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A state of emergency was lifted Saturday on an island in Canada’s eastern Newfoundland and Labrador province after a fierce storm dumped more than 60 centimeters of snow and triggered an avalanche, reports reaching here said.
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Thousands of Tamil protesters rallied in front of Parliament on Tuesday, calling on the Canadian government to pressure the Asian nation of Sri Lanka to stop its...
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Kuwait’s emir says he has dissolved parliament and called for new elections.
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The number of women serving in parliaments around the world has risen 60 percent since 1995, but female legislators still account for just 18.3 percent of the total,...
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British police say they are investigating a report that a man was engulfed in flames outside Parliament.
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Several thousand protesters allied with exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra marched toward the prime minister’s office Tuesday, demanding a...
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AP, Brussels
A lone criminal robbed a bank Thursday at the European Union Parliament complex and made off with an undisclosed sum.
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The British government has banned Dutch right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders from visiting the country to show his anti-Islam film “Fitna” at the Houses of...
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The 38-year-old woman who ignited a fierce right-to-die debate that convulsed Italy and dragged in the Vatican died Monday just as lawmakers in Parliament rushed to...
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Canada’s opposition leader says he won’t topple the Conservative government if they agree to give periodic economic status reports in Parliament.
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AP, Reykjavik
Icelandic police have used tear gas to break up an angry protest outside the country’s Parliament. Two officers were hospitalized after being hit by rocks.
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AP, Sofia
An anti-government demonstration in Sofia turned violent Wednesday, with protesters clashing with police and hurling stones and bottles at the Parliament building.
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North Korea said Wednesday it would finally elect new members to its rubber stamp legislature _ a move delayed for several months amid speculation about leader Kim Jong...
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Canadian police have recovered all 17 bodies from the wreckage of a downed helicopter that crashed in the freezing Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland, officials...
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Nine more bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a downed helicopter that crashed in the freezing Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland, police said Monday.
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Police say nine bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a downed helicopter that crashed in the freezing Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland.
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Rescuers searched freezing waters for 16 missing people Thursday after the craft reported mechanical problems and ditched into the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland.
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AP, St. John's
A helicopter ferrying workers to the Hibernia offshore oil platform has ditched in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland.
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