Egypt lawmakers defy ban as political heat rises Jul 10th, 2012 - 21:10h (CET +01.00) Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament opened a new front in the country's leadership showdowns Tuesday by meeting in defiance of orders that disbanded the chamber and brought President Mohammed Morsi in conflict with both the powerful milit... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : egypt, lawmakers, defy, political, heat, rises, Top Keywords

Barclays' Agius faces lawmakers over rate-rigging scandal Jul 10th, 2012 - 02:50h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Marcus Agius, the man at the top of Barclays when its traders rigged a global benchmark interest rate, faces questions from MPs on Tuesday about what he knew about a scandal that threatens a dozen more international banks. Barclays... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : barclays', agius, faces, lawmakers, raterigging, scandal, Top Keywords

Romania: Lawmakers vote to impeach president Jul 6th, 2012 - 21:40h (CET +01.00) Romanian lawmakers impeached President Traian Basescu in an overwhelming vote Friday, paving the way for a national referendum that could see the divisive and increasingly unpopular leader ousted from the powerful position he's held for eight ye... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : romania, lawmakers, vote, impeach, president, scandal, Top Keywords

Russian lawmakers to vote on bill targeting NGOs Jul 6th, 2012 - 10:50h (CET +01.00) A Kremlin-backed law being considered would impose harsh regulations on all of Russia's foreign-funded non-governmental organizations involved in political activity. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : russian, lawmakers, vote, bill, targeting, ngos, Top Keywords

Hong Kong lawmakers seek to oust new leader Jul 5th, 2012 - 18:20h (CET +01.00) Pro-democracy lawmakers Thursday filed legal challenges to the election of Hong Kong's new leader less than a week after he took office amid the biggest demonstrations in the city in nearly a decade. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : hong, kong, lawmakers, seek, oust, leader, Top Keywords

Iraq lawmakers stop work until blast walls put back Jun 21st, 2012 - 15:30h (CET +01.00) The speaker of the Iraqi parliament said on Thursday that he had ordered a halt to all work at the legislature until concrete blast walls removed in recent days are put back. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : iraq, lawmakers, stop, work, until, blast, walls, back, Top Keywords

Polish lawmakers nix referendum on climate package Jun 15th, 2012 - 21:00h (CET +01.00) Polish lawmakers on Friday threw out a proposal by the nationalist right-wing opposition for a referendum on the EU's climate package, as Warsaw blocked a key emissions roadmap related to it. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : polish, lawmakers, referendum, climate, package, blast, walls, back, Top Keywords

Russian lawmakers slap big sanctions on protesters May 22nd, 2012 - 16:30h (CET +01.00) President Vladimir Putin targeted those who dare oppose him Tuesday, introducing draconian new fines for protesters and handing out Kremlin jobs to widely detested lieutenants despite the public anger they have generated. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : russian, lawmakers, slap, sanctions, protesters, blast, walls, back, Top Keywords

U.S. lawmakers want Haqqani named "terrorist" group May 11th, 2012 - 21:30h (CET +01.00) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of congressional intelligence committees, who recently returned from a trip to Afghanistan, urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday to immediately designate the militant Haqqani network as a "terrori... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : lawmakers, want, haqqani, named, "terrorist", group, walls, back, Top Keywords

Putin strikes back at critical Russian lawmakers May 8th, 2012 - 19:10h (CET +01.00) Russian President Vladimir Putin had no trouble getting the Kremlin-controlled parliament to approve former President Dmitry Medvedev as his prime minister Tuesday, but he did not much like the startlingly critical questions Medvedev faced from lawma... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : putin, strikes, back, critical, russian, lawmakers, walls, back, Top Keywords