'Drunk' allegations halt Ukraine parliament budget hearing Jun 18th, 2013 - 14:00h (CET +01.00) KIEV (Reuters) - A parliamentary hearing on Ukraine's budget was suspended on Tuesday when opposition deputies alleged that a deputy finance minister presenting the budget report was drunk. Anatoly Myarkovsky, first deputy finance minister, spok... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 'drunk', allegations, halt, ukraine, parliament, budget, hearing, Top Keywords

Kuwait court dissolves parliament; elections ahead Jun 16th, 2013 - 16:00h (CET +01.00) KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Kuwait's constitutional court forced new parliamentary elections Sunday, dissolving the current chamber on the basis of flaws in the election law, the state news agency reported. The decision may set the stage for a new wave o... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : kuwait, court, dissolves, parliament, elections, ahead, hearing, Top Keywords

Three oil protesters held, say they scale roof of UK parliament Jun 13th, 2013 - 17:30h (CET +01.00) By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested three environmentalists on Thursday after protest organisers said they scaled the roof of parliament during a visit by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in an embarrassing security b... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : protesters, held, they, scale, roof, parliament, hearing, Top Keywords

Parliamentarians say Huawei-BT deal exposes flawed security controls Jun 7th, 2013 - 07:40h (CET +01.00) By Paul Sandle and Brenda Goh LONDON (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd should not have been allowed to become embedded in Britain's critical communications network infrastructure without the knowledge and scrutiny of ministers,... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : parliamentarians, huaweibt, deal, exposes, flawed, security, controls, Top Keywords

Parliamentarians say Huawei's BT contract raises security concern Jun 6th, 2013 - 16:20h (CET +01.00) By Paul Sandle and Brenda Goh LONDON (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd should not have been allowed to become embedded in Britain's critical network infrastructure without the knowledge and scrutiny of ministers, parliamentaria... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : parliamentarians, huawei's, contract, raises, security, concern, controls, Top Keywords

Pakistani parliament elects Nawaz Sharif as PM Jun 5th, 2013 - 10:40h (CET +01.00) ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's parliament has elected Nawaz Sharif as prime minister, marking a historic transfer of power in a country that has undergone three military coups. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pakistani, parliament, elects, nawaz, sharif, concern, controls, Top Keywords

Pakistani parliament to elect Nawaz Sharif as PM Jun 5th, 2013 - 08:10h (CET +01.00) ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's parliament is poised to elect Nawaz Sharif as prime minister, completing the first transition of power between two democratically elected civilian governments in the nearly 66-year history of this coup-prone country. ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pakistani, parliament, elect, nawaz, sharif, concern, controls, Top Keywords

Israel's education minister gets the giggles in parliament Jun 4th, 2013 - 14:10h (CET +01.00) JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A reference to "penetration" in a speech to parliament caused Israel's education minister to burst into a laughing fit that went viral on Tuesday on Israeli websites. Shai Piron, who is also a rabbi, could not get... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : israel's, education, minister, gets, giggles, parliament, controls, Top Keywords

'Cash for access' scandal hits parliament Jun 2nd, 2013 - 14:20h (CET +01.00) By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Three peers were suspended from their parties on Sunday after media sting operations caught them apparently offering to use their influence for personal gain. The undercover investigations have thrust the issue o... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 'cash, access', scandal, hits, parliament, parliament, controls, Top Keywords

Lebanese parliament extends its term 17 months May 31st, 2013 - 17:10h (CET +01.00) BEIRUT (AP) - The Lebanese parliament postponed upcoming elections on Friday, extending its term 17 months because of deteriorating security conditions related to Syria's civil war. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : lebanese, parliament, extends, term, months, parliament, controls, Top Keywords