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Last year, the Electoral Commission reviewed MMP and reported to Parliament. The Commission recommended two small changes to MMP: to reduce the party threshold from 5% to 4% and to take away the electoral seat threshold. When we vote for Members of P
By Paula Wolfson George W. Bush is seeking the prize that eluded his father, a second term in the White House. Four years after an election that divided the country, President Bush is facing an electo
泰国总理拒绝示威者辞职要求 BANGKOK Thailand's prime minister says she is open to negotiations to defuse the country's political crisis, but remains unwilling to bow to her opponents demands to turn over the government to an unelected cou
I agree that language learning is cool, but I challenge the assumption that its difficult. 我认同语言学习很酷,但我不认同语言学习不容易这一说法。 Languages cannot be taught, they can only be learned. Having someone or somet
Geert Wilders, leader of the Eurosceptic Freedom Party, was among the first to congratulate his colleagues across the North Sea for securing their Independence Day. 基尔特威尔德斯是荷兰疑欧派自由党的领袖,他是第一批为其英国
Controversy over 'Michelangelo' sculpture 米开朗琪罗雕塑引发争议 The Italian art world is in a messy is it or isn't it debate over a wooden sculpture that may or may not have been made by Michelangelo. Standing just 40cm (16 inches) high, it depicts
The end is in sight. 终点就在眼前。 In 50 days we will know whether Donald Trump has pulled off the biggest upset in American history. 再过不到50天,我们将知道唐纳德?特朗普(Donald Trump)是否会爆出美国历史上最大的冷
When Helen Clark left Parliament, the Labour Party announced there would be a by-election in Mt Albert to find a replacement MP. Russell Norman, co-leader of the Green Party, and John Boscawen of the ACT Party both want to be the MP for Mt Albert. Th
ROME, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Contenders for Italy's power prepare to fight across the Senate battlefield to win the next government mandate as well as the difficult task of pulling the country out of recession. Five weeks before national vote, parties f
Scotland's referendum endgame 苏格兰公投的收官之战 A war of attrition 消耗战 The peculiar smallness of Scotland's independence debate 关于苏格兰独立的辩论似乎太渺小了 RESEMBLING nothing so much as a pair of irritable golf
As was expected, National won the most seats in the election and will form the government for the next three years. National won 48% of the party vote and 60 seats. The Prime Minister, John Key, plans to form a coalition with ACT party MP John Banks
You thought the eurozone crisis was bad. Today, Europe faces no greater challenge than the mass exodus of refugees seeking a haven from the carnage in Syria and the turmoil in north Africa and the Sahel. It is equally clear that both the EUs response
巴西总统可能在第一轮赢得连任 RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is likely to be reelected in the first round of elections in October next year, according to a poll released Thursday. The poll, commissi
巴西政府支持率下降到36% RIO DE JANEIRO, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian government's approval rating has fallen to 36 percent ahead of October elections, according to a survey released Thursday by polling firm Ibope. The poll, commissi
Hello, I'm Sue Montgomery with the BBC news. Cyprus says it has agreed to an Egyptian request to extradite Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa, an Egyptian national accused of hijacking an Egypt air flight to the island last week. Aileen Young reports. The s
Finance ministers from the 19 Eurozone countries will meet in Brussels today to consider whether Greece has made enough progress on economic reforms to release the next round of international bailout funds. On Sunday, the Greek parliament had approve
Parliament finished this week to prepare for the elections on November 26th. When Parliament starts again, it will be a new government with some new MPs and many old ones. 14 MPs made farewell speeches because they are leaving. Our new government cou
The last few weeks have been difficult for the Maori Party. Hone Harawira has been the Maori Party MP for Te Tai Tokerau in the Far North of the North Island since the elections in 2005. However, he has not always agreed with the Maori Party and fina
Young voters 年轻选民 Apathetic fallacy 无情的谬误 Online voting could transform Britain's electorate 网络投票改变英国选民 Fancy a snap election? 喜欢临时选举? ONE-BY-ONE they approach the lectern, explaining why they will
ALISON STEWART, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: Italians vote tomorrow in a referendum to change their post- World War II constitution in the hopes of alleviating the gridlock that plagues the country's central government. Italy's prime minister for mos