 Seats Short of ...
The Washington Post;  October 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... victory." The Liberal Democrats' main problem at ... from the Social Democratic Party -- the former Socialists who were the Liberal Democrats' historic opponents ... the newly formed Democratic Party, a group of left ...

Dictionary definition: Liberal Democrats
A Dictionary of World History;      391 words ...Liberal Democrats A British political party that adopted ... was formerly known as the Social and Liberal Democrats. The Social and Liberal Democrats were a merger of the social democratic party (SDP) and the LIBERAL PARTY . The SDP ...

Article: Liberals are watching Dean; Some groups in the Democratic ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  February 26, 2005 ;     692 words ... ... head of the Democratic Party, that golden ... for many liberal Democrats, Dean ... leader among liberal Democrats and that ... said. "The Democratic Party can either ... bringing liberal Democrats to the table ...