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• Pakistani parliament condemns U.S.-led attack
    Report: Casualties in U.S.-led attack in Pakistan Sept. 3: Officials say more than a dozen people were killed in a U.S.-led attack in Pakistan. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Parliament condemned an American-led attack in ...
• Canada’s prime minister to call Oct. 14 election
TORONTO - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper plans to dissolve Parliament on Sunday and call early elections in hopes of strengthening his minority government's hold on power. Harper's Conservatives need to win 28 more seats to have a majority in ...
• Iran bill to ease polygamy angers women
Outcry over the bill forced parliament to postpone a vote scheduled for Tuesday so lawmakers could debate it further in a committee. Under Islam, a man can have up to four wives, and countries around the Mideast allow polygamy.
• Iraq reacts sharply to U.S. spying allegations
A spokesman for the Iraqi Accordance Front — the largest Sunni bloc in parliament — warned Friday against the U.S. pulling its troops out of the cities too early.
• Cheney blasts Russia's 'threat of tyranny'
Konstantin Kosachyov, head of the foreign affairs committee in Russia's lower house of parliament, accused Cheney of trying to forge an "anti-Russian axis.