Chinese conservatives have come out to argue against the adoption of "constitutional rule", a term increasingly used by liberals to demand the realisation of basic human rights guaranteed in the...
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When Vietnam's communist leaders asked for public comment on their plan to amend the country's constitution they did not expect to unleash an unprecedented debate on the party's monopoly on power...
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Some of the proposed changes to the constitution, introduced shortly after Imperial Japan was defeated in the second world war, are such an about-face that they indicate a desire to return to a...
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Shinzo Abe, Japan's new prime minister, is going full speed ahead with his plan to rewrite the country's pacific and war- renouncing constitution to his own nationalist image.
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Shinzo Abe, Japan's hawkish prime minister, yesterday told lawmakers he planned to change the post-second world war constitution that imposed pacifism on the nation, in a move likely to stir...
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Japan’s hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament on Thursday that he intends to change the country’s post-second world war constitution, lowering the bar for further amendments.
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Robert Mugabe, the 88-year-old president of Zimbabwe, will be allowed to try to extend his 33-year rule for another decade, according to a new constitution agreed between his party and their main...
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Egyptians began voting yesterday in a two-round referendum on a new constitution supported by the ruling Islamists but bitterly contested by a secular-leaning opposition that has waged weeks of...
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Egyptians voted on Saturday in a referendum on a new constitution shaped by Islamist allies of Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi and which his liberal rivals say deepens divisions in the nation.
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President Mohamed Mursi yesterday insisted Egypt was on the path to "freedom and democracy", as protesters held rival rallies over sweeping powers he assumed that further polarised the country's...
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Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi assumed sweeping powers on Thursday, prompting prominent opposition figure to accuse him of becoming a “new pharoah”.
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A number of liberal politicians have withdrawn from the Islamist-dominated assembly drafting Egypt's new constitution, saying they were not given the opportunity to discuss articles and their...
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