• This could mean more law-making powers are devolved from Westminster to Cardiff, he has suggested, or the creation of a new upper House of Parliament, modelled on the US Senate with equal representation for Wales, Northern Ireland and England.

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  • In the upper house of the New South Wales parliament, for instance, he claims to hold what he calls "the balance of prayer".

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  • Two days later, after cursory debate, the lower house of parliament passed a new law allowing Japan's ailing life insurers to cut the rates of return they guaranteed to policyholders, and thus to break unprofitable contracts.

    ECONOMIST: A costly week for ordinary Japanese

  • The reason the Scottish Secretary is planning to unveil his approach this week is because the Scotland Bill - which gives the Scottish Parliament some new powers - returns to the House of Lords in a couple of weeks.

    BBC: Scottish independence: Does it take two to separate?

  • Egypt's upper house of parliament is receiving 90 new members Sunday morning, according to state-run Nile TV.

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  • And in New Delhi, India, a Hindu ritual was performed near the Parliament House in memory of those who died in the attacks.

    CNN: Americans pray, cry and remember together

  • Far worse will come if Mr Yeltsin dies before he has persuaded the lower house of parliament, the Duma, to approve a new prime minister, as the constitution says he must.

    ECONOMIST: When Boris banged the table

  • The second choice is the one that Russia's rulers seem to favour, in a tough new law on political parties that the Duma, the lower house of parliament, will consider next month.

    ECONOMIST: Russia

  • He was elected to the lower house of the Indian parliament in 1992 by a borough of New Delhi.

    CNN: July 19, 2012 -- Updated 1838 GMT (0238 HKT)

  • Mr Grillo's Five-Star Movement (M5S) brings some 163 new members to the house and Senate, none of whom have served in parliament before.

    BBC: Impasse as Italy's new parliament meets for first time

  • He has pledged not even to name his new government until his nomination is ratified by Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma.

    ECONOMIST: Viktor Chernomyrdin, student of survival

  • Just across the street from New Scotland Yard and near the Houses of Parliament, the hotel recently reinstalled their House of Commons Division Bell, which rings minutes before a vote, alerting members to head back to Parliament.

    BBC: Share this page

  • With important elections for the upper house of parliament to be held in July, the LDP clearly needs a new leader, and it now seems only a matter of time before it has one assuming, that is, a plausible and willing replacement can be found.

    ECONOMIST: Mori-bund | The

  • Last fall, at the end of its term, King Abdullah dissolved Parliament, the lower house of which is popularly elected, and has yet to call new elections.

    FORBES: Monarch on a Mission

  • Under the new system, there would still be thresholds for securing representation in parliament 4% in the lower house and 3% in the upper.

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