African parliament launched amid strike
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Africans opened a new home for the first Pan-African Parliament yesterday at a colourful event in Johannesburg marred only by a civil servant strike.
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: Six pro-hunting demonstrators burst into the floor of Britainâs parliament today in the weekâs second stunning breach of security at a landmark site.
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Swaziland's main trade union begins a two-day general strike to press for the reduction of the monarch's power.
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The Hungarian parliament condemns Monday night's violent anti-government protests in Budapest.
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Britain launched an inquiry on Thursday  into the first storming of its parliament since 1674 after a  protest stunt revealed shambolic security at the heart of Prime  Minister Tony Blair's government.
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The African Union has condemned violence that has left at least eight people dead in Liberia since riots broke out in the capital on Thursday.
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The European Parliament is set to call violence in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region &quot;tantamount to genocide&quot; later this week, echoing strong statements from the United States and toughening the EU stance.
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Britain launched an inquiry on Thursday into the first storming of its parliament since 1674 after a protest stunt revealed shambolic security at the heart of Prime Minister Tony Blair's government.
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Pro-hunting demonstrators burst onto the  floor of Britain's parliament on Wednesday in the week's second  audacious breach of security at a landmark site.
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Mortar fire greeted the opening session of Iraq's new parliament Wednesday, underscoring the parlous security situation a day after 12 Nepalese hostages were slaughtered by their captors.
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Thousands of civil servants marched in  cities across South Africa Thursday in a one-day strike over  wages seen as a test of will between the ruling African  National Congress (ANC) and its labor allies.
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President Mwai Kibaki's appointment of  a partial cabinet sparked more violence in Kenya overnight as  the African Union began talks on Wednesday to end post-election  turmoil that has killed around 500 people.
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The strife-torn African nation of Somalia has a new parliament, but conditions in the capital, Mogadishu, were considered too unsafe for its members to be sworn in there.
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South Africa&#39;s president, Thabo Mbeki, arrived in Ivory Coast yesterday to launch an African Union effort to resolve the crisis, as violence continued for the fourth day.
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Kenya's new government and opposition clashed in parliament for the first time on Tuesday in a bad-tempered session reflecting deep bitterness over the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki.
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South African civil servants staged an indefinite nationwide strike over pay on Friday, causing turmoil in hospitals and emptying classrooms in a mass action the government fears could hurt the economy.
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JOHANNESBURG, June 13 -- Tens of thousands of government workers on Wednesday intensified their biggest strike since the end of apartheid, closing schools, snarling transportation systems and virtually shutting down sections of South Africa's largest cities.