I’ve been meaning to write about the behaviour of politicians for a while now and Catherine Delahunty’s post on frogblog has spurred me into action. While her writing style is short on much-needed commas, she has detailed similar reactions to watching Parliament TV that I do, while making a fantastic comparison of the debating chamber [...]
Related posts:“Know what you’re voting
Suara Timor Lorosae 16 December 2008 DILI – Member of the National Parliament from the CNRT faction, Maria Rosa do Carmo “Bisoi”, made a protest against members of the East Timor National Police who carried long-barrelled guns into the National Parliament building while at the same time the police denied her permission to drive her car into the grounds of the National Parliament even though
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Fellow westerners MrvnMouse (well he’s a westerner at heart), Devin, and I are proposing an Alternative Parliament. I think it should be based in Alberta or Saskatchewan, and the opposition parties should informally meet to debate economic policy. Naturally the Greens should have a representative allowed into the debates too. What else are the MPs [...]
The president of the United States, George W. Bush, congratulated in this thursday the Iraqian Parliament for approving the security guard agreement that will allow the American troops to remain in the Arab country until the definitive exit until the 2011 end. Today, the Iraqian Parliament approved an agreement on the relations between U.S.A. and Iraq, that, together with the security pact, g
Uofficial machine translation. Original Portuguese text follows.
East Timor Parliament Plenary Proceedings 18 November 2008
Secretariat
Office of Public Relations
No agenda 154/II Plenary Meeting of Tuesday 18 November 2008
The plenary session today was presided by the First Vice-President of the National Parliament Mr Vicente da Silva Guterres (CNRT), assisted by Deputy Secretary of the
Unofficial machine translation. Original Portuguese text follows.
National Parliament
Agenda No 153/II Plenary Meeting of Monday 17 November 2008
The plenary session today was presided over by the First Vice-President of the National Parliament Mr Vicente da Silva Guterres (CNRT), assisted by Vice-President II of the National Parliament Sra. Deputada Maria Paixao da Costa (PSD), Secretary of
Once again I must commend PETER SAIN LEY BERRY for this article in EUobserver in
which he questions the EU parliaments self chosen role of interfering in the Irish
Referendum, I do not agree with many things this EU supporter has to say, but I
do agree that democracy must be respected. Andrew Duff and friends please [...]
Women in the Netherlands deemed “unfit mothers” may soon be forced to take contraception, if a draft bill currently before the Dutch parliament is passed. The bill “targets women who have been the subject of judicial intervention due to their bad parenting,” says its author, a member of the Netherlands’ socialist Labour Party.
Under the proposed legislation, a woman [...]
Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Russian stocks climbed for a fifth day, capping their best week on record on speculation the government is supporting the country's stock market.
OAO Gazprom and VTB Group, both controlled by the state, each rose more than 3 percent.
The Micex Index advanced 4.8 percent to 766.92 in Moscow today, completing a fifth consecutive session of gains, the longest such series
PARIS (Reuters) - French workers may be allowed to continue working past the age of 65 under a measure approved by the lower house of parliament and criticised by the opposition as opening the way to pushing back the official retirement age.
The measure, voted in late on Friday night and needing Senate approval to become law, would prevent employers from making employees retire at 65 from
Indonesia's parliament on Thursday passed an anti-pornography bill into law, which Islamic parties and organizations argued is needed to save the country from immoral behaviour. Shouts of 'Alhamdulillah' ('Thanks be to God') came from the balcony of the House of Representatives' plenary hall as the gavel was banged to mark the passing of the bill, witnesses said.Critics of the bill said it could
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Jobbik:Hungarian Master Race? The seeds of a reactivated extreme right-wing alliance in Europe were being sown this week by British National Party leader Nick Griffin, who made visits to Hungary and the Czech Republic. Mr Griffin was invited to the two East European countries by representatives of extremist parties who had made trips to Britain earlier in the year. A fragile pan-European Parl
But only for a few years. Unfortunately not permanently [for some at least].
The reason being that the Commons needs to be renovated and more than 500 miles of water pipes, electricity and telephone cables replaced - because they were last replaced during the Second World War.
This renovation, including the removal of asbestos, will cost £350 [...]
