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Irish parties agree vote timing

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, 21 January 2011Opposition parties are pressing Brian Cowen to call a snap election

Irish parties are to hold crisis talks after the Greens pulled out of the coalition led by beleaguered Prime Minister Brian Cowen.

The decision by the Green Party wipes out the governing coalition’s two-seat majority and puts into question the passage of a vital finance bill.

Mr Cowen quit on Saturday as leader of his Fianna Fail party but is staying on as prime minister.

Opposition parties are threatening to bring down the government.

BBC Ireland correspondent Mark Simpson reports from Dublin that Mr Cowen is clinging onto power, and could well be voted out of office before the end of the week.

On Monday, negotiations will be held between the main parties in Dublin to try to reach an agreement on a timetable for the finance bill and on a date for a general election.

Irish voters are currently due to go to the polls on 11 March.

There is recognition on all sides that the political squabbling is damaging Ireland’s reputation abroad, our correspondent says, but a deal is by no means guaranteed.

The opposition has tabled a no-confidence motion for Tuesday.

Fianna Fail had urged the Greens to stay in government to ensure the finance bill – needed as part of Ireland’s international bail-out package – was passed before the election.

Analysis

After Brian Cowen’s resignation, Fianna Fail is now a party without a leader and a coalition partner, and pressure is growing for a general election earlier than the 11 March date announced last week.

Green Party leader John Gormley’s statement makes it a virtual certainty that the people of the Republic will go to the polls sometime in February.

But the fog of uncertainty remains.

That’s because we still don’t know whether the finance bill can be passed and, if so, when. Nor do we have a date for a general election, although it will almost certainly be sooner rather than later.

The opposition parties have threatened votes of no confidence in both the Irish prime minister, or taoiseach, and his government this week.

If the votes go ahead it is unlikely the minority Fianna Fail government can win.

Fog clouds Republic’s government

It is designed to cut the government’s deficit. Ireland was forced to accept the 85bn euro ($113bn; £72bn) EU and IMF bail-out in November last year.

The Green Party will join the opposition benches immediately.

But it said it would still support the finance bill and hoped Fianna Fail would fast-track the legislation so it could be approved speedily.

After the Greens’ announcement, Mr Cowen said: “The important thing now is to have an orderly completion of the finance bill in the interests of the country and then obviously we move to a dissolution of the [parliament] and a general election.”

Opponents said his decision to stay on was “farcical”.

The loss of two Green Party cabinet members means Mr Cowen now only has seven ministers of 15, the minimum constitutionally allowed.

Mr Cowen has been under increasing pressure over his handling of the economy and party disputes.

Last Tuesday, he won a vote of confidence in his leadership of Fianna Fail. Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin, who had opposed Mr Cowen, resigned.

However on Thursday, Mr Cowen bungled a planned government reshuffle. The Greens were angered and blocked the reshuffle. Mr Cowen then called the general election.

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Carnage as Moscow airport bombed

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Moscow’s Domodedovo airport – the busiest in the Russian capital – has been rocked by an explosion that has reportedly killed 31 people.

More than 100 more are thought to have been injured in the blast, which reports suggest may have been the work of a suicide bomber.

Russia’s chief investigator said the explosion was the work of terrorists.

The airport is 40km (25 miles) south-east of the city centre, and is popular with foreign workers and tourists.

Police have stepped up security across Russia’s capital and at other airports, says the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.

Early local reports suggested Monday’s blast had hit the baggage reclaim area of the international arrivals hall.

Dozens of ambulances rushed to the scene where emergency services are tending to the wounded.

A RIA Novosti news agency correspondent at the scene reported that a lot of smoke could be seen in the area, and there was a smell of burning.

The UK’s Foreign Office said it was checking if any Britons were involved.

Last March the Russian capital’s underground system was rocked by two female suicide bombers from Russia’s volatile Dagestan region, who detonated their explosives on the busy metro system during rush hour, killing 40 people and injuring more than 80.

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