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Poliisi: Eduskuntatalossa kuollut henkilö

Media wait outside of the Parliament House in Helsinki, Finland on August 19. Member of Parliament Eemeli Peltonen (SDP), 30, died at Finland's Parliament House on Tuesday, according to sources. According to Finnish tabloid Iltalehti, a member of Parliament had committed suicide at the Parliament building. The legislature's Director of Security, Aaro Toivonen, told STT he does not dispute the information. LEHTIKUVA / ELSA PAAKKINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Elsa Paakkinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Poliisi: Eduskuntatalossa kuollut henkilö

The Plenary Hall of Parliament House of Finland is seen in Helsinki, Finland on August 19. Member of Parliament Eemeli Peltonen (SDP), 30, died at Finland's Parliament House on Tuesday, according to sources. According to Finnish tabloid Iltalehti, a member of Parliament had committed suicide at the Parliament building. The legislature's Director of Security, Aaro Toivonen, told STT he does not dispute the information. LEHTIKUVA / ELSA PAAKKINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Elsa Paakkinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Poliisi: Eduskuntatalossa kuollut henkilö

CAPTION CORRECTION IN LOCATION! The Parliament House of Finland is seen in Helsinki, Finland on August 19. According to Finnish tabloid Iltalehti, a member of Parliament has committed suicide at the Parliament building. The legislature's Director of Security, Aaro Toivonen, told STT he does not dispute the information. LEHTIKUVA / ELSA PAAKKINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Elsa Paakkinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Poliisi: Eduskuntatalossa kuollut henkilö

A patrol car is seen in the backyard of the Parliament House of Finland on 19, August in Helsinki, Finland. According to Finnish tabloid Iltalehti, a member of Parliament has committed suicide at the Parliament building. The legislature's Director of Security, Aaro Toivonen, told STT he does not dispute the information. LEHTIKUVA / ELSA PAAKKINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Elsa Paakkinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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A person has died at Parliament House on Tuesday, Helsinki police reports

Police vehicle is seen in the backyard of the the Parliament House of Finland on August 19, 2025 in Helsinki, Finland. According to the Finnish tabloid Iltalehti, a member of Parliament has committed suicide at the Parliament building. The legislature's Director of Security, Aaro Toivonen, told STT he does not dispute the information. LEHTIKUVA / ELSA PAAKKINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Elsa Paakkinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Poliisi: Eduskuntatalossa kuollut henkilö

A patrol car is seen in the backyard of the Parliament House of Finland on 19, August in Helsinki, Finland. According to Finnish tabloid Iltalehti, a member of Parliament has committed suicide at the Parliament building. The legislature's Director of Security, Aaro Toivonen, told STT he does not dispute the information. LEHTIKUVA / ELSA PAAKKINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Elsa Paakkinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Poliisi: Eduskuntatalossa kuollut henkilö

