But there would have been mass demonstrations this week regardless of what the assembly had done.
Opponents have held several mass demonstrations in Paris, some of which have seen protesters clashing with police.
The famous pyramids in Giza have also been closed to tourists since the mass demonstrations began.
In Baghdad, mass demonstrations took place in Shiite neighborhoods, with people firing guns into the air and waving banners.
Global trade talks broke down in December in Seattle, amid bitter recriminations between trading partners and mass demonstrations on the streets.
Curiously enough Mr. Gutierrez is the brother of the former president Lucio Gutierrez, who was deposed by Congress in April 2005 after mass demonstrations.
The outgoing President, Robert Kocharian, has warned that the authorities will not tolerate any more mass demonstrations even after the state of emergency is over.
Egypt has seen mass demonstrations on both sides ever since.
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The Egyptian government appears to have cut off web and mobile phone access to much, if not most of its citizens ahead of a weekend of mass demonstrations against Hosni Mubarak.
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"When a very similar incident occurred in India recently, there was a massive outbreak of protest and mass demonstrations in the streets, " Cosatu spokesman Patrick Craven said, AFP news agency reports.
Besides the mundane tasks of quelling mass demonstrations and preparing to hold a summit, Malaysia's prime minister has also had to endure the stress and toil of settling into a new job.
Militias that have held sway in much of Libya since the revolution that toppled Moammar Gadhafi last October appear to have rapidly retreated in recent days amid mass demonstrations that appear to have emboldened the government to take action.
In Greece, a new wave of mass strikes and demonstrations was starting.
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Yet there are grounds for believing that, this time round, threats of mass strikes and demonstrations may be less menacing than they proved in 1995.
Yet, there are no mass movements against heartbreak or demonstrations in the streets.
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