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 Venezuela |
Venezuela ends toilet paper shortage| Venezuela's National Assembly has backed plans to import 39 million rolls of toilet paper, in an effort to relieve a chronic shortage | |
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| Yesterday |
 U.S. Senate |
US immigration bill passes hurdle 
A sweeping immigration bill that would offer a chance of citizenship to millions living in the US illegally has taken a stride forward in Co...
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| Mon. |
U.S. Senate |
Apple 'among US's big tax avoiders'
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| Fri. |
 Kabul |
Afghan MPs to debate women's rights Afghan MPs are to debate a law to prevent violence against women, amid a fierce argument between leading Afghan women over tactics
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| May. 7 |
South Carolina |
Shamed ex-governor wins House race |
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| May. 5 |
Libya |
Libya parliament bans Gaddafi-era officials
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| Apr. 30 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela MPs in punch-up over poll Fistfights have broken out in the parliament over the recent disputed presidential election. Several legislators were left bloodied and brui...
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Mexico |
Mexico Congress passes telecoms bill |
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| Apr. 28 |
Greece |
Parliament approves 15,000 civil service job cuts |
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| Apr. 23 |
 Paris |
France approves gay marriage law| France has become the 14th country to approve a law allowing gay marriage. The bil was passed by 321 votes to 225 in the French parliament | |
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| Apr. 22 |
Tokyo |
Japan MPs visit Yasukuni Shrine |
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| Apr.9 |
U.S. Senate |
Senate to vote on gun control bill |
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| Mar.22 |
 Cyprus |
Cyprus MPs pass banking reforms MPs in Cyprus have voted to restructure the island's banks - one of several measures to ease a financial crisis, which has hit eurozone conf...
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| Mar.19 |
Cyprus |
Cyprus MPs reject divisive bank tax
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| Mar.17 |
Cyprus |
Cyprus MPs in bailout crisis session |
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Cyprus |
Cyprus delays debate amid bailout fury |
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| Mar.4 |
Beijing |
Wen Jiabao opens China parliament |
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| Feb.17 |
Jerusalem |
Israel to launch Prisoner X inquiry
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Bangladesh |
Bangladesh protests spark law change |
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| Jan.5 |
Venezuela |
Chavez ally elected by assembly National Assembly has met to choose its leader Diosdado Cabello, a possible stand-in for President Chavez who is in Cuba following cancer surgery
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| Dec.31 |
U.S. Senate |
US Senate approves key tax deal The US Senate has approved a deal to avert tax hikes and spending cuts known as the 'fiscal cliff'
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| Dec.27 |
U.S. Senate |
Senate leader Harry Reid voices fiscal cliff fear
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| Dec.26 |
Moscow |
Russian anti-U.S. adoption bill advances |
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| Dec.20 |
House of Representatives |
US shelves 'fiscal cliff' vote |
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| Dec.17 |
U.S. Senate |
School killings spark gun debate |
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| Nov.16 |
U.S. Congress |
Petraeus testifies on Benghazi attack |
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| Nov.11 |
 Greece |
Greece MPs approve new austerity budget Greek lawmakers have approved a 2013 budget involving fresh spending cuts, despite mass public street protests
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| Oct.4 |
Turkey |
Turkey OKs foreign troop deployment |
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| Jul.13 |
Northern Afghanistan |
Wedding bomb 'kills top Afghan MP' |
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| Jul.4 |
Japan |
Parliament releases Fukushima probe report
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| Jun.14 |
 Egypt |
Egypt's highest court declares parliament invalid The Supreme Constitutional Court declared the parliament invalid, and the interim military rulers declared full legislative authority, triggering...
