Troops patrol Thailand streets after deadly protests

Amidst the threat of  protestors to intensify their stir in the capital Bangkok today , there is no improvement in the situation in Thailand a day after two people died and over 400 were injured in the worst...

Thai Protesters Trap Legislators

After a period of calm, events in Thailand are heating up again, with protestors renewing their push to unseat the government."Thousands of anti-government protesters surrounded Parliament on Tuesday, trapping...

42-day detention dropped as unworkable in UK

The 42-day detention law, which would have extended the amount of time a person suspected of terrorism could be held without charge, has reportedly been dropped from Prime Minister Gordon Brown's agenda. The issue has been enormously controversial in the UK across party...

Earthquake in Bavaria – 46 years of CSU majority destroyed

Earthquake, tsunami, landslide those were the most used words in the yesterdays coverage from the Election of the State Parliament of Bavaria. The CSU did run the Bavarian Government for the last 46 years. In the...

Govt indecisive on joint session of parliament

"The ruling coalition in Pakistan has not decided yet whether or not to hold a joint sitting of the parliament’s two chambers to discuss the security situation despite opposition’s mounting pressure in this context, sources here say. Similarly, sources in the government...

European Parliament Backs Car CO2 Laws in Dramatic U-Turn

"     A key European Parliament committee has given its backing to strong European Union limits on the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) new cars should emit in a dramatic turnaround from the...

Row over Nepal Maoists carrying arms inside Parliament

"  Kathmandu (PTI): A row has erupted in Nepal over Maoists cadres carrying weapons inside the Parliament, with the House today being disrupted over the issue. The Constituent Assembly, which is tasked to...

20-year-old Convicted in Toronto Terror Plot

The first person convicted under Canada's new terror act legistlation is a 20-year-old member of the so-called 'Toronto 18', men who prosecutors claim trained to carry out deadly attacks against the Canadian Government. His name has not been released as he was under the age...

Japan party set to choose new PM

Japan is set to elect a new Prime Minister. The outspoken former foreign minister Taro Aso is most likely to take over the reins from Yasuo Fukuda, who suddenly quit this month leaving a policy vacuum as the economy...

Military to brief Pakistan Parliament on threats to national security

Following a truck-bomb attack on a five-star hotel near seat of governance in Islamabad, the Pakistan government seems to have decided to synchronize its policies to eliminate on terrorism. " In camera sittings of both houses of Pakistan parliament on anti-terrorism policy...

Opposition wins Slovenia Parliament vote (updated)

" Slovenia's opposition wins elections Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:56:52 GMT Slovenia's opposition has defeated the ruling center-right conservative party of Prime Minister Janez Jansa in the parliamentary elections. The outcome of the election held on Sunday, has put the Social...

JK Rowling makes £1 million donation to Gordon Brown's Labour Party

Gordon Brown's Labour Party is now a million pounds better off due to Harry Potter writer JK Rowling making a huge donation to party funds. Known to be a close friend of Brown and his wife Sarah, Rowling has dug just...

No one allowed to violate territorial integrity of Pakistan: President Zardari

Addressing joint session of two houses of bicameral Parliament, Pakistan President on Saturday for the first time vowed that no one will be allowed to violate territorial integrity of Pakistan in the name of curbing...

Opposition-controlled accountability body to dig up the dirt on Musharraf

"The influential Public Accounts Committee of the Pakistani parliament is now officially to be controlled by the opposition and headed by Nisar Ali, a close aide of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and is likely to start with gusto by digging up the dirt on former...

Rwanda makes history with first majority female parliament

Rwanda will go down in the history books as the first democratic government in history to be dominated by female representatives.  In the second democratic election to be held in that country, women won 44 of...

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