The contentious amnesty bill has proven to be the worst move made by Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's government in its two-year tenure, further dimming her brother Thaksin's chance of returning home.
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday called for putting an end to the anti- amnesty protests that have escalated to sweep Bangkok.
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday voiced her belief that the amnesty bill will bring about national reconciliation, calling on all parties to forgive one another.
Thousands of people gathered Monday on major streets in the heart of the Thai capital in protest of the government's legislation to grant "blanket amnesty" to those involved in previous unrests and bloodsheds.
The Japanese cabinet on Friday approved a bill intended to impose tougher penalties on civil servants, lawmakers and others who leak national secret and therefore threaten national security, according to local media.
U.S. Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Saturday unanimously approved a bill to pay back about 800,000 furloughed government workers once the current partial government shutdown ends.
India's Lower House of Parliament (Lok Sabha) has passed the landmark Food Security Bill which aims at providing subsidized food to the country's two- thirds of the population or 800 million poor people.
Greek parliament approved early on Thursday a new austerity and reform bill which contains mass job cuts in the public sector in a key step to unlock further international bailout aid to the debt-laden country.
The U.S. Senate passed a landmark comprehensive immigration bill on Thursday that would offer an earned citizenship for about 11 million undocumented immigrants and tighten security on the Mexican border.
An Israeli government panel voted Sunday to increase the punishments for individuals suspected of aiding militant organizations operating here and abroad or convicted of carrying out terror attacks.
Hong Kong's annual budget bill was passed on Tuesday in the Legislative Council (Legco) after a month-long filibuster.
Tens of thousands of French people on Sunday marched in the streets in Paris to voice their supports for the bill in favor of gay marriage before the debate opens next Tuesday.
The White House on Tuesday said they welcomed the House Republicans' proposal of a short-term extension of debt limit and the President would sign the bill if it could reach his desk.
Greek parliament endorsed on Monday evening a bill containing the so-called last "prior actions" requested from international lenders before the release of the next bailout tranche to Athens in the framework of efforts to overcome the debt crisis.
The U.S. House of Representatives will hold a vote Tuesday night on the Senate-approved bill aimed at averting the so-called "fiscal cliff," local media reported.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Tuesday said the Senate-passed bill to avert the "fiscal cliff" would add roughly 4 trillion dollars to federal deficit over a decade, largely because it would extend low tax rates for most Americans.
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