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A parliamentary panel in Japan has approved controversial security legislation that critics say will dramatically change the nation's defence policy and weaken its pacifist constitution.
See articleIn this section Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon ReprintsIn Turkey the national assembly approved controversial judicial reforms, but only after a fight broke out, leaving one lawmaker with a broken nose and another with broken fingers.
— The Texas Medical Board on Friday approved controversial new rules on the use of adult stem cells, raising concerns that Texans could receive therapies that have not yet been proven to work and that could be unsafe.
To the south, the planned re-paving of an impassable 900km-long highway could break Manaus's isolation from the rich and populous south, and to the east, a new electricity line will connect the city to the national grid, giving an outlet for the fossil fuel and hydroelectric riches of the Amazon, such as the recently approved controversial Belo Monte dam.
The environment minister, Greg Hunt, has approved controversial dredging off the Queensland coast that will help create one of the world's largest coalports, while imposing some of the "strictest conditions in Australian history" to safeguard the health of the Great Barrier Reef.
The Turkish parliament has approved controversial legislation to restrict the sale and advertising of alcohol.
The trust approves controversial management plans to move BBC3 online only.
YESTERDAY the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted to approve controversial measures designed to rein in commodity speculation.
Green groups have responded with outrage to the decision yesterday by Northumberland County Council to approve controversial plans for a new opencast coal mine near the Northumberland coast.
Rights campaigners and health professionals have condemned Uganda's president after he said he would approve controversial anti-homosexuality laws based on the advice of "medical experts".
[C6.] Europe Set to Approve Monitoring of Call Data The European Parliament is expected to approve controversial legislation that would require telecommunications companies to keep details on their clients' phone calls, faxes and e-mail messages.