Unofficial modified automated translation. Original Portuguese text follows.The National ParliamentSecretariatOffice of Public RelationsNo agenda 137/II Extraordinary Plenary Meeting of Wednesday, of 8 October 2008A special plenary session today was presided over by Vice-President II of the National Parliament, Sra. Deputada Maria Paixao, assisted by Secretary of the Bureau, Sra. Maria Terezinha V
Position Title : Coordinator of Parliamentary Research Start Date: Immediate Duration: Full-time Duty station: Dili, Timor-LesteCoordinator of Parliamentary ResearchRe-Posting/Terms of ReferencesDeadline for Applications: 24 October 2008BackgroundThe National Parliament of Timor-Leste and The Asia Foundation Timor-Leste, with generous support from the United States Agency for International Develop
FRETILIN Leader in Parliament: Statement on Opening of 2nd Legislative SessionStatement by Aniceto Guterres, Leader of FRETILIN in the Parliament on the Occasion of Solemn Ceremony for the Opening of the Second Legislative Session of the Timor-Leste National Parliament.Dili, 9 October 2008Your Excellency the President of the Republic,Your Excellency the President of the National Parliament,Ladies
Modified unofficial automated translation. Original Portuguese text follows.The National ParliamentSecretariatOffice of Public RelationsNo agenda 136/II Plenary Meeting of Monday, of 6 October 2008The plenary session today was presided over by II Vice-Presiden of the National Parliament, Sra. Deputada Maria Paixao, assisted by Secretary of the Bureau, Sra. Deputada Mary Tereziha Viegas.Were prese
Unofficial automated translation. Original Portuguese text follows.The National Parliament Secretariat Office of Public Relations Press Release 2 October 2008The activity performed by Parliament Nasional today, the Thursday of 2 October 2008, was a Training Seminar on Gender, which was organized by the Group of Women Parliamentarians representing the National Parliament together with the Secretar
NATIONAL PARLIAMENT (PLENARY SUPPORT SERVICE) LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES FOR RESOLUTION, DELIBERATION, AND POLITICAL MONITORING PENDING FROM THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE SESSION BRIEF INFORMATION NOTE FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IN GENERAL* DATE: 17 SEPTEMBER 20081. Draft-law on Authorisation to Legislate on Criminal Matters (accepted, ready for discussion and voting; will not be submitted to the relevant
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The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. Robert M. Hutchins
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Democracy is not being, it is becoming. It is easily lost, but never finally won. William Hastie
A democracy, contrary to any other form of government, requires continuous and massive [...]
In a bid to raise awareness of the rights of the consumer and the obligations of the service providers in the resolution of their common problems and concerns, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), yesterday, convened a stakeholders’ meeting. The consumer parliament forum, as it is called, brought together all the stakeholders from the utility industry. The session was held at the Pa
A powerful Australian parliamentary committee urged the government to postpone plans to sell uranium to Russia on Thursday, saying it could not be sure Moscow would continue to honour non-proliferation obligations.
A new session of State Parliament commenced last week amidst the customary ceremony. While much time was consumed with formalities, little Parliamentary business was conducted. This time and expense could have been better used.
Unofficial automated translation. Original Portuguese text follows.SecretariatOffice of Public RelationsAgenda No. 128/IIExtraordinary Plenary Meeting ofWednesday 17 September 2008The Plenary Session of today was chaired by Vice-President of Parliament, Mrs Maria Paixo, assisted by Secretary of the Bureau, Mrs. Maria Terezinha Viegas and II Deputy Secretary, Mrs Teresa Maria de Carvalho.The Chairm
9/11 documentary on Russian TV today
Interview with one of the film makers
A member of the European Parliament
On the anniversary of 9/11, an Italian-produced documentary called ZERO, investigating the tragedy, is opening in Russia. The documentary has already sparked controversy and U.S. networks have rejected the film, as the authors believe that the official version of [...]
