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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/14/2022 9:12:42 PM
Leading Republican members of the US House of Representatives hailed Egypt’s pivotal role as a pillar of security and stability in the Middle East, the Mediterranean Basin, and Africa in a working breakfast with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in Washington on Wednesday.
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World
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International
12/6/2022 10:00:05 AM
A group of Australian lawmakers has landed in Taiwan, Taipei's foreign ministry confirmed Tuesday, defying warnings from Beijing over the visit at a time of rising tensions over the self-ruled island.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/25/2022 12:09:04 PM
Russian lawmakers unanimously approved a bill banning all forms of LGBTQ "propaganda" in a final reading on Thursday, as Moscow presses ahead with its conservative drive at home while its troops fighting in Ukraine.
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World
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International
11/24/2022 10:06:30 PM
Lawmakers in France's lower house of parliament on Thursday adopted a bill to enshrine abortion rights in the country's constitution, the first step in a lengthy and uncertain legislative battle prompted by the rollback of abortion rights in the United States.
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World
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Region
11/24/2022 5:35:46 PM
Two newly elected Lebanese lawmakers, including an activist who had pledged to fight corruption, lost their parliament seats on Thursday following an appeals process before the country's constitutional council.
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World
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Region
11/6/2022 9:53:02 PM
The vast majority of Iran's 290 lawmakers on Sunday demanded that the judiciary apply 'an eye for an eye' retributive justice when dealing with "enemies of God" in the strife-torn country.
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World
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Region
11/6/2022 3:33:54 PM
Iraqi lawmakers were due Sunday to examine a bill seeking to reestablish military conscription in the country, before the first reading was postponed.
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World
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International
11/5/2022 9:43:07 PM
European lawmaker Jordan Bardella replaced his mentor Marine Le Pen on Saturday at the helm of France's leading far-right party, and pledged to defend French civilization from perceived threats posed by immigration and work closely with far-right parties around Europe.
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World
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International
11/5/2022 8:37:52 PM
Representatives of the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo on Saturday resigned from their posts in protest over the dismissal of a police officer who did not follow the government's decision on vehicle license plates.
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World
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Region
10/27/2022 9:08:32 PM
Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government Thursday after a year-long crisis triggered by contested elections, the office of the prime minister said.
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World
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Region
10/24/2022 1:07:44 PM
Lebanon's parliament failed Monday for a fourth time to elect a successor to President Michel Aoun, with lawmakers divided over a candidate opposed by the powerful Hezbollah movement.
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World
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International
10/23/2022 5:50:26 PM
Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak was the frontrunner Sunday in the Conservative Party's race to replace Liz Truss as prime minister. Sunak garnered the public support of over 100 Tory lawmakers to forge ahead of his two main rivals: former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ex-Cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt.
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World
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International
10/19/2022 10:47:35 AM
British Prime Minister Liz Truss is set to address lawmakers in parliament on Wednesday for the first time since abandoning her tax-slashing economic agenda, as she seeks to reassert her waning political authority.
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World
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Region
10/14/2022 7:00:02 PM
Iraqi lawmakers have elected a new president who swiftly named a prime minister in the hope of ending a year of political gridlock and deadly violence.
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World
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Region
10/13/2022 5:37:05 PM
Iraqi lawmakers elected Abdel Latif Rashid as new state president Thursday in hopes of ending a year of political gridlock and violence in the war-scarred nation.
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World
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Region
10/5/2022 1:09:16 PM
A Lebanese lawmaker entered a bank branch unarmed on Wednesday with two of her lawyers to free trapped dollar deposits she needs to pay for surgery, her lawyer said.
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Business
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Tech
10/4/2022 1:53:04 PM
The EU parliament on Tuesday passed a new law requiring USB-C to be the single charger standard all new smartphones, tablets and cameras from late 2024.
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World
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Region
9/27/2022 1:14:19 PM
Lebanon's parliament speaker on Tuesday summoned lawmakers for a session this week to elect the country's next president, offering a glimmer of hope of a political step forward even as chaos roils this Mideast nation.
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World
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International
9/12/2022 2:05:06 PM
Charles III on Monday made his first speech to parliament as king since ascending to the throne following Queen Elizabeth II's death, hailing the "vital" traditions of British lawmakers.
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World
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International
9/10/2022 11:48:07 AM
Sweden is holding an election Sunday to elect lawmakers to the 349-seat Riksdag as well as to local offices across the nation of 10 million people.
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