Word: parliament
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PASOK gained 46.9 percent of the vote and secured 171 of the 300-seat parliament, according to The Associated Press...
Mitsotakis had hoped for at least 120 seats so the New Democracy party could block PASOK's absolute majority in parliament...
...Greek Communist party also received roughly four percent of the vote, according to Greek television and radio newscasts and gained about 9 seats in parliament...
Yeltsin's gamble appeared to be paying off. Although citizens watched indifferently as political passions raged in and around the White House, parliament issued weapons to a motley band of supporters in the early hours of the conflict. On Thursday night eight armed men tried to break into a Moscow military facility. One policeman and an innocent bystander were killed. Yeltsin immediately ordered the Interior Ministry to confiscate weapons from the supposed defenders of the White House, and deployed hundreds of police, special forces and soldiers around the city. On Friday night columns of troops < established a protective perimeter around...
RUSSIA: President and Parliament Face...