We apologize for any inconvenience, but in light of the weather (much rain due to Hurricane Ike), we are moving Pug Parliament to Sat. September 20. This year's PP will begin at 12 pm in Overland Park, KS and pug owners, pug lovers, and their pugs living in the greater Kansas City area are invited!If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call at (913) 403-8009.Thanks much and we hope to
-Canada's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election for October in hopes of strengthening the Conservative minority government's hold on power.-The U.S. government has taken over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.-900,000 are evacuated as Hurricane Ike devastates Cuba.-The Bible is Sarah Palin's professional guide, friends and pastors say.-A bank tied to John McCain's son
Today more than 26 member of the Kuwaiti Parliament signed a request to hold a special meeting on the 10th of September to study the labors laws and problems.
That can lead to discussion of the law of sponsorship and specifically that can come to a request to cancel the sponsorship laws!
We call all intercessors to [...]
Televizaun Timor-Leste, 27 August - East Timor's Popular Women's Organization (OPMT) urged the National Parliament Wednesday (27/8) to speed up the abortion law to save women's lives and to prevent criminalization of abortion practices in the country.The urge is made by women's representatives from all 13 districts during a one-day seminar to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the women's organiz
Hantu Laut
Congratulations to Anwar Ibrahim.The people of Permatang Pauh have decided overwhelmingly to return him to Parliament.
Anwar garnered 31,195 v0tes giving him a majority of 2136 votes over his rival UMNO's Arif Shah who could have done better if not for his party's screwed up campaign style.
Anwar's majority was a slight improvement of those obtained by his wife, he garnered 2,136 more
President Mugabe was supposed to be in negotiations with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change(MDC) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai on ways to organize a coalition government. Instead of keeping to the agreement that Parliament would not be summoned until a power sharing agreement had been reached, he went ahead with meeting with the new Parliament. As [...]
A group of owls is called a parliament.A Crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.A group of larks is called exaltation.A elephant is the heaviest of all land mammals at around 8,000 pounds.A kangaroo can't jump unless its tail is touching the ground.A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 7 miles away.A man had the hiccups for 69 years.A millipede has 4 legs on eac
When I heard the first couple of lines into the song “P. Funk (Wants to get Funked Up) I immediately thought of ToeJam and Earl 3: Mission to Earth. For those of you who aren’t familiar ToeJam & Earl, they are aliens from Planet Funkatron that came to Earth to add funkiness to the Earthlings [...]
I must admit that its just today i came across that loksabha website streams the live proceedings online. I was searching for live streams as i was very curious on whether the Congress led UPA alliance will fall or will it sustain the Trust Vote.
You can Watch the webcase of the Live proceedings from Loksabha [...]
Em relação ao destaque da semana anterior muda a designação, mas continuamos com os mesmos protagonistas - George Clinton e seus pares, e o mesmo género - o Pfunk.
Mais um dos pontos altos do percurso do colectivo Parliament/Funkadelic. Desta feita como Parliament o disco "Mothership Connection" onde a fusão entre o psicadelismo e as sonoridades negras norte americanas se pode caracteriza
". . .The 9/11 attacks not only killed 24 Canadians, but it is also our sole reason for participating in – and now enduring – the War on Terror. Upon the outset of the War in Afghanistan, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell (who will be in Vancouver June 12th) promised Canada a whitepaper linking the September 11th attacks with Osama bin Laden in exchange for our premature partici
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I just received a very peculiar news clip from the future, apparently sent by somebody living in the 30th century!
Here is the peculiar news clip:
Monday July 14th 3008-The Stuck Online
Malaysian archaeologists yesterday discovered remains of an ancient fortified make-shift fortress under the ruins of the fallen Parliament.
So onto part three of my Websites for Members of Parliament (MPs) series which bring us to Mark Harper, Conservative for the Forest of Dean.
Design
Mark offers us a well presented and clean MP website, with appropriate use of imagery throughout the site. Turning these images off also renders the site usable and useful, which [...]
"Iran’s parliament is set to debate a draft bill which could see the death penalty used for..."
Fetched from Darkly Dreaming Casper 2 weeks, 1 day ago.
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A lady who was known as Churchill's main rival in parliament was giving a speech. Churchill, with his usual enthusiasm for his rival, dozed off while the lady was speaking. She stopped her speech and awoke Sir [...]