A patrol car is seen in the backyard of the Parliament House of Finland on 19, August in Helsinki, Finland. According to Finnish tabloid Iltalehti, a member of Parliament has committed suicide at the Parliament building. The legislature's Director of Security, Aaro Toivonen, told STT he does not dispute the information. LEHTIKUVA / ELSA PAAKKINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Elsa Paakkinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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XVIIth legislature at National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the French Parti Communiste Francais (PCF) communist party of the coalition "Nouveau Front Populaire" (New Popular Front - NFP) Andre Chassaigne gestures and reacts after the result of the second round to elect lower house' President at the France's National Assembly in Paris on July 18, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XVIIth legislature at National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the French Parti Communiste Francais (PCF) communist party of the coalition "Nouveau Front Populaire" (New Popular Front - NFP) Andre Chassaigne gestures and reacts after the result of the second round to elect lower house' President at the France's National Assembly in Paris on July 18, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Elected Deputies Arrives at the National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for The Ecologistes green party (EELV) of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front - NFP) pose for a photo group session as they arrive to the National Assembly in Paris, on July 9, 2024. The French parliamentary cycle, the XVIIth legislature of the Fifth Republic, will open on July 18, 2024, following the legislative elections held on June 30 and July 7. 76 deputies were elected in the first round. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Elected Deputies Arrives at the National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for The Ecologistes green party (EELV) of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front - NFP) pose for a photo group session as they arrive to the National Assembly in Paris, on July 9, 2024. The French parliamentary cycle, the XVIIth legislature of the Fifth Republic, will open on July 18, 2024, following the legislative elections held on June 30 and July 7. 76 deputies were elected in the first round. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Elected Deputies Arrives at the National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for The Ecologistes green party (EELV) of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front - NFP) pose for a photo group session as they arrive to the National Assembly in Paris, on July 9, 2024. The French parliamentary cycle, the XVIIth legislature of the Fifth Republic, will open on July 18, 2024, following the legislative elections held on June 30 and July 7. 76 deputies were elected in the first round. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Elected Deputies Arrives at the National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for The Ecologistes green party (EELV) of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front - NFP) pose for a photo group session as they arrive to the National Assembly in Paris, on July 9, 2024. The French parliamentary cycle, the XVIIth legislature of the Fifth Republic, will open on July 18, 2024, following the legislative elections held on June 30 and July 7. 76 deputies were elected in the first round. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Elected Deputies Arrives at the National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for The Ecologistes green party (EELV) of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front - NFP) pose for a photo group session as they arrive to the National Assembly in Paris, on July 9, 2024. The French parliamentary cycle, the XVIIth legislature of the Fifth Republic, will open on July 18, 2024, following the legislative elections held on June 30 and July 7. 76 deputies were elected in the first round. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Elected Deputies Arrives at the National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for The Ecologistes green party (EELV) of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front - NFP) pose for a photo group session as they arrive to the National Assembly in Paris, on July 9, 2024. The French parliamentary cycle, the XVIIth legislature of the Fifth Republic, will open on July 18, 2024, following the legislative elections held on June 30 and July 7. 76 deputies were elected in the first round. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Elected Deputies Arrives at the National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for The Ecologistes green party (EELV) of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front - NFP) pose for a photo group session as they arrive to the National Assembly in Paris, on July 9, 2024. The French parliamentary cycle, the XVIIth legislature of the Fifth Republic, will open on July 18, 2024, following the legislative elections held on June 30 and July 7. 76 deputies were elected in the first round. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Elected Deputies Arrives at the National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for The Ecologistes green party (EELV) of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front - NFP) pose for a photo group session as they arrive to the National Assembly in Paris, on July 9, 2024. The French parliamentary cycle, the XVIIth legislature of the Fifth Republic, will open on July 18, 2024, following the legislative elections held on June 30 and July 7. 76 deputies were elected in the first round. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Elected Deputies Arrives at the National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for The Ecologistes green party (EELV) of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front - NFP) pose for a photo group session as they arrive to the National Assembly in Paris, on July 9, 2024. The French parliamentary cycle, the XVIIth legislature of the Fifth Republic, will open on July 18, 2024, following the legislative elections held on June 30 and July 7. 76 deputies were elected in the first round. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Elected Deputies Arrives at the National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for The Ecologistes green party (EELV) of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front - NFP) pose for a photo group session as they arrive to the National Assembly in Paris, on July 9, 2024. The French parliamentary cycle, the XVIIth legislature of the Fifth Republic, will open on July 18, 2024, following the legislative elections held on June 30 and July 7. 76 deputies were elected in the first round. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Elected Deputies Arrives at the National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for The Ecologistes green party (EELV) of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front - NFP) pose for a photo group session as they arrive to the National Assembly in Paris, on July 9, 2024. The French parliamentary cycle, the XVIIth legislature of the Fifth Republic, will open on July 18, 2024, following the legislative elections held on June 30 and July 7. 76 deputies were elected in the first round. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Elected Deputies Arrives at the National Assembly - Paris

French newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for The Ecologistes green party (EELV) of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front - NFP) pose for a photo group session as they arrive to the National Assembly in Paris, on July 9, 2024. The French parliamentary cycle, the XVIIth legislature of the Fifth Republic, will open on July 18, 2024, following the legislative elections held on June 30 and July 7. 76 deputies were elected in the first round. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Socialists Win Catalan Regional Elections

