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80 women elected MPs in Morocco's parliament

A total of 80 women have been elected as MPs following Friday's parliamentary elections in Morocco, local media reported on Wednesday.

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Tran Dai Quang re-elected State President of Vietnam

​Tran Dai Quang was re-elected State President of Vietnam on Monday in Vietnam's capital Hanoi.

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Parliamentary election kicks off in Vietnam

Over 69.265 million Vietnamese voters nationwide are casting their votes for election of deputies to the country's parliament and members of all-level people's councils.

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870 candidates to run for 500 seats in Vietnamese parliament in May

A total of 870 candidates are to run for 500 seats in the 14th National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam, announced a Vietnamese official on Tuesday.

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Vietnamese parliament elects Defense-Security Council posts

Vietnamese parliament on Monday elected Vice Chairperson and members of the Council on National Defense and Security.

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Vietnam elects new vice president

Vietnam's parliament elected Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh as the country's vice president on Friday.

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Vietnam completes leadership reshuffling

Over the past few days, the Vietnamese legislature has replaced top leaders of the country, including the house speaker, the president and the prime minister at the ongoing 11th session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam in capital Hanoi.

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Tran Dai Quang elected Vietnam's new President

The National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam on Saturday elected Tran Dai Quang as the country's president in capital Hanoi.

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Myanmar's union parliament sets March 17 for presidential run

Myanmar's union parliament on Monday announced March 17 as the date for three groups of the union parliament representatives to nominate their respective candidates for presidential run.

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Myanmar new parliament speaker takes over duty

New Speaker of Myanmar's parliamentary House of Representatives (lower house) U Win Myint took over the duty from outgoing House speaker U Shwe Mann Monday in Nay Pyi Taw, according to U Shwe Mann's social website.

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CAS, CAE elect new members since voting restriction

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), the country's top academic institutions, have elected their first new members since revising their charters to cut administrative interference.

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Myanmar announces 333 elected parliament representatives by Tuesday

​Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) announced Wednesday that 333 parliament representatives to three levels of the parliament have been elected as of Tuesday night after the Sunday election.

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Nigerian leader promises to reduce terrorism if re-elected

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said he would reduce the challenges of terrorism in the country if re-elected in the forthcoming presidential election.

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Fiji re-elected to council of International Seabed Authority

Fiji was re-elected on Friday to the council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) for a four- year period starting from Jan. 1, 2015, the Fijian government announced.

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Ruling Thai party lashes at senate head for allegedly abetting "rebels"

A ruling Thai party on Thursday lambasted at a sustained bid of senate speaker-designate Surachai Liangboonlertchai only to serve the alleged cause of "rebels" by naming a non-elected prime minister.

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Pro-government Thais show up against bids to name non-elected premier

Pro-government demonstrators on Saturday expressed strong opposition to calls from anti-government protesters for the making of a non-elected prime minister and suggested heads of the judicial branch to never meet such pressing demands.