Constitutions

Constitutions

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  Venezuela sets presidential election for April 14

  Venezuelans will vote April 14 to choose a successor to Hugo Chavez, the elections commission announced Saturday as increasingly strident political ... 

• Rights groups: Zimbabwe police intensify threats

  Zimbabwean police have increased threats against civic groups a week away from a referendum on a new constitution and before crucial elections to end ... 

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  Nicolas Maduro sworn in as Venezuelan president

  Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Friday as Venezuela's acting president, using the occasion to launch blistering attacks on the U.S. as well as the ... 

• Nations seek EU mechanism to protect bloc's values

  Germany and three other nations say the European Union needs a powerful watchdog to insure that member states adhere to fundamental values including ... 

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  Venezuela: Maduro to take oath as acting president

  Vice President Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in as acting president of Venezuela on Friday after a state funeral is held for Hugo Chavez, the speaker ... 

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  Libya women face Islamist rise since Gadhafi fall

  On her way back from her job as a lecturer at a university near Tripoli, Libyan poet Aicha Almagrabi was stopped by a group of bearded militiamen. 

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  Nepal's answer to deadlock: making chief judge PM

  Nepal's quiet, barely known chief justice is on the verge of taking almost total control of the Himalayan nation, becoming the interim head of ... 

• Rights group urges Hungary to delay amendments

  Europe's main human rights watchdog is asking Hungary to postpone the approval of a series of constitutional amendments so legal experts can review ... 

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  Venezuela's Chavez dies, officials call for unity

  Some in anguish, some in fear, Venezuelans raced for home and stocked up on food and water Tuesday after the government announced the death of ... 

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  Foreign minister: VP Maduro is interim president

  Venezuela's foreign minister said Tuesday that Vice President Nicolas Maduro will be interim president in the wake of Hugo Chavez's death and run as ... 

• Christie says NJ will appeal sports betting ruling

  Gov. Chris Christie indicated Friday he would appeal a judge's decision upholding a ban on sports gambling in New Jersey, a ruling that dealt a ... 

• Zimbabwean judge dismisses referendum postponement

  A Zimbabwean lawyer says a judge dismissed a civic group's application to postpone the country's referendum vote on a new constitution. 

• Jailed Kurdish rebel leader proposes peace plan

  The imprisoned leader of Kurdish rebels has outlined a peace plan in which his fighters would declare a cease-fire by March and lay down arms and ... 

• Top Hungarian court overturns disputed church law

  Hungary's top court issued a ruling on Tuesday on the procedure the country should follow to decide which religions to officially recognize. But the ... 

• Zimbabwe says it has found funds for a referendum

  Zimbabwe's broke coalition government says it has raised enough money privately to pay for a referendum on a new constitution scheduled March 16. 

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  Egypt opposition leader calls for election boycott

  Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei called Saturday for a boycott of parliamentary elections, drawing immediate criticism from some within ... 

• Zimbabwe prisons to review death sentences

  Zimbabwe prison officials said Wednesday that they are not in a hurry to engage the services of a newly-appointed hangman to execute the 77 inmates ... 

• EU lifts bans on loyalists of Zimbabwe's president

  The European Union said Monday it has removed 21 loyalists of Zimbabwe's president from a sanctions list of people facing travel and banking bans. 

• EU eases sanctions on Zimbabwe

  The European Union is easing sanctions against Zimbabwe in light of an agreement by the country's political parties on a draft constitution and the ... 

• Zimbabwe president announces referendum date

  Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe issued an official proclamation on Friday setting March 16 as the date for the nation to vote on a new constitution ... 

• Zimbabwe sets March 16 vote date

  Zimbabwe's constitutional affairs minister says a referendum on a new constitution has been "tentatively" set for March 16 to be followed by fresh ... 

• Rights groups: Zimbabwe police intensify clampdown

  Rights groups on Tuesday said police in Zimbabwe have intensified a clampdown on civil society organizations and democracy campaigners ahead of a ... 

• Amnesty fears new executions in Zimbabwe

  Amnesty International said Friday it fears Zimbabwe will resume executions after the state media quoted prison officials saying they have found a new ... 

• Zimbabwe's parliament mulls constitutional reforms

  Zimbabwe's parliament Wednesday began discussing a new constitution that reduces some of the president's powers, demands political impartiality from ...