Kyrgyz parliament meets after government quits
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Kyrgyzstan's parliament convened for a special closed-door meeting on Wednesday, a day after the government resigned in a technical procedure needed to enforce a new constitution adopted after opposition protests in November.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko was to meet again with parliamentary faction leaders to resolve a standoff that continues to prevent the formation of a new government more than three months after legislative elections.
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East Timor's prime minister met Tuesday with hundreds of soldiers whose dismissal earlier this year sparked fierce gunbattles in the capital, and the eventual installation of a new government.
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Text of report by Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg website  Bishkek, 7 September: An era of totalitarianism and dictatorship in the field of mass media is coming in to Kyrgyzstan, said MP Melis Eshimkanov, member of For Reforms movement, at a news conference [in Bishkek] today.
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Kyrgyz voters went to the polls on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election expected to hand President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's party an overwhelming victory though it has been criticized as undemocratic by the opposition.
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Ukraine's parliament agreed on Wednesday to debate a series of laws and constitutional changes, crucial for resolving the crisis over last month's rigged presidential election.
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The Kazakhstan Parliament took steps on Wednesday to give the government the right to alter or cancel energy contracts unilaterally.
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Two U.S. lawmakers scheduled to meet Thursday with former Pakastani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and President Pervez Musharraf were advised to leave the country after Bhutto's assassination.
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BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government's Parliament base fragmented yesterday with the defection of a hard-line Shi'ite bloc.
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Iraqi lawmakers met on Wednesday in an attempt to end a protracted standoff over the 2008 budget and other bills, which has led to some calls for parliament to be disbanded.
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Ukraine&#39;s Parliament passed a vote of non-confidence on Wednesday, bringing down Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych&#39;s government as the two presidential contenders met with international mediators to seek a way out of the spiralling
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A party supported by Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev won 47 percent of the vote in Sunday's parliamentary election, early official results showed on Monday.
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Members of a new transitional parliament for Somalia were sworn in yesterday - a key step toward establishing Somaliaâs first national government since 1991.
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Prompted by the resignation of Uri Party chairman Shin Ki-nam Thursday, ruling and opposition parties agreed on the establishment of a committee within the National Assembly to explore the truth in the nation&#39;s modern history.
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Nepal's government holds talks with former Maoist rebels, after they said they were leaving the cabinet.
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Ukraine's parliament reconvened on Thursday a day after the opposition prevented the chamber from sitting, but there was no indication when it would reconsider a proposal to restore Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister.
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Kyrgyz leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev dissolved parliament on Monday seeking to remove an unruly chamber elected in a disputed poll under his long-serving predecessor.