Law Paves Way for Baathists to Return to Government
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BAGHDAD, Jan.12 -- The Iraqi parliament on Saturday approved legislation that would reform the process for allowing members of the Baath Party to return to government jobs and collect their pensions, an important achievement for the divided parliament on an issue that is still regarded with raw...
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The move marked a major agreement among the countryâs ethnic and sectarian political blocs on a highly divisive issue.
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Some of those accused of Âinsulting TurkishnessÂ say the law is forcing a national debate about what it means to be a democracy.
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NORTHERN IRELANDâS political parties have come closer than at any stage in recent history to agreeing terms for a permanent end to disarm the IRA and revive a power-sharing government.
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Aside from being &quot;shocked,&quot; members of the ruling party were at a loss for words following the Constitutional Court ruling that the party&#39;s capital relocation plan was &quot;unconstitutional.
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Analysis: By allowing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to return home, the Supreme Court could undermine U.S.-backed plans for Musharraf to share power with another former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto
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Iraqi lawmakers reconvened on Tuesday after a month-long summer recess, under mounting pressure to get legislation passed that Washington believes will help heal deep sectarian rifts in the country.
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Iraqi authorities will try to contact some former Baath Party figures who fled the country after the collapse of Saddam Hussein&#39;s regime
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Armenian MPs adopt a bill paving the way for granting citizenship to many in the Armenian diaspora.
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Ousted Thai PM Thaksin's wife returns to fight corruption charges, as his allies try to form a government.
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Iraqis are making some progress toward enacting legislative "benchmarks" the United States demands &#151; but probably not fast enough to satisfy critics of Iraq's political impasse. The bigger question: Would any laws passed by a parliament at each others' throats really lead to true unity?
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Â· Broadcast from France aims at return to power Â· Former dictator blamed for thousands of deaths
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A new law pushes the door open a bit toward reconciliation but contentious issues remain, including the freedom of thousands of Sunni detainees
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The leader of Lebanon's parliamentary majority and the parliament speaker of the opposition met late Thursday for the first time in four months, a move that marked the first tangible step toward ending a political crisis that has divided the government and paralyzed the nation.
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A small Sunni Arab bloc ended its parliamentary boycott Saturday, returning to the legislature as it considers key benchmark legislation demanded by Washington amid increasing pressure to end the political deadlock.
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Iraq's parliament adopted legislation Saturday on the reinstatement of former Baath party supporters to government jobs, a benchmark sought by the United States as a key step toward national reconciliation.
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Iraqi MPs pass three important laws after weeks of delays and brinkmanship between rival factions.