Eleven Cabinet Resignations In A Month As Four More Quit in the Maldives

"A further four cabinet ministers and seven deputy ministers on Saturday left government under a clause in the constitution banning dual parliament and cabinet roles, meaning eleven ministers have now quit cabinet...

Brown offers EU treaty assurances

British Prime Minsiter Gordon Brown today said that Britain will not ratify the EU treaty until the High Court has ruled on a bid to force the British referendum."A judgement on the High Court bid by tycoon Stuart...

Ireland given four months to save Lisbon Treaty

Ireland has been given four months by the European Union to come up with a plan to save the Lisbon Treaty.I can't imagine that this is really going to make any difference to the original vote - what's to stop them...

Czech president says EU's Lisbon treaty finished

"PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech President Vaclav Klaus said on Friday that ratification of the European Union's Lisbon treaty could not continue after it was rejected by Irish voters.The reform treaty has hit a potential stumbling block in the Czech Republic, where the upper house...

Lisbon Treaty: failure to hold a referendum 'an attack on fair play', says St...

The case to hold a referendum on the EU Lisbon Treaty continues in Ireland. Irish voters hold the power to block the Treaty. The word is out that the especially complex legal language of the treaty represents a...

Slavery abolished in America

"Following its ratification by the requisite three-quarters of the states earlier in the month, the 13th Amendment is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution, ensuring that "neither slavery nor involuntary...

S`pore denies submitting DCA to parliament for ratification

""It is not true that Singapore has already submitted the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to Parliament for ratification," the Singapore Embassy said in a press statement. Singapore and Indonesia had agreed...

Canadian actors, producers reach deal?

**UPDATE 02/21: The new deal has been officially released, and according to CBC, both sides are happy about it. The deal has even been called "innovative" in the manner in which it decided the tricky internet...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

Today in history - Sept. 25

"Today is Monday, Sept. 25, the 268th day of 2006. There are 97 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 25, 1789, the first United States Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. (Ten of the...

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