New parliament meets in Thailand
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Elected lawmakers meet in Thailand for the first time since the military seized power in September 2006.
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The leaders of Thailand's military coup discuss the appointment of a new civilian prime minister.
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Thousands of people are expected to turn out to celebrate the official opening of Scotland's new parliament.
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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly will meet in a special session at the Parliament House in Islamabad Friday at 4:00 pm (PST) to ascertain the new leader of the house.
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HONG KONG At the beginning of this year, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand was being touted as the new informal leader of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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BANGKOK -- Thailand's new military rulers tightened their grip yesterday, restricting political activities, assuming legislative powers and detaining some allies of the deposed prime minister.
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Thailand's parliament elected pugnacious right-winger Samak Sundaravej prime minister on Monday as the country returns to representative, civilian government after a bloodless September 2006 coup.
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Thailand's ruling military announced an interim constitution Sunday that was to be followed by the naming of a prime minister to head the country for the next year.
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Northern Ireland lawmakers are gaining a role in the parliament of the Republic of Ireland for the first time since the island's partition 86 years ago.The government of Prime Minister Bertie Ahern announced Tuesday it will create a new parliamentary committee that gives places to Northern Ireland lawmakers elected to seats in the British Parliament.The 18 lawmakers from the British territory will be permitted to take part in debates in a newly formed joint committee on the implementation of the Good Friday peace agreement. But they will not be permitted to vote or offer any amendments on legislative bills. Read more
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Thailand's new military rulers gathered to thrash out who should be the country's new civilian premier after preparing the ground for a wide-ranging corruption probe into deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra and his allies.
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Kosovo's legislators were sworn in Friday at the first session of a new parliament that is widely expected to declare independence from Serbia early this year.
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Burma sets a new date for a constitutional conference seen as a first step towards democracy.
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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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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra heads for an unprecedented win in the general election.
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra  summoned an emergency meeting on bird flue Wednesday after  experts said they had probably documented Thailand's first case  of human-to-human transmission of the disease.
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Gen Surayud Chulanont is starting his first day in office as Thailand's new military-appointed PM.
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Thai lawmakers elected Samak Sundaravej, an ally of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra, as the nation's new prime minister Monday, restoring civilian leadership after 16 months of military rule.