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Parliament picks bomb hoaxer as speaker

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's newly elected parliament has chosen as its new speaker a popular television talent show host once convicted of placing a prank call about a bomb in a hotel.

Parliament debates Ponting's performance

RICKY Ponting's captaincy of the Australian cricket team has become a subject of debate in the Tasmanian parliament.

Parliament moves to strengthen anti-money laundering laws

Lawmakers in Antigua and Barbuda yesterday passed the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2008 during a sitting of the Lower House of Parliament.

Kuwait Parliament Approves Bank Deposit Guarantees

KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwait's parliament approved on Wednesday a bill to guarantee deposits in local and foreign banks based in the oil-rich Gulf state to cushion them against the global financial crisis.

Lithuanian parliament picks bomb hoaxer as speaker

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's newly elected parliament has chosen as its new speaker a popular television talent show host once convicted of placing a prank call about a bomb in a hotel.

Kuwait parliament votes to guarantee bank deposits

(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) Kuwait's parliament has passed a law to fully guarantee all deposits in Kuwaiti and foreign banks operating in the oil rich state.

UPDATE 1-Norway parliament passes $50 bln bank rescue plan

OSLO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Norway's parliament, Stortinget, on Friday unanimously passed the government's 350 billion crown ($49.86 billion) financial sector rescue package aimed at restoring confidence and rejuvenating a stalled money market.

Something fishy in parliament

London - Sardines were brandished in Britain's parliament on Tuesday when an opposition politician made a point about crammed conditions on commuter trains.

Rats! Pakistan parliament in war on rodents

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Beset by Islamic militancy and economic woes, Pakistani lawmakers now face a new challenge -- an infestation of rats which are chewing through electrical and telephone wires in parliament.

A cyber-attack from the European Parliament ...

This fall, The European Parliament (EP) approved a new package of legislation on electronic communication networks and services. Soon the European Union’s Council will start discussing these expensive and misguided new rules that seriously threaten the nature and delivery of Internet services in the Baltics. The EP’s new regulations, if approved by the 27 EU member states, would empower regulators to monitor the inner operations of communication networks and delay future upgrades based o ...

Something fishy in British parliament

LONDON (AFP) - Sardines were brandished in Britain's parliament Tuesday when an opposition politician made a point about crammed conditions on commuter trains.

Copyright stakeholders commend Parliament

Stakeholders in the Copyright sector have congratulated the Parliamentary Select Committee on Subsidiary Legislation, chaired by Hon. Francis Agbotse for their commitment to ensuring that the Legislative Instruments to regulate activities in the Copyright sector and other legislations are passed by Parliament.

Birthday gripe goes to parliament

Stockholm - A Swedish school that confiscated invitations to an 8-year-old boy's birthday party after learning that he had invited all of his classmates except two has been chastised by parliament.

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French "Three Strikes" Law Gets New Life

Kjella writes "A little over a week ago we discussed the EU's forbidding of disconnecting users from the Internet. But even after having passed with an 88% approval in the European Parliament, and passing through the European Commission, it was all undone last week. The European Council, led by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, removed the amendment before passing the Telecom package. This means that there's now nothing stopping France's controversial 'three strikes' law from going into effect. What hope is there for a 'parliament' where near-unanimous agreement can be completely undone so easily?"

Iraqi Parliament Delays Vote on Security Deal

U.S. soldiers stand guard during a ceremony for the opening of the headquarters of the local Awakening Council in the dominantly Sunni neighborhood of Fadhil in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008.

Finnish Parliament committee clears email snoop law

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Thai protesters surround parliament

Anti-government protesters cheer at the speech of a leader after passing through police line during a mass rally in Bangkok, Thailand Monday.

BOJ Yamaguchi in parliament 0200-0300, 0450-0540 GMT

TOKYO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Hirohide Yamaguchi will appear before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday from 11 a.m. to noon (0200-0300 GMT), a parliamentary official said.

Pontings leadership debate in Parliament

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David Akin: Live blogging as Parliament returns

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Henry Porter: Where the hell is parliament?

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Monday October 27 2008. It was last updated at 17.44 on October 27 2008.

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Iran minister sacked over forgery

Parliament in Iran has voted to sack Interior Minister Ali Kordan after he admitted a degree he said he obtained from Oxford University was a forgery.

Law set up to protect trade secrets

Parliament on Tuesday passed a Bill that seeks to protect business ideas from theft. For a Bill that has been on the parliamentary shelves for a year and a half, it was a remarkable development on Tuesday, as MPs swiftly passed the Trade Secrets Protection Bill in less than an hour.

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