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BBC News
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has dissolved parliament, paving the way for snap elections.
The move comes after the country's leaders held unsuccessful talks to form an interim government.
The political crisis was triggered by last month's resign..
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CNN
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Round two of the contentious battle for political control in Kenya began Tuesday as the country's parliament met to select a house speaker. It is the first session of the parliament since last month's disputed and deadly presidential elections -- and the..
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CNN
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's choice for new prime minister, Viktor Zubkov, was overwhelmingly approved in a Friday vote by Russia's lower house of parliament, a live broadcast on state-run TV showed. Zubkov was tapped for the position by Putin last..
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FOX News
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Iran's parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill that could lead to death penalty for persons convicted of working in the production of pornographic movies.
With a 148-5 vote in favor and four abstentions, lawmakers present at the Wednesday sess..
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BBC News
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Sierra Leone's parliament has passed a child rights bill, which bans under-age weddings but controversially dropped a clause to outlaw female circumcision.
The BBC's Umaru Fofana in Sierra Leone says girls as young as 11 are often married off to wealth..
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FOX News
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Japan's agricultural minister died Monday after reportedly hanging himself just hours before he was to face questioning in parliament over a political scandal, officials said.
The minister was found in his apartment Monday unconscious and declared dead..
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Reuters
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Italy's president asked Romano Prodi to stay on as prime minister on Saturday, but he now faces a confidence vote in parliament to prove he has enough support to govern. Prodi resigned on Wednesday after he was defeated on foreign policy in the upper h..
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BBC News
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Russia's parliament has overwhelmingly approved former President Vladimir Putin as the new prime minister.
He handed over to Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday - his chosen successor, who was elected president in March.
The State Duma (lower house) voted..
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MSNBC
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In final results of the election for parliament's lower house, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won 99 seats, while Mugabe's ZANU-PF won 97 seats and a breakaway MDC faction won 10. One independent candidate won a seat.
Results for parliament's..
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BBC News
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Pakistan's new parliament has convened for the first time since President Pervez Musharraf and his allies suffered a heavy blow in elections.
Correspondents say the stage is set for a confrontation between President Musharraf and the government.
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MSNBC
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Iranians voted Friday in elections likely to yield little change: Conservatives and allies of the hard-line president are expected to retain control of parliament after many reformists were barred from even running.
As polls opened, state radio urged a..
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BBC News
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The Serbian government has called on President Boris Tadic to dissolve parliament and hold an early election.
It comes after Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica announced the collapse of his coalition government at the weekend.
Ministers had failed to..
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CNN
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British environmental activists climbed onto the roof of the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday in protest at plans for a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport. Five protesters had gained access to the roof, unfurling a banner reading "No third runway"..
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CNN
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd introduced a motion in the Australian national parliament Tuesday, apologizing for past mistreatment of the country's Aboriginal population. Here is the full text of that apology:
Mr Rudd I give notice that, at the next sittin..
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BBC News
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Two major parties in Turkey say they will submit a joint plan to parliament to ease a ban on the Islamic headscarf in universities.
The Islamist-rooted governing AK Party and the nationalist MHP say it is an issue of human rights and freedoms.
The t..
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BBC News
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Parliament in Kenya has met for the first time since disputed elections, amid continuing tension between government and opposition.
Tight security is in force in the capital, Nairobi, with soldiers deployed around the parliament building and some roads..
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CNN
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Nepal's parliament voted Friday in favor of abolishing centuries-old monarchy from this Himalayan nation and turning it into a republic. Lawmakers voted to endorse an agreement by the main political parties on abolishing the monarchy reached earlier this..
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CNN
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Ukraine's parliament elected pro-Western former premier Yulia Tymoshenko as its new prime minister on Tuesday, the Ukrinform national news agency reported. Tymoshenko won the vote with the minimum number of 226 votes, Ukrinform said.
She had failed to..
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BBC News
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France's parliament has passed a new bill that introduces tighter curbs on foreigners hoping to join relatives in France - including possible DNA tests.
The controversial bill was passed in both the country's National Assembly and in the Senate.
Sup..
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BBC News
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Japan's parliament has formally installed Yasuo Fukuda as the new prime minister to replace Shinzo Abe.
The 71-year-old won the support of 338 lower house members, nearly 100 votes more than is needed for a majority.
Although the appointment was sli..
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