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Swiss back executive pay curbs, referendum projection shows
Posted by admin on March 3rd, 2013
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss citizens were on track on Sunday to impose some of the world's strictest controls on executive pay, forcing public companies to give shareholders a binding vote on compensation, initial result projections showed. A projection by polling institute Gfs.Bern for Swiss state television based on early results showed 70 percent backed plans [...]
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No Comments »Britain Pledges Referendum on European Union
Posted by admin on January 23rd, 2013
British Prime Minister David Cameron said it is “time for the British people to have their say” amid growing public discontent about the power of the European Union., the Daily Telegraph reports. Tweet This Post
Egypt’s constitution seen passing in referendum
Posted by admin on December 22nd, 2012
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptians voted on a constitution drafted by Islamists on Saturday in a second round of balloting expected to approve the charter that opponents say will create deeper turmoil in Egypt. After a first round last week in which unofficial results showed 57 percent of those who voted approved the constitution, the opposition [...]
Polls open in Egypt’s constitution referendum
Posted by admin on December 15th, 2012
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptians voted on Saturday in a referendum on a new constitution shaped by Islamist allies of Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi and which his liberal rivals say deepens divisions in the nation. Soldiers joined police outside polling stations to secure the vote after deadly protests. Demonstrations erupted last month after Mursi issued a [...]
Egyptian Islamists rally support before referendum
Posted by admin on December 14th, 2012
CAIRO (Reuters) – Flag-waving supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi staged a final rally on Friday before a divisive referendum on a new constitution that the Islamist leader hopes will bring an end to weeks of political crisis and street clashes. Cairo and other cities have seen a series of often violent demonstrations over the [...]
Egyptian factions stage final rallies before referendum
Posted by admin on December 13th, 2012
CAIRO (Reuters) – Supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi stage final rallies on Friday before a divisive referendum on a new constitution championed by the Islamist leader as a way out of the worst crisis since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. Cairo and other cities have seen a series of often violent demonstrations [...]
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Posted by admin on December 8th, 2012
CAIRO (Reuters) – A coalition of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups called on Saturday for a referendum on a draft constitution to go ahead on time on December 15, after liberals who complain that the document is biased demanded a delay in the vote. The main Islamist coalition “confirmed the need for measures [...]
Egypt judicial council to oversee referendum
Posted by admin on December 4th, 2012
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council has cleared the way for a referendum on a new constitution which President Mohamed Mursi hopes will end a political crisis that has split the country. Some judges had called for their colleagues to shun the December 15 plebiscite, which must be supervised by the judiciary like all [...]
Egypt’s Mursi calls December 15 referendum on constitution
Posted by admin on December 1st, 2012
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi called a December 15 referendum on a draft constitution and urged a national dialogue on the “concerns of the nation” as the country nears the end of the transition from Hosni Mubarak’s rule. Mursi was speaking after receiving the final draft of the constitution from the Islamist-dominated assembly [...]
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