In Tehran,Iran's Deputy Parliament Speaker said the United States "humiliated and opposed the Islamic Republic."

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Mr Maduro subsequently became deputy speaker and later speaker of the national assembly until 2006.

BBC: Profile: Nicolas Maduro

Marek Jurek, parliamentary speaker and deputy chairman of Law and Justice, says that changing this is necessary to create the conditions for making Poland a more democratic country.

ECONOMIST: Poland's awkward government

Last week, the High Court sent the country's vice-president, Ratu Jope Seniloli, and deputy speaker, Ratu Rakuita Vakalalabure, to prison for participating in a failed coup attempt in May 2000.

ECONOMIST: The judges' growing power