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Australian parliament repeals carbon tax, emissions trading scheme
2014-07-17 03:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Australian Senate voted on Thursday to scrap the country's carbon tax and plans for emissions trading, a major victory for conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott that leaves uncertainty about how Australia will meet its carbon reduction goals.
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Uncertainty reigns in Australian parliament as mining king holds sway
2014-07-13 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: It took mining magnate Clive Palmer only three days to show Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott just how uncomfortable life can be in a parliament in which he holds the balance of power. The neophyte Palmer United Party (PUP), set up by the eccentric billionaire little more than a year ago, on Thursday blocked the repeal of Australia's controversial carbon tax just hours after Abbott publicly said it would pass that day. While the repeal is likely to succeed in an amended form when it comes...
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Cuba mulls economy, graft in parliament session
2014-07-05 20:20:11| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Cuban parliamentarians met Saturday in one of their twice-annual sessions, with the country's limping economy and the 2014 budget foremost on the agenda.
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June death toll passes 2,400 as Iraqi leaders fail to establish new parliament
2014-07-01 15:26:15| IT Services - Topix.net
Only 75 MPs attended the parliament session to establish new leadership to handle the ongoing crisis in Iraq More than 2,400 were killed in Iraq in June in what has developed into the deadliest month in the country this year , according to Agence France Presse.
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German parliament cuts ties with Verizon in wake of spying scandal
2014-06-28 18:09:51| Telecom - Topix.net
Germany's lower house of parliament has joined the government in cutting ties with U.S. telecoms firm Verizon Communications Inc According to information disclosed by former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, Washington conducted mass surveillance in Germany and even eavesdropped on Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone.
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