Parliament relaxes Sunday opening restrictions
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Shops at major railway stations and airports in Switzerland are set to open 365 days a year after parliament agreed to relax rules on Sunday trading.
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Hand baggage restrictions imposed on flights from the UK are to be eased, the government is to announce.
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MPs narrowly decide to go back to late night sittings on Tuesdays despite a plea by Commons Leader Peter Hain.
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A curfew in the capital of the Maldives was eased but parliament sessions were put off indefinitely and emergency rule continued following last week's riots, officials and residents said.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament last night bowed to European Union demands and passed a liberalising penal code which should open the way to talks with Ankara on EU membership.
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Election for the third term of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region started here Sunday morning.
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The government tightened security around Kenya's parliament Tuesday for its first session since a disputed presidential election, a fight that has provoked deadly violence and was expected to carry over to the selection of a house speaker.
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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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Tehran - MPs in Iran&#39;s hardline-dominated parliament on Tuesday gave preliminary approval for a bill aimed at forcing the reformist government to resume uranium enrichment in defiance of the UN nuclear watchdog.
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The government will attempt to put its plans for house-sellers packs back on track in the Commons later on Monday.
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Licensing authorities start processing pubs' applications for extended opening hours from Monday.
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The Israeli government was to approve Sunday a range of measures meant to ensure a smooth Palestinian presidential election, including granting Palestinians freedom of movement and allowing candidates to campaign in predominantly Arab east Jerusalem
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The crisis in Ukraine has been eased after the country&#39;s parliament passed a package of constitutional and electoral amendments, and approved a new composition of the Central Election Commission (CEC), which were welcomed by the opposition.
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Gordon Brown says he could overturn the recent law allowing pubs to open 24 hours a day.
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Parliament has approved a new free-trade agreement - with caveats.
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Markets and exhibitions involving livestock, banned in Britain since an outbreak of the foot and mouth virus on August 3, will be allowed to resume from Monday, the agriculture ministry said.
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The head of Guinea's military relaxed a nationwide curfew Sunday, an indication the government believes the threat of violence following last week's deadly rioting and protests has subsided.