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Ozawa faces fresh donations scandal
Kuwana :: Japan | 5 days ago
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Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, faced fresh allegations of illegal donations Thursday after a source connected with an engineering firm told prosecutors that unreported contributions had been made to one of his...
Tags: Ichiro Ozawa, Lower House, Tomohiro Ishikawa, Mizutani Construction Co., Takanori Okubo, dam project, Japan, Kuwana, Iwate Prefecture, Ichirￅﾍ Ozawa, Democratic Party of Japan, Ozawa, Law Crime, Politics
without due respect --
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 12 days ago
Credibility Kevin Baldeosingh Friday, November 13th 2009 Generally, I try to be respectful to everyone...Not bigots, child abusers, religious fanatics, and people who say ’invariant’ when they mean ’invariable’...Once, I even tried to be respectful to the Speaker...
Tags: Pennelope Beckles, Lower House, Barendra Sinanan, PNM MP, Ms Seetahal, standing orders, Speaker Sinanan, Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain
Higher penalty for women?s harassment approved
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 20 days ago
Credibility In a rare show concern for women without a dissent, the National Assembly unanimously passed a bill on Wednesday to provide for a higher punishment for their sexual harassment, expanding the definition of the crime to facilitate prosecution. The Criminal...
Tags: National Assembly’s Standing Committee, Pakistani, The National Assembly, Lower House, public office, criminal law
Politics › Japan to comprehensively review alliance with U.S.: Hatoyama
Nago :: Japan | 27 days ago
Credibility Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama reiterated Thursday his government will ‘‘comprehensively review’’ the Japan-U.S. alliance, but added it will continue to deepen the bilateral ties in a ‘‘multilayered’’ way. ‘‘As I have repeatedly said, the Japan-U.S. alliance...
Tags: Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, Yukio Hatoyama, prime minister, Liberal Democratic Party, minister yukio, minister john, John Key, Lower House, Tokyo, New Zealand
House ejects Dan Fernandez
Manila :: Philippines | about 1 month ago
Credibility Philippines�Laguna Representative Danilo Ramon �Dan� Fernandez is no longer a congressman starting next week. The House of Representatives will implement the ruling of the chamber�s electoral tribunal dismissing Fernandez over residency requirements,...
Tags: House of Representatives, Lower House, Bay Area, Philippines, flooding victims, Prospero Nograles
Poland eyeing chemical castration bill
Warsaw :: Poland | 2 months ago
Credibility A bill proposing that Poland begin chemically castrating convicted pedophiles passed through the lower house of Parliament and is awaiting Senate approval. Polish Radio said Friday the proposed penal code amendment would focus on individuals convicted...
Tags: Poland, chemical castrating, lower house, rape children, close relative
Controversial media bill approved in Argentina
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | 2 months ago
Credibility The lower house of Argentina's Congress has approved a controversial media law that spells out media ownership rules and calls for the creation of a regulatory agency. The measure passed Thursday by a vote of 147 to 4, but the wide margin does not reflect...
Tags: Argentina, controversial media, lower house, Buenos Aires
Asahi Shimbun, Japan: LDP's Eto to take key Lower House post
Asahi :: Japan | 2 months ago
Credibility Seishiro Eto of the Liberal Democratic Party has been nominated to serve as vice speaker of the Lower House, party sources said Monday. Eto is expected to be voted in at the start of Wednesday's special Diet session along with Takahiro Yokomichi of the...
Tags: Asahi Shimbun, ASAHI SHIMBUN, Lower House, Democratic Party of Japan, LDP, Japan, Asahi
DPJ may draw up multiyear budget
Asahi :: Japan | 2 months ago
Credibility The Democratic Party of Japan may consider crafting a multiyear budget for a greater number of government programs once it forms its administration next week, senior DPJ lawmakers said Thursday. The idea is part of an effort to cut wasteful government...
Tags: Lower House, DPJ, Democratic Party of Japan
Japan's DPJ and allies agree on coalition
Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 months ago
Credibility The DPJ's historic landslide victory over the long-ruling Liberal Democratic party last month, which gave it 308 of the 480 seats in the Diet's more powerful lower house, gave the new ruling party a strong hand to play in the coalition negotiations.
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Lower House, DPJ
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