Canada Lawmakers Avoid No-Confidence Vote
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Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin reached a last-minute agreement with opposition leaders Thursday night to avoid a no-confidence vote in Parliament that could have brought an end to his government and new elections.
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A skeleton crew of lawmakers voted Wednesday to keep the government from shutting down as House Democrats lambasted Republicans over a provision passed last week that both parties agreed was a turkey.
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Canadian MPs reject a proposal by the governing Conservative party to overturn a law allowing gay marriage.
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REGINA (CP) - A judge has given lawyers for former NDP MP Dick Proctor more time to pore over federal voter lists as they try to force a byelection that could, if successful, ultimately shift the balance of power in the House of Commons.
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VICTORIA (CP) - The B.C. government will hold its first byelection since being elected in 2001 on Oct. 28.
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Canadian PM Stephen Harper delays the return of parliament until October, setting up a vote that could trigger an election.
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Canada's minority Conservative government survives a confidence vote over its policy agenda.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Lawmakers angered by the  Palestinian leadership's failure to make reforms plan to force  a parliamentary no-confidence vote that could bring down the  government appointed by Yasser Arafat.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Deep Liberal divisions over same-sex marriage were laid bare Thursday when a cabinet minister revealed he may risk his job rather than support his government's legislation.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - A Canadian province  has opened a fractious debate over whether a U.S.  anti-terrorism law invades its citizens' privacy, a move that  could affect how American firms do business with Canada.
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MONTREAL, Canada  - A fire on a second-hand submarine that killed one member of the Canadian crew is a new blow to Canada&#39;s minority government which risked a vote of confidence and a possible downfall in parliament last night.
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A series of tactical errors, with peculiarities in the voting process, prevented democracy advocates here from winning as many seats as expected in Sunday&#39;s legislative
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The Canadian parliament votes for a motion to force a reluctant government to meet its Kyoto targets.
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Ukraine&#39;s parliament has narrowly passed a no-confidence motion in the government of pro-Moscow Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
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JERUSALEM - The Israeli parliament gave a symbolic slap to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, voting against a statement defending his Gaza pullout plan, but he survived two no-confidence motions and pledged to bring the withdrawal itself to a vote in two weeks.    The maneuvering came Monday at the opening of the winter session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, with Sharon heading a government that lost its majority over the Gaza pullout and is vulnerable to being toppled...
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Mention of the war in Iraq clouded a House resolution marking the third anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, and 16 lawmakers voted Thursday against the otherwise non-controversial measure.
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Canada's Parliament scrapped two contentious anti-terror measures on Tuesday, angering the minority Conservative government, which accuses opposition legislators of being soft on terror.