New Kosovo parliament sworn in
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Kosovo's legislators were sworn in Friday at the first session of a new parliament that is widely expected to declare independence from Serbia early this year.
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PRESIDENT Traian Basescu has sworn in Romania&#39;s new centre-right Government, which has pledged to fight corruption and take the former communist nation into the European Union.
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President Mbeki arrives in Brussels today to meet the new European Union (EU) Commission and address the new European Parliament.
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Kosovo's parliament elected a former rebel leader as prime minister Wednesday, a vote foreshadowing a declaration of independence from Serbia.
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Mortar fire greeted the opening session of Iraq's new parliament Wednesday, underscoring the parlous security situation a day after 12 Nepalese hostages were slaughtered by their captors.
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BAGHDAD : Mortar fire greeted the opening of Iraq&#39;s interim parliament -- dismissed by detractors as a weak rubber stamp for an unelected government but hailed by admirers as a step nearer democracy.
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The Kosovo parliament has elected ex-rebel leader Ramush Haradinaj as its new prime minister, despite war crimes allegations.
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Polling stations opened early Sunday in Uzbekistan to choose a new two-chamber parliament to replace the current single-chamber legislature, according to reports from Tashkent.
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Somalia inaugurated a transitional parliament Sunday, taking an important first step toward forming a new government for the devastated country even as rivalries continue
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The government tightened security around Kenya's parliament Tuesday for its first session since a disputed presidential election
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TENSE ELECTIONS: Elections to fill Kosovo's 120-seat assembly on Saturday will test the depth of the province's ethnic divide and international attempts at reconciliation.
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Revelers fired guns, waved red-and-black Albanian flags and set off fireworks over Kosovo Sunday after parliament proclaimed independence in defiance of Serbia and Russia, which condemned the declaration of the world's newest nation.
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Thousands of people are expected to turn out to celebrate the official opening of Scotland's new parliament.
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Voters are set to elect a new parliament Saturday for the first time since the Baltic nation settled into a new era of stability by joining the European Union and NATO in 2004.Comment
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Iraq's temporary new national flag was raised over the country's parliament for the first time on Tuesday, trumpeted by the government as a break with the past and a step towards reconciliation.
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Ukraine&#39;s parliament met Saturday in emergency session to begin drafting changes in the election laws to prevent a repeat of the fraud and ballot stuffing of the Nov. 21
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Parliament approved on Saturday a new coalition government headed by Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, who vowed to pursue Croatia's quest to join the European Union and NATO.