PSC leader and party candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, gives a press conference during the follow up of the Catalan autonomic election day, at the PSC headquarters, on May 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Almost six million Catalans have been called to the polls today, May 12, to elect their new autonomic president for the next four years. There are 135 seats at stake, in what will be the XIV legislature of Catalonia, so the candidates of the different parties must reach an absolute majority of 68 seats to win the Presidency. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Socialists Win Catalan Regional Elections

PSC leader and party candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa (c), during the monitoring of the election day of the Catalan autonomous elections, at the PSC headquarters, on May 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Nearly six million Catalans have been called to the polls today, May 12, to elect their new autonomous president for the next four years. There are 135 seats at stake, in what will be the XIV legislature of Catalonia, so the candidates of the different parties must reach an absolute majority of 68 seats to win the Presidency. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Socialists Win Catalan Regional Elections

PSC leader and party candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, during the monitoring of the election day of the Catalan autonomous elections, at the PSC headquarters, on May 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Almost six million Catalans have been called to the polls today, May 12, to elect their new autonomic president for the next four years. There are 135 seats at stake, in what will be the XIV legislature of Catalonia, so the candidates of the different parties must reach an absolute majority of 68 seats to win the Presidency. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Socialists Win Catalan Regional Elections

PSC leader and party candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa (c), during the monitoring of the election day of the Catalan autonomous elections, at the PSC headquarters, on May 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Nearly six million Catalans have been called to the polls today, May 12, to elect their new autonomous president for the next four years. There are 135 seats at stake, in what will be the XIV legislature of Catalonia, so the candidates of the different parties must reach an absolute majority of 68 seats to win the Presidency. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Socialists Win Catalan Regional Elections

PSC leader and party candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, gives a press conference during the follow up of the Catalan autonomic election day, at the PSC headquarters, on May 12, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Almost six million Catalans have been called to the polls today, May 12, to elect their new autonomic president for the next four years. There are 135 seats at stake, in what will be the XIV legislature of Catalonia, so the candidates of the different parties must reach an absolute majority of 68 seats to win the Presidency. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Int'l observers on China's whole-process people's democracy

STORY: Int'l observers on China's whole-process people's democracy SHOOTING DATE: March 10, 2024 DATELINE: March 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Beijing/Nairobi/Dhaka CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MICHAEL CAMPBELL, Ambassador of Nicaragua to China 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DILIP BARUA, General secretary of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist) 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, Lecturer in international relations at Nairobi-based United States International University-Africa STORYLINE: The annual sessions of China's national legislature and political advisory body, or the "two sessions," are one of the most significant events in the Chinese political calendar, providing a window to observe the ideas and practices of whole-process people's democracy. The essence of the people's democracy is that people get to discuss their own affairs to reach the greatest common ground based on the wishes and needs of the entire society. Forei

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New leaders elected for Nigerian parliament

STORY: New leaders elected for Nigerian parliament DATELINE: June 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of members of Nigeria's legislature 2. various of Godswill Akpabio 3. various of senate members on the parliament floor STORYLINE: Godswill Akpabio and Tajudeen Abbas, both from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party, on Tuesday, emerged as president of the Nigerian Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively, in separate elections for key positions for the parliament in Africa's most populous country. Akpabio, a former minority leader of the Senate, polled 63 votes to beat his rival and party man Abdulaziz Yari, who scored 46 votes in the election for the 109-member Senate leadership. Jibrin Barau, a senator representing the northern state of Kano, was elected unopposed as the deputy Senate president. Abbas, representing the northwestern state of Kaduna, emerged as the leader of the 360-member House of Representatives, the low

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

The President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, on his arrival at a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, at the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, following the results of the regional and municipal elections held on May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

The Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero and the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, leaving a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, following the results of the regional and municipal elections held on May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

The President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, leaving a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, following the results of the regional and municipal elections held on May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

The Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero and the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, leaving a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, following the results of the regional and municipal elections held on May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

The President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, leaving a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, following the results of the regional and municipal elections held on May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

The President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, leaving a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, following the results of the regional and municipal elections held on May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

The Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero and the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, leaving a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, following the results of the regional and municipal elections held on May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

(L-R) The PSOE spokesperson in the Congress of Deputies, Patxi López; the PSOE Deputy Secretary General and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero; the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez; the President of the PSOE and Vice-President of the Senate, Cristina Narbona; the secretary of organization of the PSOE, Santos Cerdán and the PSOE spokesperson in the Senate, Eva Granados, during a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature, and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, in view of the results of the regional and municipal elections of May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

(L-R) The PSOE spokesperson in the Congress of Deputies, Patxi López; the PSOE Deputy Secretary General and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero; the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez; the President of the PSOE and Vice-President of the Senate, Cristina Narbona; the secretary of organization of the PSOE, Santos Cerdán and the PSOE spokesperson in the Senate, Eva Granados, during a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature, and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, in view of the results of the regional and municipal elections of May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

The President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, during a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, at the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature, and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23rd, in view of the results of the regional and municipal elections of May 28th. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

The President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, during a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, at the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature, and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23rd, in view of the results of the regional and municipal elections of May 28th. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

The President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, and the President of the PSOE and Vice-President of the Senate, Cristina Narbona (1r), on her arrival at a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, at the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature, and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, following the results of the regional and municipal elections of May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

(L-R) The PSOE spokesperson in the Congress of Deputies, Patxi López; the PSOE Deputy Secretary General and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero; the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez; the President of the PSOE and Vice-President of the Senate, Cristina Narbona; the secretary of organization of the PSOE, Santos Cerdán and the PSOE spokeswoman in the Senate, Eva Granados, applaud on their arrival at a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, at the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature, and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, following the results of the regional and municipal elections of May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

(L-R) The Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero; the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez and the President of the PSOE and Vice-President of the Senate, Cristina Narbona, applaud on their arrival at a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature, and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, following the results of the regional and municipal elections of May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

(L-R) The Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero; the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez and the President of the PSOE and Vice-President of the Senate, Cristina Narbona, on their arrival at a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature, and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, following the results of the regional and municipal elections of May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

(L-R) The Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero; the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez and the President of the PSOE and Vice-President of the Senate, Cristina Narbona, on their arrival at a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature, and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, following the results of the regional and municipal elections of May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

(L-R) The Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero; the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez and the President of the PSOE and Vice-President of the Senate, Cristina Narbona, on their arrival at a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature, and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, following the results of the regional and municipal elections of May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

(L-R) The Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero; the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez and the President of the PSOE and Vice-President of the Senate, Cristina Narbona, during a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature, and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23rd, in view of the results of the regional and municipal elections of May 28th. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Socialist Parliamentarians - Madrid

(L-R) The Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero; the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez and the President of the PSOE and Vice-President of the Senate, Cristina Narbona, on their arrival at a meeting with socialist deputies and senators, in the Congress of Deputies, on May 30, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this meeting was to take stock of the legislature, and to prepare the party for the early general elections called by the President of the Executive for July 23, in view of the results of the regional and municipal elections of May 28. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-LI ZHANSHU-NPC-MEETING (CN)

(230111) -- BEIJING, Jan. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese legislators gather to study an important speech delivered by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at the second plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection as well as the plenum's guiding principles, Jan. 10, 2023. The meeting of the leading Party members group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, was presided over by Li Zhanshu, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and secretary of its leading Party members group. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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Taiwan's legislature under siege by protesters

TAIPEI, Taiwan - About 200 students occupy Taiwan's legislative chamber on March 18, 2014. They demanded the legislature controlled by the ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) review, clause by clause, the agreement on trade in services signed with Beijing in June 2013.

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Mongolia election

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - An official (R) of Mongolia's opposition Democratic Party declares the party's victory in a national legislature general election in Ulan Bator on June 29, 2012.