Parliament Session stories:
SAfrican opposition parties walk out of parliament
Feb 16th, 2010 - Forbes
johannesburg -- south african opposition parties walked out of a parliament session tuesday, accusing the governing african national congress of trying to silence critics. mbhazima shilowa, who left the anc last year to form the congress
South African opposition parties walk out of parliament after being asked to withdraw comments
Feb 16th, 2010 - WashingtonExaminer
johannesburg - south african opposition parties walked out of a parliament session tuesday. the south african press association says the main opposition democratic alliance and the smaller congress of the people walked out after the deputy speaker
Iraq secular bloc suspends campaign
Feb 14th, 2010 - Los Angeles Times
reporting from baghdad - a leading coalition supported by sunnis and secularists suspended campaigning saturday and hinted at a possible boycott of next month's elections.EU Rejects US Data Sharing Plan
Feb 11th, 2010 - Wall Street Journal
against the deal, with 31 abstentions. the parliament's civil liberties committee, which was in charge of presenting the bill in the plenary session, had rejected the bill last week, saying it didn't give europe's citizens sufficient safeguards over data
EU Approves New Commission
Feb 9th, 2010 - Wall Street Journal
brussels-the european parliament on tuesday voted into office a new european commission, which runs the european union's day-to-day affairs. the eu assembly vote was 488 to 137, with 72 abstentions. tuesday's vote at a plenary session in strasbourg


