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This morning the famous actress Rekha was sworn in to the Rajya Sabha (Council of States or upper house). In the last month, even cricket's Sachin Tendulkar and entrepreneur Anu Aga have become deputies.

Armenia's Central Election Commission said that President Serzh Sarkisian's governing Republican party won parliamentary elections on May 6, winning nearly 45 percent of the vote.

The head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Côte d?Ivoire today congratulated the country?s new Prime Minister and the newly-elected president of parliament and assured them of the mission?s continued support.

A spokesman for the Iranian parliament's Presiding Board says President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is due to appear before the legislature on March 14 for questioning.

Egyptians have begun voting in the first stage of elections for the upper house of parliament, the advisory Shura Council.

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has registered her candidacy to run for parliament in an upcoming by-election.

Two members of the Islamic party and the Democratic Party pkb PDI-P who were participating in a ceremony Sunday with the congregation of the Church Yasmin were insulted and verbally assaulted. The congregation has had to interrupt the liturgy, and move elsewhere, but even there the radicals have ...

The violence erupted yesterday afternoon during a demonstration against the army. The harsh reaction of the military resulted in eight dead and about 300 wounded. Young Coptic Catholic Egyptian emphasizes the shock of the population and describes senseless repression of the security forces.

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has announced that the first session of Russia's newly elected parliament will be held on December 21.

Moroccans have started voting for a new parliament in the first elections since pro-democracy protests in the country earlier this year.

Italy's new Prime Minister Mario Monti said today his government would implement austerity measures which would be balanced by "growth and equity."

Italian Prime Minster Silvio Berlusconi has told Italy's president that he will resign after the government's economic stability law is approved, a move which is expected next week.