The planes of US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) landed at one of Ukrainian air bases. It was announced by member of European Parliament Giovanni Fava, report RIA Novosti with reference to Associated Press news agency. Mr. Fava noted that he has convincing proofs of secret landings of American planes on the territory of Ukraine. Before Mr. Fava spoke about the existence of CIA prisons in Italy a
European Parliament July 11, 2001 Report on the existence of a global system for the interception of private and commercial communications (ECHELON interception system) (2001/2098(INI)) Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System Rapporteur: Gerhard Schmid Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1. The reasons for setting up the committee1.2. The claims made
Part 2 of the Websites for Members of Parliament (MPs) series takes us to Geoffrey Clifton-Brown’s website.
Design
The overall design of this site is clean, simple and quite pleasant using a of palette light and dark green set against white background with grey text for headings. Use of images is minimal but used to good effect [...]
DILI - The East Timor Students Forum is threatening hunger strikes because its members feel deceived by the National Parliament about the agreement to purchase luxury motor vehicles being reduced from 65 to 26 vehicles.The threat was pubicised by the spokesperson for the ETSF, Sisto dos Santos, in a press conference at the East Timor National University Old Campus in Kaikoli, Dili on Wednesday (2/
Recently, each state in Southeast Asia had its fair share of troubling issues in local politics. Singapore wasn't spared too, even though on the surface, the political field still remains peaceful compared to our neighbours.A few weeks ago, I chanced upon Workers' Party member Yaw Shin Leong's blog and saw his post expressing his remorse for voting for the PAP candidate at the place he resides. He
Part 1 of the Websites for Members of Parliament (MPs) series see us visiting Martin Horwood’s website, Liberal Democrat MP for Cheltenham.
Design
Overall the site is pleasant and well laid out with a bold colour scheme of yellow and black, which matches the party colours. The layout is familiar to most users with a navigation bar [...]
The British Computer Society (BCS) is running a competition for the Best MP website. So with this in mind I thought I’d do some browsing to check the quality of MP websites here in Gloucestershire. Over the coming weeks I’ll run a series of short articles summarising my findings. These aren’t personal slurs or criticisms, [...]
The government of East Timor has proposed a new law to regulate guns. But according to the opposition party, FRETILIN, the draft law would give the Commander of the East Timor National Police the sole and discretionary power to authorize civilians to obtain and possess firearms. The history of firearms in the hands of civilians has contributed to all the bloody episodes in the country's tortured h
The official seat of the European Parliament is in Strasbourg, but the one in Brussels serves for preparatory meetings and complementary, non-plenary sessions. It is located in the European quarter of Brussels, close to the Leopoldpark.
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Countdown to general election 2009After looking at the large picture, it looks like the repeat of 1998 election. NDA is not quiet there. UPA+ Left cannot form the government. Mayawati holds the key unless anything major happens in next 12 months. The final tally is
BJP: [...]
I'm a tad behind the times in posting this, but here's the skinny none the less...New Democratic Party Deputy House Leader Libby Davies delivers a Parliamentary Petition signed by over 500 Canadians demanding a new 9/11 investigation, in Canada's House of Commons during Routine Proceedings at 1:10 pm on June 10, 2008 Here is the full text of the petition, available to sign at Government, from the
UK Youth Parliament would love to hear your views on a variety of issues that are to be in our manifesto for the year ahead. These issues are: Law and Society, Education, International matters, Culture, media and sport, Health, Empowering young people and Transport and the environment...
Frontier Pacific Mining Corporation (the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:FRP) is pleased to announce the status of the National Land Zoning Plan (”Zoning Plan”) Bill in the Parliament of Greece. This was announced and reported by all the major news agencies in Greece. The Zoning Plan, referred to in the Directors Circular as an important milestone in [...]
Early Day Motion EDM 1745GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL COMPLAINTS SYSTEM 10.06.2008 Kawczynski, Daniel That this House believes that the General Medical Council’s (GMC) complaints mechanism fails to comply with standards of fairness and due process required by Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights; observ
U.S. soldiers who fled to Canada to escape the war in Iraq won a symbolic victory in the House of Commons when a majority of MPs voted that the deserters should be allowed to stay permanently in the country.
