Word: parliament
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Referenda in Quebec--most recently in 1995--have narrowly opposed Quebec's separation from the rest of Canada. Charest's party, the official opposition in the Quebec parliament, has been outspoken in its opposition to Quebec independence...
...Choto, both currently on bail, have been charged under an antiquated law that the country's parliament has voted to repeal. They were, according to the charge, "publishing information likely to cause public alarm and despondency...
...generals who come together in competing coalitions. If there is a backlash against the recent humiliations suffered by the military, it may come in the form of a barely perceptible internal reorganization rather than an overt crackdown on the streets." With the country due to seat its new parliament next week and begin the process of choosing a new president, Indonesia?s short-term political future remains volatile and unpredictable. But the military will do its best to ensure that the furious jockeying for power is settled by backroom cabals rather than on the streets...
Both were charged with "publishing information likely to cause public alarm and despondency." The law behind this antiquated charge has since been repealed by the Zimbabwean parliament, although the country's president has not yet signed that repeal into...
Leakey seems to thrive on such tough times. For years he kept a terminal kidney disease secret from everyone but his doctors and wife Meave, until he finally agreed to a lifesaving kidney transplant from his estranged younger brother Philip, a former KANU member of Parliament. In 1993, a single-engine Cessna that Leakey was piloting lost power--many believe it was a result of sabotage--and crash-landed. He lost both legs below the knee but within three weeks was walking again with the help of artificial limbs. "Some people deteriorate under pressure; some people get exhilarated," Leakey said...