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Iraq parliament elects pro-Iran candidate as speaker
AFP, Published on 15/09/2018
» BAGHDAD: The Iraqi parliament elected the candidate of a pro-Iran list as speaker on Saturday, paving the way for the formation of a government more than four months after legislative polls.
Parties plan meetings to choose new leaders
Online Reporters, Published on 15/09/2018
» Political parties are gearing up to comply with the junta’s new order easing the ban on their activities, with most planning general assemblies over the next two weeks.
Parties begin to plot course to poll
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros and Monngkol Bangprapa, Published on 15/09/2018
» Political parties are upbeat about the prospects of the general election taking place on Feb 24 next year after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha invoked Section 44 to ease the ban on political activities.
Japan on brink of IWC pullout after commercial whaling comeback blocked
AFP, Published on 15/09/2018
» FLORIANOPOLIS (BRAZIL) - Japan's determined bid to return to commercial whale hunting was rejected by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Friday in a tense vote that left the 72-year old organization at a crossroads.
Trump Supreme Court pick denies 1980s sexual assault story
AFP, Published on 15/09/2018
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's conservative pick for the Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh denied Friday involvement in an alleged sexual assault on a woman while they were in high school in the 1980s.