But the motion, put forward by the NDP, is non-binding on the minority Conservative government. Tory MPs [...]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE – DISTRIBUTE WIDELY PETITION FOR CANADIAN 9/11 INVESTIGATION TO BE READ INTO PARLIAMENT TUESDAY JUNE 10th, 2008 Vancouver BC,Drew Noftle A few months ago various 9/11 Truth activists across Canada got together to compose a Parliamentary Petition demanding an investigation into 9/11. The first 500 signatures were submitted last week, verified, and accepted. This petition wil
Brussels, FIFA president Sepp Blatter defended his controversial `six plus five` foreign player system at the European Parliament here, saying it would nurture young talent and benefit the national game.Plans to further explore the system, which would limit clubs to fielding six home-grown players and a maximum of five foreigners, …A news by AsianLoveStories.com. Powered [...]
Canadian MPs – the majority opposition representing the majority of Canadians – stood in support of Iraq war resisters when they voted to pass an asylum motion yesterday in Parliament. Liberal, NDP and Bloc MPs (137 in total) stood in favour – literally stood up to vote as procedure dictates, though for a second the line of MPs could be confused for a makeshift honour guard of sorts
Great speech! Watch it when you have time.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown was insistent that police should have the right to detain suspected terrorists for up to 42 days without any charges being presented against them. He is facing a probable defeat in parliament on the issue, but is determined to stick to his guns on what he believes is essential to deal [...]
RAIWIND: Federal Minister of Law Farooque H. Naek Sunday said the proposed constitutional package would be tabled in the parliament for debate after consultation with allied parties. Talking to newsmen after meeting with Muslim League-N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif at his residence in Raiwind, federal minister of law said that the judges would be restored [...]
Jerome Corsi of WorldNetDaily is reporting here that a "North American Parliament", sponsored by a group that advocates the unification of North America, is holding meetings in Montreal starting Monday, and it is hoped by the promoters that it will become a model for a real North American parliament.The group sponsoring these meetings is called the North American Forum on Integration, and it is ye
Great news!The European Parliament has passed a resolution against DU weapons in a landslide vote. The dangers of these weapons are becoming more commonly known every day, and this is a great step by a government body to fight the proliferation of these weapons.If you do not know about the horror of depleted uranium weapons, then I would encourage you to read the following article about these weap
At the National Parliament Building in Dili on Wednesday, there came a woman from the town of Los Palos in the District of Lautem. Her name is Artemicia Rodriques Silva, a resident of the Kota Bemoris neighbourhood in the Village of Fuiloro, Sub-District of Lospalos. She came carrying her child, who is still an infant. Her face was sad, her eyes clouded, occasionally gazing at the ceilings of the
[Continued from last week] The story so far ... gorgeous, pouting Gordon Brown has made concessions on the 10p tax rate, but the fear remains amongst his *ahem* loyal band of supporters in the PLP that it is not going to be enough to save grizzled streetfighter Tamsin Dunwoody in the Crewe and Nantwitch by-election. At Castle Dracula (or CCHQ as it's sometimes known) rumours are being pumped into
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of tightening rules regulating the 15,000 lobbyists that gravitate around the EU institutions. By an overwhelming majority, EU lawmakers adopted a report recommending a mandatory public register for lobbyists that seek to influence decisions at the European Union's institutions. The decision on Thursday ratifies the proposal made by the
The Indonesian House of Representatives is poised to pass an amended law on military tribunals that would allow civilian courts to try soldiers involved in non-military offenses, local press said Wednesday. The planned passage of the much-awaited law has been lauded by experts and human rights activists who say the bill is essential in curbing impunity and ensuring transparency within the Indones
On Friday, the Portuguese Parliament passed a law that adopts the Brazilian form of ortografia (spelling) of hundreds of words. The move is a small part of a movement to unify the Portuguese language in the eight countries where Portuguese...
A delegation of Perak's Pakatan Rakyat elected representatives led by its Menteri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin visited the Parliament today.During the visit, the delegation held meetings with opposition leaders including PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang.In a brief press conference later, Mohammad Nizar said the meetings did not
After the presidential elections perhaps the most important event in the political calendar will be the parliamentary elections (to be held around March/April 2009, if I am not wrong?).
It is an excellent opportunity to bring out fresh new faces into political spectrum of the country. With the changes that are being brought to the political system of the country perhaps the most important entity
The Ministry of Construction Thursday recommended a German consortium be awarded the contract to build a new National Assembly Hall in Hanoi.
