The party's takeover of Perak began in February when Mr. Najib persudaded three opposition lawmakers in the state assembly to defect to the governing coalition.
Duda was sworn in before the national assembly of lawmakers and senators at parliament, in the presence of the government and of his predecessor, Bronisław Komorowski.
Violent clashes broke out at the University of Fort Hare in Eastern Cape province, and police used stun grenades to protect the national assembly as lawmakers were ordered to stay in their offices.
It is not a coincidence, since 14 out of the 70 lawmakers in Delhi state assembly come from the influential landed Jat community, which dominates the Nangloi Jat area.
Jammu and Kashmir's chief minister, Omar Abdullah, broke down in tears while addressing lawmakers in the state assembly about Mr. Sofi's death March 5. "Is this why we have been holding the flag of this country?" he asked.
In a statement signed by some 200 members of the 290-seat assembly, Iranian lawmakers called on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to dismiss Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, the vice president for tourism, after he repeated on Sunday his earlier comment that "we are a friend of all people in the world, even Israelis and Americans".
PAGE A8 GESTURE TO JEWS CRITICIZED IN IRAN In a statement signed by some 200 members of the 290-seat assembly, Iranian lawmakers called on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to dismiss Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, a vice president for tourism, after he repeated on Sunday his comments that "we are a friend of all people in the world, even Israelis and Americans".
The lawmaker heading the state assembly investigation into the bridge controversy, John Wisniewski, told CBS's Face the Nation he did not think it was credible for Christie's chief of staff, deputy chief staff, communications director and chief counsel to have all been in email communication over the lane closures and "how to spin [them] to the press", without Christie's knowledge.
In 1993, he co-sponsored similar legislation as a freshman lawmaker in the state assembly.
Kentucky governor Steve Beshear, a Democrat, has declined to call a special session to consider the legislation, meaning lawmakers must wait until the assembly reconvenes in January to vote.
