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Zimbabwe police on alert for election reform protesters

Edit Taipei Times 17 Sep 2016
Riot police were expected to be out in force in Zimbabwe yesterday after protesters planned fresh demonstrations calling for electoral reform and the ... A coalition of opposition parties under the banner of the National Electoral Reform Agenda is demanding reform ahead of the 2018 election, when Mugabe, now aged 92, plans to stand again....

Clashes across France over reforms

Edit NZ Herald 17 Sep 2016
French riot police fired teargas and stun grenades yesterday in clashes in Paris with angry opponents of labour reforms, in the latest outbreak of violence over the controversial new laws.Four demonstrators and 15 police were hurt... ....

Electoral reform could have big impact on Canada's smallest parties

Edit CBC 17 Sep 2016
All five parties in the House of Commons are represented on the electoral reform committee about to embark on a cross-country tour. But what about the other 14 registered parties in Canada? ... ....

Sadr supporters rally for reform

Edit Middle East Online 17 Sep 2016
Demonstration has festive atmosphere, with protesters at Tahrir Square waving flags, dancing to pro-reform songs, chanting slogans calling for change ... ....

French union activist to sue police after losing eye during labour reform protest

Edit France24 17 Sep 2016
A French union activist who lost an eye this week when protesters against labour reforms clashed with security forces said Saturday he was going to take legal against the police ... ....

EU Hopes For Major Reforms In Armenia

Edit Topix 17 Sep 2016
Armenia needs "deep and comprehensive" reforms and the European Union is ready to assist in their implementation, the head of the EU Delegation in Yerevan, Piotr Switalski, said on Friday. "We agree that Armenia is now at a critical juncture," he told RFE/RL's Armenian service ... ....

Mitsotakis slams Tsipras, pledges reforms in Thessaloniki speech

Edit Kathimerini 17 Sep 2016
highlighting the failure of the current government and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, stressing the need for a new “truth pact” between voters and the political system, and a rallying call to all Greeks who want more reforms ... insisted that bold, front-loaded reforms are needed to stimulate growth....

Mitsotakis slams Tsipras, vows reforms in Thessaloniki speech

Edit Kathimerini 17 Sep 2016
highlighting the failure of the current government and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, stressing the need for a new “truth pact” between voters and the political system, and a rallying call to all Greeks who want more reforms ... promises” and insisted that bold, front-loaded reforms are needed to stimulate growth....

Thousands rally for reforms, against corruption in Iraq

Edit Press TV 17 Sep 2016
“The government ignores public demands for reforms. It is impossible to bring about reforms when government ministers are corrupt ... Elsewhere, in the city of al-Diwaniyah, located 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, people staged a mass demonstration to demand the implementation of reforms and the trial of corrupt officials....

China has power to lead structural economic reforms necessary across globe (The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Sep 2016
BRUSSELS - China has the power to lead on structural economic reform which is necessary across the globe, an European expert told Xinhua in a recent interview. Fredrik Erixon, director of the European Center for International Political Economy said China and the other G20 members are right to call for much more structural economic reform which is necessary across the globe during the two-day Hangzhou G20 summit....

President on State Emergency Service reform: State Emergency Service must be deprived of business regulation functions (President of Ukraine)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Sep 2016
(Source. President of Ukraine). President Petro Poroshenko emphasized that the reforms in the country could not avoid the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. 'Today, I have made a decision to sign the Decree on new symbolics of the State Emergency Service ... The President is confident that the State Emergency Service must be deprived of 'inappropriate functions of business regulator' ... (noodl. 35407447) ....

Leahy column marking 5th anniv. of Leahy-Smith patent reforms (Patrick J Leahy)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Sep 2016
That law contained the most extensive reforms of the U.S ... Despite important reforms in the America Invents Act, there are too many bad actors misusing the system to target others and stifle innovation ... The bipartisan Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act (PATENT Act), which I coauthored, would make necessary and commonsense reforms to curb abuses within the patent system....

Pension reform and retroactivity

Edit Taipei Times 17 Sep 2016
For several years there has been considerable debate over reform of government employee pensions. On Sept. 3, thousands of military personnel, public servants and public-school teachers took to the streets of Taipei to protest against possible cuts to their pensions. Irrespective of how the reform might turn out, the issue of retroactive legislation must be addressed ... However, this principle, known as non-retroactivity, is not absolute ... ....
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