Begin Permitted Ministers to Vote their Conscience
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While Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told âLikud loyalistsâ, members of the partyâs Knesset faction that oppose the Gaza plan, that Prime Minister Menachem Begin did not hold a national referendum ahead of the peace agreement with Egypt
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PRAGUE, Oct 19 (IPS) - With this Sunday's early general elections,  Poles will give a verdict on whether they approve of Prime  Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's "Fourth Polish  Republic", as the present term of government has been called.
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This presidential election has been described by many as one in which morality mattered most to voters. But that perception may be driven at least partially by how pollsters asked voters about their priority issues.
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South Africa's parliament on Thursday approved legal changes to make abortions easier to obtain, despite criticism from opponents who said the law was already too lax.
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MOSCOW -- The Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, voted yesterday to overturn a ban on political party leaders becoming ministers, raising fears that Soviet-style one-party rule could make a comeback.
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Tony Blair has given his ministers unprecedented freedom to pursue their private lives free from moral censure to try to save David Blunkett&#39;s career.
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Members of midwives union consider holding ballot for the first time in its 125-year history.
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Let someone else make the tough decisions.
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The assembly will hear if the DUP and Sinn Fein are to indicate choices for first and deputy first minister.
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On Sunday, voters will have a limited chance to elect members to the city's parliament.
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MOSCOW, Sep 11 (IPS) - A presidential decree allowing political parties to  engage officially in public campaigns for parliamentary elections  has come into effect, but opposition parties fear they may not  get adequate access to media coverage.
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Northern Irelandâs politicians are on the right road to restoring devolution, a British Government minister claimed today. As unionists, nationalists and
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Overwhelming support from MPs for Observer campaign to back system of 'presumed consent'
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In opening the first session of the new Cabinet of Ministers today, President Vaira Vike-Freiberga congratulated the new government members and wished them to work resolutely in the interests of the state up ...
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Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican's arbiter of doctrinal orthodoxy, has given Catholic voters leeway under certain circumstances to vote for politicians who support abortion rights, U.S. Catholic officials said.
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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 result of a ballot of Conservative members on a new set of core values is to be announced by David Cameron.