en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/parliamentary/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/russia_vote_not_fair_say_europea/ Russia's parliamentary elections, which the pro-Kremlin United Russia party won handsomely, were "not fair" and failed to meet international democratic standards, according to observers from two leading European organizations. The groups' scathing asse news world 2007-12-04 08:14:17 http://www.newsique.com/world/russia_vote_not_fair_say_europea/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/194827084/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Important [11] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/russia_vote_not_fair_say_europea/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/russias_putin_wins_dirty_electio/ Two European groups concluded that Sunday's vote "failed to meet many of the commitments and standards that we have," said Goran Lennmarker, president of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's parliamentary assembly. He said it was "not news world 2007-12-03 08:18:04 http://www.newsique.com/world/russias_putin_wins_dirty_electio/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22061094/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Important [15] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/russias_putin_wins_dirty_electio/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/monitors_denounce_russian_electi/ Foreign observers have said that Russia's parliamentary election, won by President Vladimir Putin's party, was "not fair". The statement was made by a joint observer team of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Counci news world 2007-12-03 08:19:54 http://www.newsique.com/world/monitors_denounce_russian_electi/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7124585.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/monitors_denounce_russian_electi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/putin_vote_victory_is_a_mandate/ Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday declared his party's parliamentary victory as a mandate to cement power, according to The Associated Press, reporting remarks he made on Russian TV. But international electoral monitors and foreign governments have news world 2007-12-03 08:16:16 http://www.newsique.com/world/putin_vote_victory_is_a_mandate/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/03/russia.vote/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/putin_vote_victory_is_a_mandate/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/new_president_pledges_to_uphold_/ Abdullah Gul, a devout Muslim with roots in political Islam, won parliamentary election Tuesday as Turkey's president in defiance of the country's secular generals. Turkey's military, which has overthrown six previous governments in the country's histo news world 2007-08-29 08:20:20 http://www.newsique.com/world/new_president_pledges_to_uphold_/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/149549084/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/new_president_pledges_to_uphold_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/turks_begin_voting_in_parliament/ Turks began voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election pitting the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party against nationalists who disagree strongly over the future path of the rigidly secular Muslim country. Opinion polls tip the pro-business AK Party to gove news world 2007-07-22 05:31:54 http://www.newsique.com/world/turks_begin_voting_in_parliament/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/22/turkey.elections.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/turks_begin_voting_in_parliament/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/french_conservatives_expect_land/ French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks set to be among Europe's most powerful leaders after Sunday's runoff parliamentary elections, which polls suggest may hand his conservative party a majority bigger than any in modern France. Such a landslide, whic news world 2007-06-17 01:47:55 http://www.newsique.com/world/french_conservatives_expect_land/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/125443174/2007-06-16-france_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/french_conservatives_expect_land/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/france_holds_parliamentary_vote/ France's voters are returning to the polls in parliamentary elections, only a month after Nicholas Sarkozy was elected as their new president. His UMP party looks likely to increase its majority in the lower house, the national assembly, enabling him t news world 2007-06-10 09:52:05 http://www.newsique.com/world/france_holds_parliamentary_vote/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6737825.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/france_holds_parliamentary_vote/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/algerian_pm_submits_resignation/ Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has accepted the resignation of his cabinet, a move widely expected after last month's parliamentary election. Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem's ruling coalition won 249 of the 389 seats in the poll, but its v news world 2007-06-01 22:31:17 http://www.newsique.com/world/algerian_pm_submits_resignation/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/6714363.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/algerian_pm_submits_resignation/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/armenia_holds_parliamentary_poll/ Armenia is holding a parliamentary election seen as a test of the country's commitment to democracy. The governing Republican Party led by Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan is expected to defeat the opposition. This is Armenia's fourth election since it news world 2007-05-12 11:15:54 http://www.newsique.com/world/armenia_holds_parliamentary_poll/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6648935.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/armenia_holds_parliamentary_poll/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_govt_seeks_popular_vote/ Turkey's Islamic-rooted government pushed Monday for a constitutional amendment to let the people -- rather than legislators -- elect a president, calling it the only way to resolve a widening parliamentary rift over religion. On Sunday, pro-secular la news world 2007-05-07 15:21:53 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_govt_seeks_popular_vote/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/07/turkey.politics.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_govt_seeks_popular_vote/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/sarkozy_gets_ready_for_office/ Sarkozy plans to take over power from Jacques Chirac, the outgoing president, on May 16, Fillon said, not long before France votes in parliamentary elections on June 10 and 17. Sarkozy has promised to enact a series of tough reforms to tackle France's news world 2007-05-07 12:12:38 http://www.newsique.com/world/sarkozy_gets_ready_for_office/ Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/04CF568A-B4D9-43FD-A426-938AA0656947.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/al_jazeera/ 90 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/sarkozy_gets_ready_for_office/#comments