Diet stalled by opposition boycott over Iraq

Diet stalled by opposition boycott over Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors Budget Committee failed to convene on Feb. 2 because of a boycott by opposition lawmakers in protest at the ruling camp's railroading through the lower house a proposal to send troops to Iraq.

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