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| Feb.12 |
Greece |
Amid clashes Parliament approves austerity | Lawmakers voted to approve another round of austerity measures, sought in return for a new eurozone bailout of the debt-stricken country | |
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| Jan.23 |
Paris |
Senate passes Armenian genocide bill Turkey has reacted with anger after the French Senate approved a bill making it a crime to deny genocide was committed by Ottoman Turks
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| Dec.23 |
U.S. Congress |
Obama beats Congress in tax fight |
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| Dec.17 |
U.S. Senate |
US Senate passes key funding bill |
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| Nov.11 |
Rome |
Italy senate passes austerity law |
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| Nov.4 |
Greece |
Greece's PM wins confidence vote |
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| Oct.19 |
Athens |
Greece MPs back austerity plans
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| Sep.29 |
Berlin |
Parliament approves EU bailout fund |
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| Aug.11 |
London |
PM: Police waited too long to act |
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| Jul.29 |
U.S. Congress |
US Congress split over debt issue |
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| Jul.20 |
London |
Parliament grills combative Cameron |
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| Jul.19 |
London |
UK lawmakers grill Murdoch, ex-editor
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| Jul.12 |
London |
Murdoch summoned over phone hacking |
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| Jun.29 |
Greece |
Parliament's vote in favour of austerity The European Union has welcomed the Greek parliament's vote in favour of a severe austerity package that has sparked strikes and protests
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| May.13 |
Pakistan |
Pakistan condemns Bin Laden raid |
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| Feb.13 |
Egypt |
Military dissolves parliament |
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| Jan.8 |
Arizona |
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shot 
Map of Tucson AZ Mountain States Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords, 40, was shot at close range during a public meeting. 6 other people have been killed
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| Dec.21 |
Baghdad |
Iraqi parliament approves government |
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| Dec.17 |
Venezuela |
Chavez gets power to govern by decree
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| Oct.27 |
Paris |
French Parliament OKs pension reform
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| Oct.22 |
Paris |
French Senate OKs pension changes |
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| Sep.14 |
Paris |
French senate approves burqa ban
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| Sep.6 |
Australia |
Key Australia MP backs opposition |
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Australia |
Australia set for hung parliament
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| Jul.15 |
Argentina |
Argentina legalises gay marriage
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| Jun.16 |
U.S. Congress |
US Congress set to grill BP chief |
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| May.16 |
Somalia |
Rebels attack Somali parliament |
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| May.12 |
House of Representatives |
Deepwater Horizon preventer 'faulty' |
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| Mar.30 |
Serbia |
MPs apology for Srebrenica massacre |
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| Mar.21 |
House of Representatives |
U.S. House passes health care vote | The House passed the Senate's health care reform bill and a package of measures meant to reconcile differences with the Senate bill. The compromise bill drafted by top Democrats will cost $940 billion over the next 10 years, cuts the deficit b... | |
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| Mar.4 |
House of Representatives |
Congress panel accuses Turks of genocide |
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| Feb.24 |
House of Representatives |
Lawmakers grilled Toyota's president
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| Jan.27 |
U.S. Congress |
Obama delivers his first State of the Union |
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| Dec.24 |
U.S. Senate |
Senate passes healthcare reform bill |
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| Nov.7 |
House of Representatives |
US House backs healthcare reforms |
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| Oct.13 |
U.S. Senate |
Senate panel passes health bill |
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| Aug.25 |
Massachusetts |
Senator Edward Kennedy, 77, dies | The Democratic Massachusetts senator, the brother of ex-President John F Kennedy, has died after battling a brain tumour. Edward Kennedy became a member of the Senate in 1962 to replace his br... | |
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| May.19 |
London |
Speaker quits 'for sake of unity'
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| May.16 |
Kuwait |
Kuwait votes for first female MPs |
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| Mar.4 |
Beijing |
Economy tops China's congress meeting
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| Feb.19 |
Kyrgyzstan |
Parliament votes to close key U.S. base
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| Feb.11 |
U.S. Congress |
US lawmakers reach stimulus deal |
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| Jan.28 |
House of Representatives |
US House passes economic package
