Nicaragua Congress Grants Itself Powers
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In a deepening political crisis touched off by anti-corruption efforts, Nicaragua's congress has voted to give itself the power to ratify and dismiss Cabinet ministers and other officials.
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A budget measure and laws setting an election date and providing limited amnesty to detainees were approved.
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Venezuela's Congress on Wednesday gave approval to the first part of President Hugo Chavez's plan to rule by decree for 18 months as he tries to force through nationalizations key to his self-styled leftist revolution.
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Colombia's Congress gave final approval to a bill to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for re-election, a move aimed at giving the hard-line leader more time to fight a leftist insurgency and drug trafficking.
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Iraq's presidency council on Sunday issued a controversial law that allows lower-ranking former Baath party members to reclaim government jobs, the final step for the first U.S.-backed benchmark approved by parliament.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, June 15 -- Colombia's Congress voted to recognize gay unions, approving a bill to give same-sex couples full rights to health insurance, social security and inheritance benefits. The measure would make Colombia the first country in Latin America to extend such rights to gay...
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Uruguay's Congress approves a bill which could make it the first Latin American country to allow civil unions.
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Democrats rewarded organized labor Thursday for helping them retake control of Congress, approving a House bill that would make it easier to start unions against companies' wishes
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UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly passed a sweeping declaration of rights for indigenous people yesterday despite opposition from several developed states that said it gave excessive property and legal powers.
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Iraq's parliament passed a law on Saturday to let members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party return to public life, winning Washington's swift praise for meeting a benchmark aimed at reconciling warring sects.
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The ground rules of nationhood are radically changing in Nepal after King Gyanendra returned the government to an elected Parliament.
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New laws designed to curb domestic violence are currently passing through the Spanish parliament.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua  - Nicaragua's unpopular  president faces possible removal from office after a special  Congressional committee was created on Thursday to explore  corruption charges against him.
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Venezuela&#39;s electoral authorities Friday ratified the results of a recent referendum that kept President Hugo Chavez in power.
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November 14 2004 1525CET - The three-day General Congress of the Nationalist Party came to an end this morning with the unanimous approval of a document that highlights the main party visions and priorities for ...
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By REX SPRINGSTON  Environmentalists won a tentative victory yesterday when a House panel decided that a proposal to strip powers from citizen boards needs more study.
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By MATTHEW DALY  WASHINGTON - Congress early Saturday approved a bill to revamp management of the nation's marine fisheries and strengthen protections against overfishing of dwindling stocks.