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India's ruling Congress party supporters celebrate outside party leader Sonia Gandhi's house after the Women's Reservation Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
India   Legislation   Parliament   Photos   Women  
 Mumbai Mirror 
Historic Women's Bill passes amid chaos
| New Delhi: After unprecedented disruptions and high drama, the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday evening finally passed the historic Women's Reservation Bill reserving one-third seats for women in Parliament a... (photo: AP)
An Electoral worker empties a ballot box to begin counting the results at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Election   Iraq   Parliament   Photos   Vote  
 The New York Times 
Some Iraq Results Coming Wednesday
| BAGHDAD — Iraq’s electoral commission said Tuesday that it would announce partial results of parliamentary elections on Wednesday, providing an incomplete picture of the vote that will n... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
Andal Ampatuan Jr., the principal suspect in last year's massacre of 57 journalists and members of a rival's family, leaves his cell escorted by National Bureau of Investigations agents Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 in Manila, Philippines.  Inquirer 
Militiaman surfaces to tag Ampatuans in Nov. 23 massacre
| MANILA, Philippines—A man claiming to be among the gunmen who killed 57 people, including 32 media workers, in Maguindanao, has surfaced to boost the accusations against members of the Ampatuan clan... (photo: AP / Pat Roque)
Court   Killing   Massacre   Philippines   Photos  
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates walks with Maj. Wayne Don, Advisor for the Mongolian Expeditionary Task Force, and Mongolian Lt. Col. Javkhlanbayar, senior representative of the contingent, at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010.  The New York Times 
Gates Praises Troops in Southern Afghanistan
| Filed at 3:02 a.m. ET | FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the U.S. begin... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   Troops   US  
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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates walks with Maj. Wayne Don, Advisor for the Mongolian Expeditionary Task Force, and Mongolian Lt. Col. Javkhlanbayar, senior representative of the contingent, at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010. The New York Times
Gates Praises Troops in Southern Afghanistan
| Filed at 3:02 a.m. ET | FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy los... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   Troops   US  
A resident of Ramadi smiles while looking at his dyed purple finger, the hallmark of a successful voter in Iraq, during national parliamentary elections March 7, 2010. The man is walking with six women and another man, all of whom voted. Khaleej Times
Turnout for Iraq election solid at 62 percent
BAGHDAD - Turnout in Iraq's parliamentary election was 62 percent, higher than in last year's provincial ballot, despite attempts by Sunni Islamist insurgents to disrupt ... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)
Baghdad   Election   Iraq   Photos   Sunni  
In this June 10, 2008 file photo, rapper Lil' Wayne makes an appearance on MTV's "Total Request Live" show at MTV Studios in Times Square in New York. National Post
Lil Wayne sentenced to one year in jail
 ReutersMarch 9, 2010 12:00 AM   | After whirlwind goodbyes to fans, diminutive U.S. rapper Lil Wayne was sentenced to one year in jail yesterday after he pleaded guil... (photo: AP / Peter Kramer)
Crime   Jail   New York   Photos   Singer  
Vice President Joseph Biden, center, enters a car upon his arrival to Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 8, 2010. Biden arrived to Israel Monday, the first leg of a five-day tour of the Middle East. Biden's trip is the highest-level visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories yet by an Obama administration official. Al Jazeera
Fresh Middle East talks hit a wall
| Israel's move to expand illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank has threatened to sabotage newly agreed indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority before they ... (photo: AP / Baz Ratner)
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   US  
President George W. Bush addresses the United States Chamber of Commerce Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, in Washington, D.C. The President spoke on the state of the economy and thanked the Chamber and its members for "efforts to support the spirit of free enterprise, and to advance the interests of business, large and small, across our great country." BBC News
Ex-President Bush in Tory phone plea on NI devolution
| Ex-US president George W Bush has asked David Cameron to try to get the Ulster Unionists to back devolution of justice and policing in Northern Ireland. | The NI Assemb... (photo: White House / Eric Draper)
Bush   Photos   Politics   US   Ulster  
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, leaves at the conclusion of the morning session of parliament during the second day of debate on 21-member Cabinet proposed by him, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. The New York Times
Iran: Budget With Cuts Is Approved by Parliament
| Parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 2010-11 budget on Monday, state radio reported, but some lawmakers criticized the plan, saying planned cuts in... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Ahmadinejad   Funds   Iran   Parliament   Photos  
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