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...stimulus package for the Canadian economy is expected to be unveiled by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government at the end of January 2009. However if the budget is not well received by a parliament calling for strong fiscal support to save Canadian jobs, the government may once again face the possibility of being toppled. Earlier this month the Conservatives narrowly escaped being replaced by a coalition of parties, including the separatist Bloc Quebecois, which wants to cede the province of Quebec from Canadian confederation...
Born in Athens, Laiou served as deputy secretary of foreign affairs of Greece in 2000 and member of the Parliament there...
Thailand's Democrat Party hasn't won a popular national election in more than a decade. But on Dec. 15, Abhisit Vejjajiva, the 44-year-old leader of the oldest Thai political party, was chosen in a slender majority by the country's parliament as the nation's fifth Prime Minister in a year. Beleaguered Thais hope that his leadership will put an end to a turbulent few years during which one PM was deposed in an army coup and a sustained anti-government protest movement ended in the removal of three others, as well as the takeover and closure...
...assistance of the directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in 1990 to serve as a proxy fighter in the disputed territory of Kashmir. The ISI has been repeatedly accused by U.S. officials of maintaining links to the terrorist group, which was involved in an attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001. That incident brought the two countries to the brink of war. In 2002, Lashkar-e-Taiba was banned, but it quickly resurfaced under a different name. Parts of the ISI, which still maintains that India is Pakistan's principal threat, are loath to crack down on such a militant...
...less stormy. Hasina's AL look like the favorites at this point, and in recent weeks, have made the right noises about sharing power and pushing toward a more consensus-driven politics. One AL declaration suggested that the opposition - whoever it may be - retain certain prominent seats in parliament, such as that of the deputy speaker. "There needs to be a proper participatory parliament," says Riaz, of Illinois State University. "Democracy cannot function without a really vibrant and an effective opposition...