Posts Tagged ‘parliamentary’

Putin’s party losing support in parliamentary vote (AP)

CAPTION CORRECTION CORRECTS THE NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, with the emblem of the United Russia party in the background, visits the United Russia party headquarters in Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2011. Exit polls cited by Russian state television showed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party with less than 50 percent of the vote in Sunday's parliamentary elections, a significant drop reflecting Russians' growing weariness with his rule. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)AP – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party struggled to hang onto its majority in Russia’s parliamentary election, results showed Monday, suggesting Russians were wearying of the man who has dominated Russian politics for more than a decade.


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Polls opens for Afghanistan parliamentary election (AP)

An Afghan policeman stands guard near posters of candidates contesting in the upcoming Afghan parliamentary elections in Jalalabad, Afghanistan Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. Afghan officials and political figures sought to reassure wary Afghans on Thursday that it will be safe to vote in this weekend's parliamentary election despite an upswing in violence in recent months. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP – Polling stations formally opened for voting in Afghanistan’s parliamentary election Saturday, though a scattering of rocket attacks struck in the early morning and Taliban insurgents managed to block at least a couple of stations from opening.


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House leaders joust over use of parliamentary rule (AP)

Several hundred demonstrators gather for a AP – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer declined to say Wednesday if Democrats have enough votes to pass historic health care legislation, but hinted that they’re poised to use an arcane parliamentary process to get it done.


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Afghan commission postpones parliamentary vote (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Election official Mohammad Hasan Haidari, left, prepares ballots for members of the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police at a polling place in the village of Dahaneh, the only polling place available in the district of Now Zad in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Parliamentary elections scheduled for May 22, 2010 will be postponed until the fall, an Afghan official involved in the process said Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 — a move that is likely to be welcomed by Western countries pressing for reforms after a fraud-marred presidential poll. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)AP – Afghanistan on Sunday postponed parliamentary elections until September due to a lack of funding — a move likely to be welcomed by Western countries pressing for reforms after a fraud-marred presidential poll.


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