1. Obama’s Third War
(Newsletter)

..... Venezuela passes re-election bill Top_news By Agencies    Thursday, 15 January 2009 Venezuela's national assembly has approved a controversial constitutional amendment that allows...

2. The 18th Hole:
(Newsletter)

...abolish Article 58 (2)(b) of the Constitution, which empowers the President, in his sole discretion, to dissolve the National Assembly. CONTINUE... A 'Holey' Instrument of Peace in Iraq Op_ed ...

3. Iraq: Five Shameful Years without Shame
(Newsletter)

...E... Pakistan swears in female speaker Top_news By Agencies    Wednesday, 19 March 2008 Pakistan's National Assembly has elected the first female parliamentary speaker in the country...

4. Olmert sounds like Uri Avnery?
(Newsletter)

...mains ill Top_news By Agencies    Sunday, 20 January 2008 Cubans are preparing to cast votes for a new national assembly which will choose the country's president amid doubts about wheth...

5. The Rapture Can\'t Happen Soon Enough to Suit Me
(Newsletter)

... Venezuela mulls Farc status change Global By Agencies    Saturday, 19 January 2008 The Venezuelan national assembly has passed a resolution describing the Colombian rebel group Farc...

6. China\'s Economy Surges on Right Past Reality
(Newsletter)

...nesday, 31 January 2007 President Hugo Chavez is set to assume unbridled powers to remake Venezuelan society as the National Assembly prepares to grant him authority to enact measures by presidential...

7. Ecuador Indians clash with police
(News/Global)

...tural resources on their lands under a constitution approved last year. The laws are expected to be passed by the national assembly, which is controlled by Correa's party and its allies. The confed...

8. The New Puritans
(Opinions/Features)

...n personal matters, which meant internal conflict.  After a century of verbal and sporadic warfare, the French National Assembly in 1947 approved legislation that created an Algerian Assembly wi...

9. Much ado about nothing?
(Opinions/Politic)

...uring the general elections of November 2009 there should be a fourth ballot to decide whether to hold a Constituent National Assembly that will approve a new political constitution?" One of the ...

10. Al Qaeda, Taliban and the Military in Pakistan
(Opinions/Features)

... statement came from Maulana Fazlur Rahman, the leader of the pro-Taliban Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, who warned the national assembly: "If Taliban continue to move at this pace they will soon be...