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  South Korean lawmaker attacked with rock-like object, hospitalised: Police

  World | January 25, 2024 16:40 IST

  According to local media, the 15-year-old unidentified assailant attacked lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin in southern Seoul with a rock-like object. This is the second attack on a South Korean lawmaker this month after opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck in Busan on Jan 2.

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  New Zealand's first refugee lawmaker resigns over allegations of shoplifting, charged

  World | January 17, 2024 14:47 IST

  New Zealand media alleged that Ghahraman had shoplifted several times from high-end boutiques in Auckland and Wellington before Christmas. Without naming the claims, the lawmaker said her behaviour was due to extreme stress, related to previous trauma, and hurt to her mental health.

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  Turkish MP who suffered heart attack in Parliament after threatening Israel with 'God's wrath' dies

  World | December 14, 2023 17:46 IST

  The Turkish MP delivered an address at the General Assembly of the Turkish Parliament on Tuesday, where he slammed Recep Tayyip Erdogan-led government for continuing trade with Israel despite the sharp rhetoric on the war in Gaza. "You will not escape the wrath of Allah," he said to Israel.

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  Turkish lawmaker suffers heart attack after saying Israel 'won't escape God's wrath' | WATCH

  World | December 13, 2023 13:11 IST

  Turkey was in the midst of efforts to warm ties with Israel before the deadly Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. After an initially cautious stance, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan backtracked and strongly condemned Israel, threatening to declare it a "war criminal".

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  Poland: Far-right lawmaker sparks outrage by using fire extinguisher to douse Hanukkah candles

  World | December 13, 2023 11:32 IST

  Braun was seen taking the extinguisher before walking across the lobby of the Parliament where the candles were kept, creating a white cloud and causing security to evacuate people from the area. He is known to have caused several ruckuses at the Parliament over his pro-Russia stance.

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  US House censures Palestinian-American lawmaker Rashida Tlaib for criticism of Israel

  World | November 08, 2023 11:50 IST

  The House voted 234-188 to censure Tlaib for her increasingly critical remarks on Israel as the death count in Gaza Strip crossed 10,000. Tlaib's colleagues raised concerns for her alleged anti-semitic rhetoric and spreading falsehoods about the US ally.

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  'Touched inappropriately' by powerful men in Parliament: Australian lawmaker alleges sexual assault

  World | June 15, 2023 14:25 IST

  An Australian lawmaker has levelled sexual assault charges against a fellow senate member adding that the parliament is not a safe place for women to work.

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  UK police charge 25-year-old man with lawmaker's murder

  World | October 21, 2021 17:35 IST

  Authorities say a 25-year-old British man with Somali heritage, Ali Harbi Ali, has been charged in the death of David Amess. The Crown Prosecution Service says it will “submit to the court that this murder has a terrorist connection, namely that it had both religious and ideological motivations.''  

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  UK lawmaker David Amess stabbed to death while meeting with constituents

  World | October 16, 2021 0:23 IST

  Politicians from across the political spectrum expressed shock at initial reports of the stabbing.

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  Republican lawmaker applauds Indian government for ensuring 'stability' in Kashmir

  World | December 31, 2019 16:39 IST

  Describing Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir as an "outdated provision" of the Indian Constitution, a Republican lawmaker has applauded the actions of the Indian government and the Parliament in ensuring "stability" in Kashmir.

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  After terming Christians as 'Angrez', BJP MP first quits party, withdraws resignation later

  India | July 06, 2018 20:53 IST

  He made the controversial remark by addressing a gathering forr the Eid-e-Milad organised by the Shia Kabrastan Committee in Mumbai on Sunday.

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  Which eggs is he laying for us that we are nurturing him, Pakistan lawmaker on Hafiz Saeed

  World | October 08, 2016 19:12 IST

  A parliamentarian from Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s party has demanded action against JuD chief and mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack Hafiz Saeed, saying he is one of the reasons for international isolation of

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  Indian-American lawmaker for dialogue with India on nuclear issues

  World | July 12, 2014 11:38 IST

  Washington: Ami Bera, the lone Indian-American member of US House of Representatives, has called for an open dialogue with India on issues like liability concerns to open Indian energy market to US companies."As we move

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  Lawmaker calls for end of ban on Sikh articles in US military

  World | January 23, 2014 22:58 IST

  Washington: A top American lawmaker today asked the Pentagon to end a ban on Sikh articles of faith including turban and beard in the US military—a long-standing demand of the Sikh-American community.  In the wake

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  Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz lawmaker loses seat over fake degree

  World | January 10, 2014 12:17 IST

  Islamabad: A lawmaker in Pakistan was disqualified for holding a fake graduation degree, a media report said Friday.Qaimos Khan of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly, was disqualified by the

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  UP lawmaker arrested in Goa dance bar raid

  India | August 27, 2013 23:57 IST

  Panaji: A sitting Samajwadi Party legislator from Uttar Pradesh has been arrested in a raid on a dance bar here, police said on Tuesday.Deputy Superintendent of Police Mahesh Gaonkar said that one of the six

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  Snowden agrees to asylum in Venezuela: Russian lawmaker

  World | July 10, 2013 7:00 IST

  Moscow, July 10: American whistleblower Edward Snowden has agreed to take political asylum in Venezuela, a Russian lawmaker said on Tuesday."As was expected, Snowden agreed to (Venezuelan President Nicolas) Maduro's offer of political asylum," Xinhua