Word: parliament
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...Parker Bowles will marry is obsessive. Constitutionally, there is nothing to stop them. Though Camilla has been reported to be a Roman Catholic, she is not; her former husband is. What Charles would require is his mother's permission; if she refused him, he could appeal to Parliament. As King he could wed without anyone's blessing...
...Yorker, "a spindly growth." The Guardian, a newspaper that endorses it, ran a poll a year ago that showed support for a republic was in the mid-20% range. The monarchy exists by common law and Britain's unwritten constitution, but it could be abolished by an act of Parliament...
...until the Russian presidential vote, Boris Yeltsin is in full campaign mode and is harping on the central issue of the election: the future of economic reform. YELTSIN IS REFORMS say his banners. Reform was his theme last Friday, when he appeared before a joint session of the parliament to report on the state of the nation. The pain that the shift to a market economy has inflicted on some Russians, he said, was the fault of incompetent officials who had somehow undone his good intentions. Economic liberalization would continue, he promised, but from now on its social cost would...
...finally, the Jews and the State of Israel rank high on the Buchanan list of scapegoats. In 1989, he declared, "To orthodox Catholics, the demand to be more sensitive to Jewish concerns is becoming a joke. Referring to Congress as an "Israeli-occupied territory" and as a Parliament of whores incapable of standing up for U.S. national interests, if AIPAC is on the other end of the line," Buchanan has deservedly been subject to charges of anti-Semitism. Furthermore, Buchanan is known for his hyper-sensitivity to comparisons between him and Hitler--I wonder why. Is it because he referred...
...March 20. Such anxiety is only exacerbated by the government's reluctance to pass an amnesty law for Serbs and Croats who fought against the Muslims in the war. The law, which is essential for reconciliation between the rival ethnic camps, failed to pass muster in Bosnia's parliament last month. It will be reviewed this week...