Turkey president vetoes vote plan
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Turkey's president vetoes a constitutional change which would have let the public elect the head of state.
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Turkey's pro-secular president blocked a measure Monday that would have allowed the Islamic-leaning government to hold a referendum on a new presidential voting system on the same day as general elections next month.
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VAN, Turkey After suffering a wave of criticism from European Union officials, women&#39;s groups, newspaper columnists and finally from its own members, Turkey&#39;s governing party abandoned a proposal on Tuesday to criminalize adultery.
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Iran's conservative-dominated parliament votes to give itself a veto over foreign deals struck by reformist President Mohammad Khatami.
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Friday he backed the Islamist-rooted government's proposal to lift a ban on the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in universities, a move opposed by the secular elite.
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Turkey&#39;s two main political parties have signalled the government may be dropping plans for a controversial adultery ban that has outraged liberals, unnerved markets and
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Gov. George Pataki yesterday vetoed a bill that would have taxed cigarettes and gasoline sold to non-Indians from reservations around the state, saying the measure went against his policy of negotiating voluntary solutions with tribes.
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President Toomas Hendrik Ilves vetoed legislation Thursday calling for the removal of a Soviet war memorial from the capital, saying the measure violated the constitution.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood firm behind Ankara's bid to join the European Union, rejecting calls to recognize Cyprus and dismissing any new conditions to win EU entry.
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ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey&#39;s prime minister has lashed out at the European Union and said it &quot;should not become involved in Turkey&#39;s internal affairs.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood firm behind Ankara's bid to join the European Union, rejecting calls to recognise Cyprus and dismissing any new conditions to win EU entry.
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President Bush vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have expanded government-provided health insurance for children, his second slap-down of a bipartisan effort in Congress to dramatically increase funding for the popular program
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ANKARA, Turkey -- The government backed off its plan to outlaw adultery after criticism within the European Union, strident protests from opposition politicians, and a march on parliament yesterday by hundreds of outraged Turkish women.
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Turkey votes on Sunday in a parliamentary election pitting the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party against nationalists who disagree strongly over the future path of the secular Muslim country.
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Turkey's parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a key reform package because of divisions over the government's proposal to make adultery a crime, bringing warnings from the European Union that delays could hurt Turkey's chances of membership.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey  - Turkey's governing party has shelved a proposal to make adultery a crime after protests from women's groups and warnings from the European Union that such a law could jeopardize the country's chances of joining the European Union, lawmakers said Wednesday.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a key reform package because of divisions over the government&#39;s proposal to make adultery a crime, bringing warnings from the European Union that delays could hurt Turkey&#39;s chances of membership.