The ministry is seeking the approval of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung for German joint venture GMP International GmbH and Inros Lackner AG to be awarded the contract to design and build the new hall.
If approved, the new National Assembly Hall will
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s parliament has overwhelmingly voted to make Vladimir Putin the prime minister.
Putin’s confirmation in the State Duma comes a day after he handed the presidency to his protege Dmitry Medvedev.
Thursday’s 392-56 vote caps months of maneuvering by the popular leader to maintain influence after stepping down from the presidency due to term [...]
1. Exemption available under sections 10A and 10B has been extended by one more year. Consequently, these exemptions will now be available up to the assessment year 2010-11.2. The scheme of disallowance under section 40(a)(ia) has been modified with retrospective effect from the assessment year 2005-06 on the following lines—Tax is deductible but not deductedNo deduction in the current previous yearIf tax is deducted in any subsequent year, the expenditure will be deducted in the year in which TDS will be deposited by the assessee with the Government.Tax is deductible (and is so deducted) during the last month (i.e., in the month of March) of the previous year but it is not deposited on or before the due date of submission of return of income under section 139(1)No deduction in the curre
Her husband has been held under the Internal Security Act (ISA) at the Kamunting detention camp for the last six years, as a suspected member of regional terrorism group Jemaah Islamiah.
Opposition figurehead Anwar Ibrahim today said "there is no turning back" in his political career after returning to Parliament after a 10-year absence.
The plight of the family of murdered Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu wastaken to Parliament today, while the 222 newly-elected members gatheredfor their oath-taking ceremony.Altantuya's father, Dr Shaariibuu Setev (photo), was in the buildingthis morning with a one-page letter appealing for the help of the MPsin relation to the case.Shaariibuu had hoped to personally deliver the letter to both PrimeMinister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Deputy Prime Minister Najib AbdulRazak.
Dharamshala: Dolma Gyari, the deputy speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, left Dharamshala today to Chandigarh.
She is expected to meet Punjab’s chief minister in Chandigarh. Later in the evening she will depart to Jaipur via Delhi.
On 29 April, Mrs Gyari will attend a meeting on the current situation in Tibet in Jaipur at the [...]
The NDA’s agitation on price rise issue rocked Parliament with both the Houses being adjourned for two hours as opposition disrupted proceedings over UPA government’s “failure” to contain inflation.
In the Lok Sabha, trouble started during the Question Hour itself when members of BJP and its allies, who had formed a human chain outside the Parliament [...]
This is revolting. You say ‘female circumcision,’ I say ‘remove the primary pleasure center on a woman’s body so that she can’t ever experience the pleasure a man does during intercourse’. I know, their version’s more succinct.
From Gateway Pundit:
After a heated debate in parliament this month, Yemeni women’s rights advocates lost their battle to ban [...]
Nandamuri Hari Krishna took the oath in Parliament in Telugu.That made many Telugu people proud for bringing unique identity to the state by echoing Telugu on National Dais. But a set of people started murmuring about Hari Krishna's inability to speak English or Hindi. It is said that Hari Krishna is totally unaware of any other language other than Telugu, although he knows some bits and pieces of Tamil.In fact there will be two sides all the while- positive and negative. While some people feel great about something others condemn and belittle the same.Courtesy:greatandhra
On Monday Matt Sinclair had a bit of a go (to put it mildly) at the Commons as an Institution on his own site (cross-posted from Centre-Right). I agree with him.
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The applications for the second edition of Model European Union, taking place in the European Parliament (Strasbourg) , are open. For a brief description of MEU 08, please read the...
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The lower house of the French parliament approved a new law on genetically modified crops on Wednesday after fierce opposition criticism and internal wrangling in the ranks of the centre-right government. After a vote of 249 in favour of and 228 against the proposed law, intended to bring French legislation into line with European Union directives, the bill will now go to the Senate for a second reading on April 16. The law is aimed at fixing the conditions under which genetically modified (GMO) crops may be cultivated in France, where many regard them with deep suspicion. Europe has demanded that member states formulate domestic laws on GMO use since 2001 but France has dragged its feet over an issue that is fiercely disputed by supporters including the main farmers union and env
