His party does not have the necessary two-thirds majority in the assembly to rule on its own.

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Last month, students from across Wales protested at Cardiff Bay, urging the assembly government to rule out top-up fees for good.

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It is expected, however, that Dr Reid would reintroduce direct rule before the assembly collapsed.

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Should the court rule Shambo should be put down then assembly government appointed vets arriving to take him from the temple will be faced worshippers praying outside.

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If both houses of the national Parliament ratify direct rule in Bihar, the government will dissolve the state assembly and hold new elections.

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But in a full session of the assembly this week, they could not muster the votes to ratify the rule changes.

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Devolving these functions, in which Tory rule has been most irksome to the Scots, to an Edinburgh assembly should do little to disturb Britain's internal common market in goods and services.

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She did not rule out further cash support for the garden, but added that the assembly government still viewed Middleton as a visitor attraction, and not in the same category as the National Museums of Wales.

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You know, the rule of thumb used to be that about a quarter of a million cars equaled an assembly line.

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The polls see Libyans elect a 200-member Constitutional Assembly, which will draft a constitution setting out a political framework for the country after more than four decades of rule under Muammar Gaddafi.

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