In Tehran,Iran's Deputy Parliament Speaker said the United States "humiliated and opposed the Islamic Republic."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, who was once Tehran's top nuclear negotiator, decried the draft deal Saturday, accusing the West of "trying to cheat and impose will on us,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri (NO TRANSCRIPTS) Hariri met with parliament speaker and opposition Amal party leader Nabih Berri, was reappointed as prime minister last week, days after resigning.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

In other economic news, Iran's commerce minister Mehdi Ghazanfari repeated an earlier warning by parliament speaker Ali Larijani that Tehran would respond to any inspection of its cargo ships on the high seas.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Not everyone celebrated when Mihai Ghimpu became the first politician of Moldova's four-party ruling coalition to take office, as parliament speaker: All members of the Communist Party in parliament boycotted the vote and walked out of the legislature.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Their political songs have caused public debates in Israeli newspapers, radio and television stations, and even Israel's parliament.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Japan's parliament is expected to vote on September sixteenth to make Yukio Hatoyama the next prime minister.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

The United States Senate and Russia's parliament must both approve the agreement for it to take effect.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

In last Thursday's elections, the Conservatives won the most seats in parliament but not a majority.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Iran's speaker of parliament, Ali Larijani,said the attack was meant to create insecurity in Sistan-Baluchistan and hurt the region's economic development.

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

Somalia's transitional parliament was doubled in size to 550 members as part of the agreement that brought President Ahmed to power.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

They said the proper place to debate the restoration of the judiciary is in Pakistan's parliament, not in the streets.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

Carstairs is a 25-year member of Canada's parliament, and president of the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

The measures need the approval of the country's upper house of parliament, the Senate, which the government does not control.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

Prosecutors said they will use Karadzic's own words, from intercepted phone conversations to his speeches in the Bosnian Parliament.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Parliament's tenure was extended by a year after it missed the May 2010 deadline for writing the constitution.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

The Conservatives won the most seats in Britain's parliament, but were 20 seats short of an absolute majority.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

Swiss People's Party Member of Parliament,Luza Strom is incensed at the way the government has handled this matter.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Secretary Clinton's Africa trip was meant to follow-up on the policies outlined in President Barack Obama's speech before Ghana's parliament last month.

VOA: standard.2009.08.16

Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell says the cancellation was not a snub, but was caused by the prime minister's obligation to parliament.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

Dastjerdi,who is former member of parliament and a gynecologist by profession, will be Iran's new health minister.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

Niger's parliament and its constitutional court both told the president that removing term limits would be illegal.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

This year marks the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, and the Polish parliament has declared 2010 to be the official Year of Chopin.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

The Head of the Russian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, Konstantin Kosachev, has welcomed Washington's decision to drop plans for the missile defense system.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Shortly after returning to Islamabad, Qureshi informed the Parliament Friday about his discussions with the U.S.lawmakers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

The treaty will have to be ratified both by Russia's Parliament and the U.S.Senate, something President Obama and his administration are committed to achieving.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Carstairs also appealed to Afghanistan's government to reinstate Malalai Joya, who was suspended from parliament nearly two years ago for insulting the country's warlords.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09