Venezuelan Congress Passes TV, Radio Bill
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Congress passed a bill that lays down strict guidelines for sex and violence in broadcast programming and threatens multimillion dollar fines or even closure for media outlets that disobey.
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The United States said Tuesday the vote by Venezuela's people to allow President Hugo Chavez to complete his term marks an end to the Latin American nation's political crisis.
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By Arshad Mohammed, Washington Post Staff Writer  The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill making it easier for phone companies to offer video programming, bringing consumers a step closer to having more choices for their cable TV service.
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Colombia's Congress approved a bill late on Thursday granting same-sex couples rights similar to their straight counterparts, a move seen as the biggest advance for homosexuals in this Roman Catholic country.
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HERE'S a tale that illustrates the role of money in state politics like few others. It's the story of Assembly Bill 2987, fairly noncontroversial legislation passed last week that allows telephone companies to get into the cable television business through bundling services.
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In a a blow to the countryâs two main broadcasters, the Mexican Supreme Court overwhelmingly voted Thursday to declare parts of a new media law unconstitutional.
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The countdown has begun for Venezuela's oldest private television station. At midnight Sunday, Radio Caracas Television &#151; the most widely watched channel &#151; will be forced off the air after President Hugo Chavez's government decided not to renew its license.
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Ukraine's parliament has elected Eduard Prutnik head of the State TV and Radio Broadcasting Committee. Prutnik's candidacy was backed by 244 votes in the 450-seat legislature.  The procedure was broadcast live by TV 5 Kanal on 14 September.
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Venezuela's parliament is set to discuss for a second time President Chavez's  call for constitutional changes.
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The US Congress approves the first major gun control bill since 1994, a  response to April's Virginia Tech shootings.
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By Patrick Markey CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan pro-governmentlawmakers began a final drive on Thursday to push through amedia content bill that international watchdogs and oppositionleaders warn could gag the press.
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The Philippine Congress passes a controversial anti-terror bill aimed at tackling militants in the south.
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Venezuela rejected criticism by a U.S. State Department spokesman of a proposed media law that government legislators are trying to approve in the National Assembly, said an official Wednesday.
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¡¡ WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The United States on Tuesday accepted the preliminary results of Venezuela&#39;s recall referendum in which incumbent President Hugo Chavez won a majority of support.
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By Michael Martz, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 16--A City Council committee voted unanimously last night to let the state's largest telephone company bring cable TV competition to most homes in Richmond.
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California's Senate  passed a bill on Wednesday night aimed at increasing  competition among cable television providers and easing the  ability of telephone companies to enter the market.
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Students took their 11-day-old protest over President Hugo Chavez's shutdown of the last nationwide opposition television station to Venezuela's Congress on Thursday, in a rare appearance by the opposition in the legislature.