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...honor of making the Standard Astronomical Clock, a clock to which all others are measured, at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. And perhaps most notably, in 1859 Dent created what may be the world's most famous clock, the Great Clock (a.k.a. Big Ben) at London's Houses of Parliament. Since the 1970s, the company has discreetly continued to make clocks for private collectors in extremely limited quantities. Recently acquired by new owners, Dent has a contract to make the largest public clock in all of Europe, at London's St. Pancras station, and will begin, says CEO Frank Spurrell...
...parliamentary maneuver by secularist opposition parties, and the AK Party responded by calling new elections. Now, having received a resounding vote of confidence from 47% of voters in last month's poll, they're once again trying to elect their man. Turkey's President is chosen by parliament, and the first round of voting is scheduled for August 20. It is not year clear how the army will respond this time...
...thirds of legislators in either of two rounds of voting. But if the vote is forced to a third round, a simple majority suffices to elect a candidate - provided enough legislators show up to vote. Gul's candidacy failed in April because opposition parties stayed away and denied parliament a quorum. That is unlikely to happen this time. A member of the opposition Nationalist Action Party promised Tuesday that his party will turn out to vote, no matter what, and that would ensure the requisite two-thirds quorum. Analysts expect the vote to go to a third round, at which...
...Prime Minister of former resistance fighter Xanana Gusmão, who leads a coalition made up of his own party, the National Congress for the Reconstruction of East Timor, the Timorese Social Democratic Association, the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Party. The coalition holds 37 of the Parliament's 65 seats, giving it a substantial majority over the former governing party Fretilin, which won 21 seats in the June 30 elections. Fretilin's leaders, notably its general secretary, former prime minister Mari Alkatiri, argue that having won more seats than any other party Fretilin is entitled...
...recognize the new government - have damaged Fretilin's already tarnished reputation. Former interior minister Rogerio Lobato is serving a seven-and-a-half-year jail term for arming a hit squad in the lead-up to last year's unrest. And just before the June election, the Fretilin-controled parliament voted to grant amnesties or reduce sentences for serious crimes relating to the violence of 2006, although the resolution was never signed into law by Ramos-Horta. Fretilin's political opponents accuse the party of fomenting violence to achieve their political ends, but Fretilin denies the claims, conceding only that...