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| Dec.4 |
Canada |
Canada halts parliament amid row |
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| Nov.27 |
Baghdad |
Parliament OKs pact on U.S. troops' future |
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| Nov.21 |
 Moscow |
Russia extends presidential term The parliament approved a constitutional amendment Friday to extend the presidential term from four to six years
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| Nov.18 |
U.S. Congress |
US car firms ask for $25bn aid The bosses of Ford, GM and Chrysler, have asked Congress for a $25bn bail-out and warned of broader risks to the US economy
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| Oct.3 |
House of Representatives |
House backs $700bn bail-out plan The House of Representatives has passed by 263-171 vote a government plan to rescue the US financial sector
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| Sep.29 |
House of Representatives |
$700 billion bailout package failed |
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| Jul.23 |
House of Representatives |
US lawmakers pass housing rescue |
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| Jul.22 |
New Delhi |
Indian government survives vote |
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| May.25 |
Beirut |
MPs elect new president |
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| Jan.28 |
U.S. Congress |
Bush addresses US economy fears |
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| Jan.24 |
U.S. Congress |
Deal reached on US economic plan |
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| Jan.12 |
Baghdad |
Ban eased on Saddam-era officials |
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| Oct.25 |
U.S. Congress |
Vote on Armenian genocide put off |
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| Oct.17 |
Turkey |
MPs clear attacks in Iraq |
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| Oct.10 |
House of Representatives |
US bill on Armenia moves forward A bill recognising the killing of Armenians in Ottoman times as genocide passed through the House Foreign Affairs Committee by 27 votes to 2...
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| Sep.25 |
 Japan |
Lower house elects Fukuda as PM A quiet compromiser has promised to bring stability and moderation to tumultuous political scene
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| Sep.10 |
U.S. Congress |
Gen. Petraeus: 'Surge' is working U.S. commander told a fractious congressional hearing that the 30,000 troops deployed to Iraq in January could come home by next July
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| Aug.28 |
 Turkey |
Turks elect ex-Islamist president Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has been elected president in a parliamentary vote in a third round of voting
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| Jun.17 |
Paris |
Sarkozy's allies won majority in elections |
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| May.1 |
Turkey |
Presidential vote annulled |
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| Apr.26 |
U.S. Senate |
Congress backs Iraq pull-out plan |
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| Apr.12 |
Tokyo |
Chinese PM: Better Japan ties |
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| Mar.27 |
U.S. Senate |
Senate votes for Iraq deadline |
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| Jan.18 |
Venezuela |
Rule by decree passed for Chavez |
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| Dec.1 |
Mexico |
Fracas mars inauguration |
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| Oct.12 |
Paris |
French in Armenia 'genocide' row
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| Sep.14 |
U.S. Senate |
Senators defy Bush on tribunals |
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| Sep.1 |
Mexico |
Leftist lawmakers muzzle President Fox |
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| May.20 |
Baghdad |
Parliament approves Cabinet
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| Apr.24 |
Nepal |
King agreed to reinstate parliament
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| Sep.29 |
U.S. Senate |
Roberts confirmed as chief justice
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| Jun.20 |
Beirut |
Hariri camp secured majority in parliament
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| May.3 |
Baghdad |
Parliament swears in partial government
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| Apr.28 |
Iraq |
Lawmakers approve Cabinet list |
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| Apr.20 |
Ecuador |
Congress votes out president |
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| Mar.16 |
Iraq |
Assembly meets amid blasts |
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| Mar.13 |
Beijing |
Congress passes Taiwan bill |
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| Oct.26 |
Jerusalem |
Parliament OKs Sharon's withdrawal plan |
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| Mar.11 |
South Korea |
National Assembly votes to impeach Roh |
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| Feb.21 |
Iran |
'Landslide' for hard-liners |
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| Feb.10 |
Paris |
MPs back headscarf ban
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| Mar.1 |
Turkey |
Turkey fails to approve US deployment |
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| Jun.11 |
Kabul |
Former king opened loya jirga
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| Sep.20 |
U.S. Congress |
Bush addresses nation in Congress
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| Jun.4 |
Northern Ireland |
Parliamentary powers restored |
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| Feb.26 |
Iran |
Reformists win control of parliament |
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