Egypt's parliamentary vote turns violent
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Police barred voters from polling stations and arrested about 100 opposition members Monday, activists said, as Egyptians chose members of the upper chamber of parliament in an election marred by violence that killed one person.
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The day's violence underscored the rise in ethnic and sectarian tensions as the embattled nation heads toward elections in January.
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Several thousand police officers fired into the air and smashed windows of the Palestinian parliament building Thursday, raising fears of new unrest in Gaza after the Hamas-led government said it still cannot pay most of its workers.
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The Egyptian government has intensified arrests of Muslim Brotherhood members ahead of elections to the upper house of parliament, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
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President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party won a majority of seats in elections for Egypt's upper house of parliament, a state-run newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Supporters of fox hunting stormed Britain's parliament and clashed with police in the streets, but failed to stop lawmakers from voting by an overwhelming margin to ban the blood sport.
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SundayÂs clashes were among the most severe between the Palestinian factions since Hamas won the vote.
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The government tightened security around Kenya's parliament Tuesday for its first session since a disputed presidential election, a fight that has provoked deadly violence and was expected to carry over to the selection of a house speaker.
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ISLAMABAD, Feb. 18 -- Outbreaks of sporadic violence were reported across Pakistan on Monday as polls closed and election officials began tallying votes in the country's first parliamentary elections in five years.
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Pakistanis began voting Monday for a new parliament in elections shadowed by fears of violence and questions about the political survival of President Pervez Musharraf Â America's key ally in the war on terror.
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Pakistanis vote in parliamentary elections on Monday amid anxiety over further political turmoil and violence.
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Parliament adjourned a raucous session Tuesday without voting on amendments to secure a fair rerun of the disputed presidential vote later this month, and throngs of opposition
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Kenya's new government and opposition clashed in parliament for the first time on Tuesday in a bad-tempered session reflecting deep bitterness over the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki.
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Incident intensifies the threat of a violent sectarian split with the approach of elections that political leaders are struggling to salvage.
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LONDON  - A protest by pro-fox-hunting activists turned violent outside a governing Labour party meeting attended by three cabinet ministers Thursday, police said.
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One of Egypt's latest hit films opens with scenes of police brutally beating pro-democracy protesters and ends with angry masses storming a police station where demonstrators are tortured. The audiences cheer.
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Ukrainian opposition protesters rushed to parliament and massed at its main door Tuesday after the assembly failed to take any decision over a disputed presidential election the opposition says was rigged.