Key Turkey reform bill withdrawn
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Turkey's government pulls a crucial legal reform package from debate  amid controversy over an adultery clause.
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Turkey's president on Friday vetoed a newly passed constitutional amendment that would have allowed the people &#151; and not Parliament &#151; to elect the new president.
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The Turkish parliament recessed until October 1, leaving a penal code reform vital to Turkey's European aspirations in limbo as the EU warned that failure to pass the bill by October 6 &quot;will have an impact&quot; on a key EU report on whether to start accession talks with Ankara.
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The Senate narrowly rejected two proposals today that would have upset the delicate compromise embodied in a bipartisan bill to overhaul the nationâs immigration laws.
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The Senate on Thursday night dropped an amendment to the farm bill that would have banned fatty foods and high-calorie beverages at school snack bars, stores and vending machines, dealing a blow to its chances of passage.
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An amendment to set a timetable for US troop withdrawal was defeated Wednesday.
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The proposed reform of the US's crisis-hit immigration system was in tatters today after a comprehensive defeat in the Senate.
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Polling was suspended 10 days ago in a row over whether to include a bill to criminalise adultery. After a week of wobble when Turkey&#39;s European ambitions appeared to have stalled, the end of the country&#39;s marathon reform process is in sight.
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A skeleton crew of lawmakers voted Wednesday to keep the government from shutting down as House Democrats lambasted Republicans over a provision passed last week that both parties agreed was a turkey.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#39;s Justice and Development Party (AKP) may have lost important political goodwill at home and abroad over its attempt to criminalize adultery as part of an overhaul of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), the New York Times said
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Turkey&#39;s ruling party and the main opposition party said on Tuesday they had agreed to present key amendments to the penal code as a joint proposal, signaling that controversial plans to ban adultery may be dropped.
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A senior member of Turkey&#39;s ruling party has said a proposed draft law to criminalize adultery has in essence been abandoned. &quot;Will there be a proposal (to criminalize adultery)?
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A bill aimed at overhauling the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies was pulled Saturday because of conservative opposition, on what was supposed to be the last day of Congress&#39; lame-duck session.
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Pakistan's government bows to pressure and delays presenting a bill to reform controversial rape laws.
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The Turkish parliament went into recess until October 1, leaving a crucial penal code reform package in limbo and unlikely to be enacted before the release of a vital EU report on whether or not to start membership talks with Turkey.
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Harsh words flew Monday between the European Union and Turkey, which announced it had dropped reforms to ban honor killings, The Times of London said.
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Turkey&#39;s two main parties signalled yesterday that the government may drop a proposed law against adultery. Several EU foreign ministers have said that the proposal to punish cheating spouses as part of amendments