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Hungarian President resigns over plagiarism scandal

Hungary`s President Pal Schmitt resigned Monday, after he was stripped last week of his 1992 doctorate title following ...

PLN`s investments down 5.6 pct in 2012

State-owned electricity company PT PLN plans to cut its investments by some 5.6 percent to US$7.49 billion in 2012, ...

National police chief visits parliament building

The National Police Chief General Timur Pradopo visited the House of Representatives (DPR) building here on Friday ...

PDIP member hopes transparent voting on fuel price hike

A parliament member from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), Rieke Dyah Pitaloka expressed hope that ...

Police use water cannons to disperse demonstrators

Police used water cannons, firecrackers and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting in front of the parliament ...

Demonstrators hurl stones at police

Police officers removing pieces of cloth used to pull down fences at the parliament building were hit with stones ...

Demonstrators pull down fence of main gate of RI parliament building

Demonstrators, mostly students and laborers, pulled down the fence at the main gate of the parliament building while ...

PKS faction asks government to cancel fuel price hike plan

The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction in the House of Representatives (DPR) has asked the government to cancel ...

Indonesia`s political-security situation might affect stock price index

The Indonesian composite stock price index might be affected by the parliament`s plenary meeting on the subsidized ...

US to send election observers to Myanmar

The US State Department said Wednesday it is sending one observer each from two US-funded pro-democracy groups to ...

Pakistan parliament debate on U.S. sputters to halt

A parliamentary debate in Pakistan on the relationship with the United States has stalled on domestic politics, even ...

Democrat Party temporarily suspends its faction chairman parliament

Democrat Party`s general chairman Anas Urbaningrum has temporarily suspended the ruling party`s faction chairman in ...

House speaker will expel legislators who disrupt fuel debate

House Speaker Marzuki Alie has said he will expel any legislator who breaks the rules at the plenary meeting to decide ...

Indonesian parliament to decide on fuel price hike

The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) is scheduled to decide on the controversial proposed fuel price hike ...

Thousands of workers rally in front of parliament office

Thousands of workers from various labor unions rallied in front of the House of Representatives building in Central ...