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Government ministers later told parliament around 1,000 people, largely Muslims, had been murdered by mobs.

With elections for the national parliament  around the corner, the consequences of concentrated media  ownership and corrupt journalism are already on full display.

The package will pass the lower house of the Diet (parliament) around October 7th and go to the upper house, controlled by the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).

During the course of this parliament, around a quarter of a million older people had lost social care support in the home, he said, and social care is increasingly absent in some parts of the country.

We need to debate this issue based on rational argument, rather than the kind of anti-scientific attitudes that we see emerging in Parliament around the new Human Embryology and Fertilisation Bill, and pushed by the Catholic church.

Once demonstrators reached Syntagma Square, outside Parliament, around noon, some violent protesters transformed the otherwise peaceful demonstration into one of sustained street violence, throwing rocks at the police, setting trash cans on fire and smashing shop windows in nearby streets until well after dark.

Mr Kabila could dominate the parliament, with around 300 representatives against Mr Bemba's 100.

They are due to arrive at parliament by around 11.30am local time.

Mr Kammenos's new party, Independent Greeks, is predicted to sweep into parliament with around 10% of the vote.

Inside, Oleksandr Turchynov, the country's acting president, looked down from a raised dais, and members of parliament milled around below.

The average cut for unprotected departments – everything apart from health, education and international development – in the last parliament was around 20.6% and that is set to be repeated.