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Lack of mps' expenses law 'disgraceful', says David Cameron
Nov 19th, 2009 - Telegraph
The Conservative leader said it was "disgraceful" that Gordon Brown had not mentioned MPs' expenses in Wednesday's Queen's Speech the crisis that has gripped Parliament for six months.Russian court extends moratorium on death penalty
Nov 19th, 2009 - Boston
ST.PETERSBURG, Russia—Russia's Constitutional Court effectively outlawed the death penalty Thursday, saying that a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully bans executions.
Northern Ireland's media 'excluded from a Digital Britain shot in the arm'
Nov 19th, 2009 - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Northern Ireland’s media has missed out on the only element of the Government’s showpiece Digital Britain report that would have given it a “shot in the arm”...
Will disputes derail Iraq's election?
Nov 18th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi vetoed a law crucial to the poll
The general elections planned for January in Iraq have been thrown into doubt by the vetoing of a long-delayed election law by the country's Sunni Vice-President...Queen's Speech shows Labour is 'out of courage'
Nov 18th, 2009 - Telegraph
Mr Cameron was speaking in the Commons after the Queen delivered the Government-written speech lasting barely seven minutes. The Speech set out only nine new bills, and...
Parliament videos from YouTube:
4:33George Clinton & Parliament-Not Just Knee Deep
Haven't Seen A Real Version Of This, But Not The Actual Video...And All I Have Seen Were Concert Versions...So Enjoy!!!...
9:57Parliament-Funkadelic Red Hot Mama
Ride on. Houston 1977
4:13Parliament Funkadelic live in 1979
P-Funk live in 1979
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Parliament from WikiPedia:
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French parlement, the action of parler (to speak): a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which such a discussion took place. It acquired its modern meaning as it came to be used for the body of people (in an institutional sense) who would meet to discuss matters of state.
Legislatures called parliaments operate under a parliamentary system of government in which the executive is constitutionally answerable to the parliament. This can be contrasted with a presidential system, on the model of the United States' congressional system, which operate under a stricter separation of powers whereby the executive does not form part of, nor is appointed by, the parliamentary or legislative body. Typically, congresses do not select or dismiss heads of governments, and governments cannot request an early dissolution as may be the case for parliaments. Some states have a semi-presidential system which combines a powerful president with an executive responsible to parliament.
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