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Liu Xiaobo. Photo courtesy of chinatoday.com Chinese embassy's US street urged renamed for dissident US lawmakers called Thursday for the street outside China's embassy to be renamed in honor of jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
30 мая 2014
Michelle Obama takes on Republicans over school lunches First lady Michelle Obama made a rare but strident foray into political debate Tuesday, slamming a Republican bid to change US school nutrition standards as "unacceptable."
28 мая 2014
European election: And the winner is ... Angela Merkel Largely untouched by the eurosceptic wave sweeping the continent, Germany's Angela Merkel looks set to emerge the biggest winner of Sunday's European elections.
20 мая 2014
Photo © tengrinews.kz Kazakhstan to start legalization of property and capitals in September The government of Kazakhstan has announced the date when it is going to start the legalization of property and capital.
16 мая 2014
Photo courtesy of vesti.kz Kazakh legislation to make cadaveric donors lists classified Information on cadaveric donors in Kazakhstan will be confidential.
27 апреля 2014
Photo courtesy of diapazon.kz No beard for convicts: Minister of Interior of Kazakhstan The Ministry of Interior Affairs suggested introducing new regulations considering the appearance of convicts into the New Criminal Code.
25 апреля 2014
Photo © Yaroslav Radlovsky All orphanages to close down in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan plans to introduce major changes to its orphans and disadvantaged children programs.
24 апреля 2014
Japan's opposition Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe. ©Reuters/Yuriko Nakao Japan lawmaker resigns over $8 mn loan scandal A senior Japanese politician has announced he is resigning as his party's leader, despite insisting that he spent an undeclared $8 million loan not on politics but on personal items -- including an ornamental rake.
08 апреля 2014
Photo courtesy of tengrinews.kz Legislative amendments: Participation in foreign armed conflicts is criminal offence in Kazakhstan Participation in foreign armed conflicts has become a criminal offence in Kazakhstan.
27 марта 2014
'Green Revolutionary' Borlaug honored in US Capitol Norman Borlaug, whose work on disease-resistant wheat is credited with saving up to one billion lives, on Tuesday received his latest posthumous honor -- a statue in the US Capitol.
26 марта 2014
US Congress to Obama: Stand tough on Iran An overwhelming majority of US lawmakers demanded President Barack Obama hold the line on Iran, as a permanent agreement regarding the Islamic republic's contested nuclear program is under negotiation in Vienna.
19 марта 2014
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. ©Reuters/Jonathan Ernst CIA under investigation for monitoring Senate: lawmaker The CIA's internal watchdog is investigating allegations that the agency improperly spied on Senate staffers probing secret details of a now-defunct interrogation program.
06 марта 2014
Los Angeles bans e-cigarettes in public places Los Angeles lawmakers voted to ban e-cigarette use in public places where tobacco smoking is prohibited, including work places, restaurants and bars.
05 марта 2014
Anti-government protesters and journalists walk on the grounds of the Mezhyhirya residence of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich. ©Reuters/Konstantin Chernichkin Ukraine ushers in new era as president flees A new era dawned in Ukraine on Sunday as parliament appointed a pro-Western interim leader after ousted president Viktor Yanukovych fled Kiev to escape retribution for a week of deadly carnage.
24 февраля 2014
Lee Seok-Ki (C), lawmaker of opposition United Progressive Party. ©Reuters/Lee Jae-Won S. Korea prosecutors seek 20 years in MP sedition trial South Korean prosecutors demanded a 20-year jail term for a leftist lawmaker on trial for allegedly plotting an armed revolt in support of North Korea.
03 февраля 2014
Give diplomacy a chance, says Obama President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that America must move away from a permanent war footing to give diplomacy a chance to resolve some of the world's toughest problems, such as the nuclear standoff with Iran.
29 января 2014
Ukraine PM resigns: government Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov resigned in a bid to ease Ukraine's deadly two-month crisis as lawmakers began an extraordinary session aimed at adopting crucial reforms.
28 января 2014
Crunch day in Ukraine after leader offers concession Ukrainian lawmakers meet on Tuesday to debate ways of ending a deadly two-month crisis after President Viktor Yanukovych gave in to a key opposition demand to abolish draconian anti-protest laws.
28 января 2014
Britain's Queen Elizabeth. ©Reuters/Philip Toscano/Pool British MPs criticise Queen's household finances British lawmakers on Tuesday urged Queen Elizabeth II's royal household to do more to reduce running costs and produce clearer plans for the monarch's financial future.
28 января 2014
Nigeria to hold presidential vote on February 14, 2015 Nigeria is to hold its next presidential election on February 14, 2015, the electoral agency said Friday, with incumbent head of state Goodluck Jonathan expected to seek a second term.
25 января 2014

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