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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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AP, United Nations
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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AP, London
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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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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AP, The Hague
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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AP, Ottawa
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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AP, Seoul
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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AP, Bangkok
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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AP, St. Johnsbury
A man arrested Tuesday after allegedly shooting the window out of a police car is being investigated in a series of earlier shootings that targeted churches, homes and...
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AP, St. Johnsbury
Vermont police have arrested a Connecticut man for allegedly shooting out the window of a police cruiser and are investigating whether he could be responsible for a...
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AP, Montpelier
State, local and federal law enforcement officers are out in force in an area of northern Vermont after a series of nine shootings over the last month that have...
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AP, Little Rock
Rural and evangelical voters propelled Arkansas to adopt one of the nation’s few bans against unmarried couples becoming foster or adoptive parents.
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AP, New York
In many rural areas, people who want high-speed Internet access have only one option: relatively slow and expensive satellite dishes. Now parts of rural Vermont could...
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AP, Juneau
Gov. Sarah Palin’s rural adviser resigned Monday amid criticism of the governor’s record on hiring Alaska Natives.
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AP, Juneau
Gov. Sarah Palin’s rural adviser is resigning amid criticism of the governor’s record on hiring Alaska Natives.
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AP, Roanoke
The southwest Virginia town of Lebanon got an economic boost when two high-tech companies moved in _ making it an attractive site for Democratic presidential nominee...
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AP, Belleville
The folks in this picturesque mountain community with red barns and Amish buggies have been voting overwhelmingly Republican in national elections for decades.
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For three decades, small-town retailers suffered amid tough competition from big discounters and malls that drew shoppers from a hundred-mile radius. But some retailers...
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AP, Thomasville
Residents in once-sleepy Thomasville have started complaining about traffic jams on Route 43, which runs right through the town.Much of the new traffic is coming from...
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Misinterpretation of Islamic laws is creating endless problems in rural Bangladesh, especially for women who have become victims of ‘talaq’ pronounced by husbands...
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While global economic experts debate on such real considerations as Gross National Income (GNI) Per Capita, Purchasing Power Parity (PPP$), Actual Final Consumption...
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AP, Merced
The end came in a blink outside the Merced County courthouse.Only six people showed up for the foreclosure auction, Janice Pimentel and her son Nick included. By...
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AP, Albuquerque
In rural areas, where accessing health care is often a challenge, the doctors and patients of the future will increasingly be linked by virtual interstates.That’s...
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AP, Washington
The Bush administration hopes to improve road safety in the nation’s rural areas, which account for a disproportionate share of highway deaths.Transportation...
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AP, Hagerstown
They’re among the most effective lifesaving devices a homeowner can have, cutting the risk of death from a fire nearly in half.But rural communities _ where...
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AP, Carlisle
Sonya Rinker was looking for a guy: someone who was kind, respectful and had a special place in his heart ... for tractors. She wanted a man who could share the thrill...
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AP, Beijing
China stressed Thursday that farmland should be used for cultivation, not gobbled up by construction as the country’s rapid development pushes further into the...
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Marilyn and Dale Johnson head back to their house in Fort Scott, Kan., after feeding the animals on their southeast Kansas farm Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. The Johnsons moved from southern California to retire outside Fort Scott a little over a year ago....
