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Vietnam votes for rubber-stamp assembly before Obama visit
HANOI, Vietnam - Just hours before President Barack Obama's first visit to Vietnam, the country voted Sunday in once-every-five-year elections for a rubber-stamp parliament whose membership has already...
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Correction: Cyprus-Parliament-Elections story
NICOSIA, Cyprus - In one version of a story May 22 about parliamentary elections in Cyprus, The Associated Press erroneously switched the descriptions of northern and southern Cyprus.
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Experts say divisive politician could win Australian seat
CANBERRA, Australia - Right-wing firebrand politician Pauline Hanson, who opposes Muslim immigration, has a realistic chance of returning to Australia's Parliament in July elections, experts said Tuesday.
View ArticleMacedonia constitutional court annuls parliament dissolution
SKOPJE, Macedonia - Macedonia's constitutional court has ruled that a decision to dissolve parliament to pave the way for early general elections was unconstitutional, and has formally annulled the move.
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Ukrainian pilot returns home as unrivalled national hero
MOSCOW - When war broke out in eastern Ukraine, pilot Nadezhda Savchenko left her hometown to join the fight against Russia-backed separatists. Nearly two years after she was captured, then tried and...
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Savchenko's return heralds new turmoil in Ukraine
MOSCOW - After being freed from a Russian jail, Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko stands to emerge as a wild new force in Ukraine's already volatile politics.
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Polish Church leader appeals for end to political conflict
WARSAW, Poland - The head of Poland's influential Catholic Church Episcopate has appealed for an end to a political conflict that has divided the nation and strained foreign ties.
View ArticleJordan heads into elections by fall as parliament dissolved
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan is heading into parliamentary elections by September, after King Abdullah II dissolved the current legislature.
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Abe puts off tax hike to mute shocks to faltering economy
TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday he is postponing a sales tax hike planned for next year to help nurse along Japan's faltering economic recovery.
View ArticleNew Cabinet takes office in Jordan, ahead of parliament vote
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's King Abdullah II has sworn in a new government that is to prepare for parliament elections within four months and try to boost the country's flagging economy.
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In his words: How Japan's Abe's comments on tax hike evolved
TOKYO - For months, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would go ahead with a planned sales tax hike next year, even as rumors swirled that he was having second thoughts with parliamentary...
View ArticleNew Serbian Parliament convenes, with far-right groups back
BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbian lawmakers - including far-right groups who returned to Parliament - met on Friday for the first time since elections in April, paving the way for the formation of the new...
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In Mongolia, Kerry seeks closer ties with democracy 'oasis'
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - Cultivating closer ties in this land of Genghis Khan lore and traditional yurts, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday tried his hand at archery, sampled curdled cheese...
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The Latest: Assad vows to 'liberate' every inch of Syria
BEIRUT - The Latest on the developments in the Syrian civil war (all times local):
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Controversial religious activist enters Israel's parliament
JERUSALEM - For years, Yehuda Glick has pushed for greater Jewish access to Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site - promoting an ideology that has unnerved Palestinians and made him the target of an...
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Kenya: President says parliament to discuss electoral body
NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's president on Wednesday said parliament will form a bipartisan committee to discuss the country's election commission after opposition protests demanding its disbandment over...
View ArticleJordan sets Sept. 20 as date for parliament elections
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan is to hold parliament elections on Sept. 20, the country's Independent Elections Commission announced on Thursday.
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AP Interview: Savchenko calls for early elections in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine - Pilot Nadiya Savchenko on Friday called for early parliamentary elections to "infuse fresh blood" into Ukraine's politics, a call that could send shock waves across the volatile nation.
View ArticleMuslim Brotherhood's political arm to compete in Jordan vote
AMMAN, Jordan - The political arm of Jordan's original Muslim Brotherhood has announced it is taking part in parliament elections Sept. 20, after boycotting the two previous ballots in 2010 and 2013.
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British Labour lawmaker dies after shooting attack
LONDON - A lawmaker who campaigned for Britain to stay in the European Union was killed Thursday by a gun- and knife-wielding attacker in her small-town constituency, a tragedy that brought the...
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Election victories bolster scandal-tainted Malaysian leader
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The party of Malaysia's scandal-tainted Prime Minister Najib Razak has won two parliamentary by-elections in a landslide, further strengthening his rule despite corruption...
View ArticleEarly vote looms in Croatia as lawmakers dissolve Parliament
ZAGREB, Croatia - Croatian lawmakers voted Monday to dissolve Parliament, paving the way for early elections after the government fell in a no-confidence vote last week.
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Deja vu? 6 months on, Spain tries again to elect a new gov't
MADRID - Just six months after casting ballots for a new government, Spaniards are heading back to the polls in an unprecedented repeat election.
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