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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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Russian heroes Stalin and Lenin were featured in the first Soviet Russian bulbs. Their half face cut is used as glower, which shows the persona and charm of the...
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Kuwait’s emir says he has dissolved parliament and called for new elections.
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Sony has won part of the battle, but can IPL win the war?
The IPL 2 seems to be the perfect recipe for controversy. Running into one trouble after another, the...
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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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When Cecil Miller was proposed as the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) chairman, I thought at last we can have a young person at the helm of an...
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This post was first published in TH!NK ABOUT IT site 25th February 2009.
Parliament is a venerable name of democratic institution, one could even suppose that its...
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AP, Bangkok
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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AP, Rome
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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For decades social and political activists have been vociferously demanding women representation in State and Central legislature. If one looks at the number of women...
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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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AP, Seoul
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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North Korea announced Wednesday it will elect new members of its rubber stamp legislature in March, following months of delay amid speculation about the health of...
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AP, Prague
A weak government. A Euro-skeptic president. Parliament in stalemate over an EU reform treaty. The Czech Republic does not look ideally suited to assume leadership of...
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Thailand’s year of almost relentless protests ended on New Year’s Eve, bringing hopes of calmer political waters in 2009 as seemingly weakened demonstrators...
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The State Department says the number of terrorist attacks around the world dropped by 18 percent last year but there was an alarming rise in extremist violence in...
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Muslim Filipino rebels have helped Indonesian terror suspects evade capture by giving them refuge and access to weapons and funds in the southern Philippines, a...
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The U.S. Chemical Safety Board says a fatal explosion at a West Virginia chemical plant last August occurred because safety lapses resulted in a runaway chemical...
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AP, Indianapolis
Women’s college basketball is getting good marks in racial diversity for its coaching hires.
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Colleges and universities are doing a better job at being inclusive in women’s basketball coaching hires, according to the latest Black Coaches and Administrators...
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A mortgage industry group says there were a record number of mortgage fraud incidents last year, and Rhode Island made its first appearance as the nation’s top...
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AP, Montpelier
Police in Vermont have closed the book on the mysterious death of a 19-year-old Middlebury College student.
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Two independent infectious disease experts who inspected seven NFL facilities reported Thursday that the incidence of MRSA infections in the league is low and steadily...
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The CEO of USA Track and Field recommends paying athletes $15,000 for setting a personal best at the Olympics and shortening trials to improve the team’s...
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More needs to be done to deal with an epidemic of rape in the world’s conflict zones and to help victimized women, Doctors Without Borders said Thursday,...
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AP, Detroit
General Motors Corp. says its auditors have raised substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue operations.
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Spiraling drug violence in Mexico, narcotics trafficking elsewhere in Latin America and a thriving opium trade in Afghanistan pose significant national security threats...
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AP, Vienna
Cocaine smuggling to Europe is dramatically increasing through West Africa, posing a substantial threat to the stability of a region already troubled by war and...
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In an unflinching breakdown of what went wrong with the American track team at the Olympics, a task force lashed out at the relay system, recommended streamlining...
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A task force reviewing the U.S. track team’s failures at the Beijing Olympics has issued a report calling for changes in the relay system, the Olympic trials and...
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The corrupt elite of Cambodia, one of the world’s most impoverished nations, has laid the groundwork for siphoning off vast profits from a coming boom in mining...
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The corrupt elite of Cambodia, one of the world’s most impoverished nations, has laid the groundwork for siphoning off vast profits from a coming boom in mining...
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AP, Traverse City
Wrapping up an eight-year investigation of possible links between industrial pollution and health risks in the Great Lakes region, federal researchers said information...
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Baseball authorized nearly 8 percent of its players to use drugs for ADHD last season, which allowed them to take otherwise banned stimulants.
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ADHD was on the rise in the baseball again last season.
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In this March 3, 2009 file photo, General Motors Chief Operating Officer Fritz Henderson is seen at the GM exhibition stand during the Auto Show in Geneva, Switzerland. General Motors Corp.’s auditors have raised “substantial doubt” Thursday, March 5,...
