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1/31/2022 8:56:43 PM
Libyan lawmakers pushed ahead Monday with plans to appoint a new transitional government, more than a month after the country failed to hold its first presidential election.
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1/29/2022 6:13:39 PM
A Russian lawmaker is encouraging residents of the rebel-controlled areas of Ukraine to join the Russian army, a sign that Moscow is continuing to try to integrate those territories as much as possible amid Western fears that Russia is planning to invade Ukraine.
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1/23/2022 4:00:24 PM
A former minister in Britain's Conservative government says she was told her Muslim faith was a reason she was fired, a claim that has deepened the rifts roiling Prime Minister Boris Johnson's governing party.
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1/23/2022 11:32:32 AM
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected a British claim that Russia was seeking to replace Ukraine's government with a pro-Moscow administration, and that former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevheniy Murayev was being considered as a potential candidate.
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1/21/2022 3:20:21 PM
Retired general Yair Golan spent a significant part of his military career serving in the occupied West Bank, protecting Jewish settlements. Today, he is one of their most vocal critics.
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1/20/2022 5:15:16 PM
A lawmaker from Britain's governing Conservatives accused the government on Thursday of blackmailing opponents of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as the party's internal rifts over its beleaguered leader deepened.
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1/19/2022 1:28:47 PM
An Israeli Cabinet minister on Wednesday dismissed claims that police used controversial spyware to surveil protesters, a day after a newspaper investigation prompted outraged lawmakers to seek a formal inquiry.
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1/6/2022 4:19:40 PM
An Israeli deputy minister was under fire Thursday for calling residents of an unauthorized West Bank settlement outpost ``subhuman,'' sparking an outcry that underscored the fragility of Israel's ideologically diverse coalition.
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12/30/2021 10:12:19 PM
Ethiopian lawmakers have approved a bill to establish a commission for national dialogue, amid international pressure for negotiations to end the 13-month conflict in the Tigray region.
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12/30/2021 1:32:44 PM
Iraq's parliament will open on January 9 for its first session since lawmakers were elected in an October vote won by Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, President Barham Saleh said Thursday.
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12/27/2021 4:37:07 PM
Libyan lawmakers met Monday to discuss the myriad challenges that forced a postponement of the long-awaited presidential election this month.
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12/26/2021 3:40:55 PM
Karolos Papoulias, a former president of Greece has died at the age of 92, Greece's state news agency ANA reports.
Papoulias, a longtime socialist lawmaker and minister, was close to Andreas Papandreou, the founder of the Socialist PASOK party, and an opponent of Papandreou's successor, the moderate modernizer Costas Simitis.
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12/23/2021 3:04:29 PM
Israeli lawmaker Aryeh Deri has signed a plea deal over tax offenses that will see him resign from parliament, the country's Justice Ministry said Thursday.
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12/21/2021 6:12:43 PM
Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday banned citizens and residents from US travel, adding it to a list of more than 50 countries declared off-limits in an effort to contain the Omicron coronavirus variant.
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12/19/2021 5:51:38 PM
Turnout was looking muted on Sunday as Hong Kongers cast ballots for city lawmakers under Beijing's new "patriots only" rules which drastically reduce the number of directly elected seats and control who can run for office.
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12/16/2021 7:53:00 PM
Nigerian senators have rejected, for the third time in five years, a bill that seeks to promote gender equality, citing ``socio-cultural and Islamic concerns.''
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12/14/2021 3:12:37 PM
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo warned EU lawmakers Tuesday that the bloc's drive to deliver Covid booster jabs could hamper inoculations in Africa, as he slammed travel bans over the Omicron variant.
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12/5/2021 9:42:19 PM
Tributes poured in and flags were lowered to half-staff in Washington in honor of veteran US lawmaker and World War II hero Bob Dole, who died in his sleep on Sunday aged 98.
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11/26/2021 2:05:43 PM
Five U.S. lawmakers met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday in a surprise one-day visit intended to reaffirm the United States' ``rock solid'' support for the self-governing island.
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11/25/2021 6:38:31 PM
Soccer's lawmakers moved Thursday to make permanent the pandemic-era option of using five substitutes and dropped a proposal to let halftime be extended to 25 minutes.
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