Italians reject changes to constitution
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Italians soundly rejected massive changes to the country&#039;s postwar constitution that proponents had argued would increase political stability and modernize the country, near-final returns showed Monday.
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Urdu Times (news) Pakistan and Italy on Tuesday voiced total consonance on the UN reforms with President Pervez Musharraf saying Pakistan is against creation of more centres of privileges in the United Nations ...
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Italy's president refused to sign into law a controversial judicial reform by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right government which magistrates said would threaten their independence, the president's office revealed.
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President Arroyo's bid to change the Philippines constitution comes under fire
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Italy&#39;s prime minister has blamed leftists after a European Parliamentary committee rejected his conservative nominee for justice commissioner.
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Il presidente della Repubblica non ha apposto la sua firma per la promulgazione della legge di riforma dell&#39;ordinamento giudiziario approvata dal centrodestra due settimane fa. El&#39;ha rimandata alle Camere per un nuovo esame.
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A double rejection for Buttiglione in Brussels. The justice and security commission of the European Parliament has rejected by just one vote, the first resolution that accepted the candidature of Rocco Buttiglione
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President Ciampi refuses to ratify a controversial justice reform bill saying it would weaken the judiciary.
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Italians largely oppose gay marriage with  61 percent rejecting homosexual wedlock and even more opposed  to adoption for same-sex couples, a poll on Sunday showed.
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ROME, Italy -- An EU committee&#39;s rejection of an Italian nominee with conservative views on homosexuality has drawn a sharp condemnation by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Italians began voting Sunday on constitutional changes that proponents say would increase stability in a country known for its revolving-door governments.
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Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi defied Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government on Thursday and vetoed a bill aimed at reforming the legal system, the president's office said in a statement.
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GENEVA  - Dashing the chance for almost 200,000 youngsters to get citizenship easily, voters in this Alpine country rejected two government proposals to loosen tough naturalization rules in a referendum Sunday.
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BEIRUT : Beirut rejected a UN Security Council resolution calling for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Lebanon, as lawmakers prepared to vote to change the constitution to allow pro-Damascus president Emile Lahoud to serve another term.
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On Sunday voters rejected government-backed plans to simplify naturalisation procedures for second-generation foreigners. They also turned down a proposal to grant children born in Switzerland to foreign parents the automatic right to a Swiss passport.
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In Monday&#39;s European papers, Swiss voters&#39; rejection of proposals to loosen its tough citizenship rules is met with disappointment.
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Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi  defied Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government on  Thursday and vetoed a bill aimed at reforming the legal system,  the president's office said in a statement.