Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Czech republic, parliament accepted the resignations of 11 ministers in the regional government and sacked Communist deputy premier Jaroslav Tlapak, the state-run news agency CTK reported...
...hastily called session, meeting under heavy guard in the crossroads town of Chtaura, east of Beirut, parliament elected Elias Hraoui, also a ) Maronite Catholic, to succeed Moawad. Hraoui, 59, is a wealthy landowner who has good contacts with Lebanese Muslims. He promptly appointed a Cabinet of national reconciliation with representatives from the country's seven main sects, a major accomplishment. "Of course the Deputies are frightened," said Boutros Harb, a Christian Deputy. "But courage is the son of fear...
...being held responsible for wrecking the economy and cooking the figures to such an extent that reformers cannot find accurate economic data with which to work. Prime Minister Hans Modrow, the moderate former Dresden party chief who himself was investigated in June by Mittag and his minions, welcomed parliament's decision to probe abuses of power under Honecker. Said he: "An example must...
...calmly walked into the Restaurant Basque in Madrid last week, strode toward a table of legislators slated to take seats at the parliament's opening the next morning and opened fire. One diner was killed, another badly wounded. As the gunmen left the restaurant, they told a security guard nearby that all was well, then disappeared down a dark street...
Both victims, who were moderate members of the Basque separatist group Herri Batasuna, had hoped that ending their party's ten-year boycott of the parliament would spur negotiations with Madrid to redress Basque grievances. As news of the murders spread, thousands of Basques went into the streets of Bilbao, San Sebastian and other cities, smashing windows and burning buses and cars...