Kyrgyz leader dissolves parliament after referendum
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Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev dissolved parliament on Monday in a widely expected move that followed a weekend referendum on constitutional amendments.
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Niger's government is dissolved after a majority in parliament backed a no confidence vote.
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Malaysian Premier Abdullah Badawi dissolves parliament more than a year before its term was due to end.
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Ukraine&#39;s parliament overwhelmingly passed a controversial amendment to weaken the presidency Wednesday, breaking a standoff between outgoing President Leonid Kuchma and the opposition ahead of a new presidential runoff vote.
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Ukraine's parliament overwhelmingly passed a bill to weaken presidential powers and change electoral law, breaking an impasse between outgoing President Leonid Kuchma and the opposition.
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A referendum on constitutional reforms in Kyrgyzstan was flawed, monitoring groups say.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for snap elections and a probable return to power by conservative media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi.
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Somalia's parliament passed a motion of no-confidence against the new prime minister and his Cabinet yesterday, an official said, effectively sacking a government that had been expected to restore order to the country after 13 years of anarchy and war. The deputy speaker of the 275-member transitional parliament, Dalhar Omar, said 153 members voted against Prime Minister ...
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Kyrgyz leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev looks set for a landslide victory in elections, early results show.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy resigned, pre-empting a move by his ruling Socialist party to oust him in a no-confidence vote in parliament next month.
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President Mwai Kibaki dissolved Kenya's parliament Monday, starting the countdown to elections in December that promise to be the most closely contested in the country's history.
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Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's party won every available seat in the next parliament, preliminary results showed on Monday, following a weekend election condemned as rigged by the opposition.
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Ukraine&#39;s parliament has voted to ask President Leonid Kuchma to dismiss the government of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych to help end a political crisis triggered by a contested presidential election.
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King Gyanendra dismissed Nepal's government on Tuesday and declared a state of emergency, taking control of the Himalayan kingdom for the second time in three years.
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Fiji's president dissolved parliament on Tuesday and sanctioned the military to remove embattled Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, said New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, who immediately imposed sanctions against Fiji's military.
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Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister Felix Kulov has tendered his government's resignation, reports say.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has dismissed the heads of the Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv and Kherson regional state administrations.