India budget voted without debate
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India's national budget is passed by parliament amid an opposition boycott after a row with the prime minister.
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A decision to bug an MP's meeting was taken by police without ministers being consulted, the BBC learns.
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COLOMBO: Sri Lankaâs ruling coalition on Friday won crucial support from an opposition party to gain a simple majority for the first time since April elections and clear the way for reviving peace talks with Tamil rebels.
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Venezuela&#39;s electoral authorities said Saturday an audit of the vote on President Hugo Chavez&#39;s rule found no proof of fraud.
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Bank of England policymakers voted unanimously to leave interest rates unchanged at 4.75 percent earlier this month and did not even consider a hike, official records showed, reinforcing expectations that borrowing costs are at or near a peak.
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The European Commission says the elections in Romania were conducted in an orderly manner and will not affect membership talks.
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NEW DELHI, Oct. 16 -- India's five-month-old governing coalition received a major boost Saturday when the ruling Congress Party won a solid victory over Hindu nationalist parties in a  state election that had been widely seen as a test of the new government's staying power.
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NEW DELHI, July 21 -- Lawmakers elected India's first female president, officials announced Saturday, in a vote seen as a step forward for the millions of Indian women and girls who face bitter discrimination in everyday life.
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Venezuelan officials say first results of an audit of the vote on President Chavez's rule show no fraud.
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The chairman of India&#39;s Reliance Industries has denied any family dispute over the ownership of the country&#39;s largest private company.
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The United Nations General  Assembly passed a $4.17 billion budget for 2008-09 with the  United States casting the only vote against because of  provisions for a conference it sees as anti-Israeli.
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Independent observers confirmed that the random auditing of results from the recall referendum (Sunday August 15) against Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez show there are no indications of fraud as claimed by the opposition.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept the Bank Rate untouched at 6% today, but raised the repo rate by 0.25% to 4.75% effective from tomorrow.
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What happened in the National Assembly on October 22 was unsavoury but expected. Yet there is one good reason for wanting to comment on the proceedings of the house that day: General Pervez Musharrafâs constant
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PM promises debate but not referendum amid relief as leaders reach agreement after six years.
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An audit of last week&#39;s recall vote in Venezuela has found no evidence of fraud in the process that endorsed President Hugo Chavez as leader.
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India was 1 of only 3 nations where a majority said the world was safer because of his reelection, according to a new poll.