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  Congress - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
An act of Congress is a bill passed by both houses.
It was preceded by the Congress of the Confederation representing the several states under the Articles of Confederation from 1781 to 1789.
From another quarter, and sometimes from the same quarter, on another occasion, the cry is that the Congress will be but a shadow of a representation, and that the government would be far less objectionable if the number and the expense were doubled.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Congress   (425 words)

  
 Uphill task for Apang
Satish, who is in charge of BJP affairs in the northeastern States refuted the Congress claim and pointed out that seven of the nine BJP candidates have won for the first time, which indicated that the Congress' influence in these constituencies had declined and that the voters gave the mandate to new faces.
Whatever be the Congress' interpretation, the fact remains that the BJP has succeeded in making inroads into the Congress bastion by winning nine seats, when it failed to win a single seat in the 1999 Assembly elections despite a poll alliance with Gegong Apang-led Arunachal Congress.
Congress sources said that Mithi lost his bargaining power to stake claim to the chief ministership as only six of his 16 hardcore loyalists, known as "super sixteen" in party circles, could win.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/fline/fl2122/stories/20041105006001900.htm   (1628 words)

  
 Events: Arunachal Pradesh; Party's over; Aug 10, 2003. The Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Four years after Mukut Mithi of the Congress staged a coup ousting the state's longest serving chief minister Gegong Apang, it is now the turn of wily Apang to turn the tables on Mithi.
Apang was unanimously elected leader of the party and the Speaker recognised Congress (D) as a separate entity in the House.
Congress spokesman Takam Sanjoy has said the NSCN(IM) was promised Union territory status of Tirap and Changlang districts in the ongoing Naga talks.
www.the-week.com /23aug10/events2.htm   (597 words)

  
 Reference Encyclopedia - Congress (Dolo)
Congress (Dolo), a group that split away from Indian National Congress in Arunachal Pradesh.
Together with Gegong Apang of Arunachal Congress, Congress (D) formed a state government.
On August 30 Congress (D) merged with Bharatiya Janata Party.
referenceencyclopedia.com /?title=Congress_(Dolo)   (72 words)

  
 Arunachal Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arunachal Congress is a regional political party in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
AC was founded in September 1996 as a splinter-group of Indian National Congress, when the local party leader and Chief Minister Gegong Apang revolted against the then Congress leader P.V. Narasimha Rao.
July 25 2003 there was a new split in the INC, and a new party Congress (Dolo) was formed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arunachal_Congress   (650 words)

  
 TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Dolo, a former commander of the Pan Africanist Congress's armed wing, the Azanian People's Liberation Army, applied for amnesty from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for the March 19, 1993 killing of a woman and two children.
Dolo was in Johannesburg recently, consulting with the lawyers of three African National Congress cadres who were wrongly jailed and preparing for their retrial.
Dolo received amnesty for his part in the attack on the Diepkloof police station on May 29, 1993 in which two policemen were killed.
www.doj.gov.za /trc/media/1999/9911/p991109d.htm   (564 words)

  
 Congress (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
A congress is a gathering of people, especially a gathering for a political purpose.
Congress is the name of the main legislative body in a state that operates under a congressional system of government.
A congress is different from a parliament in that legislative initiative is vested into it.
congress.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888   (301 words)

  
 SAPA - 29 Jul 97 - PAC'S PHILA DOLO EXPLAINS EIKENHOF TRC AMNESTY APPLICATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
In a statement on Tuesday Dolo said he had not been directly involved in the attack which claimed the lives of Zandra Mitchley, her 14-year-old son, Shaun, and his friend, Claire Silberbauer, 13, in 1993.
Dolo claimed he had merely issued orders for attacks on "settler targets" and had applied for amnesty to "set the record clear".
Dolo threatened not to co-operate with the TRC until his conditions were met.
www.doj.gov.za /trc/media/1997/9707/s970729c.htm   (337 words)

  
 Bharatiya Janata Party - Open Encyclopedia
It was unable to challenge the Indian National Congress, leader of the nation's freedom movement for a political majority, and always had to contend with lesser socialist parties for second and third places.
In the 1991 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP became the premier Opposition party, and the Congress government was a coalition one.
Shankar Dayal Sharma, appointed A.B. Vajpayee as Prime Minister and the BJP worked to foster a coalition that could command a majority in the Lok Sabha, but the opponents of BJP were able to rally a majority and Vajpayee had to resign after only 13 days in power.
www.openencyclopedia.net /index.php/BJP   (3616 words)

  
 raid
Speaking in Kibler Park here, Phila Dolo said the attack was in response to a police swoop on the Pan Africanist Congress offices a few weeks earlier.
Dolo is serving a life sentence for murder, attempted murder, and illegal possession of arms, ammunition, and explosives.
Dolo also said he ordered the Eikenhof ambush in the Vaal Triangle in March 1993, when a woman, Ms Zandra Mitchely, and two children were killed in a car.
www.dispatch.co.za /1998/09/16/southafrica/RAID1.HTM   (259 words)

  
 outlookindia.com
Asserting that he would continue to be in BJP, Dolo said "I will contest the assembly election on BJP ticket as the party's chief ministerial candidate." Dolo, who was flanked by BJP state unit President Taba Hare and party's Lok Sabha member Khiren Rijiju, said he was not going to oblige Apang.
Dolo admitted that he had applied for a Congress ticket after seeking permission from BJP state President Taba Hare "to maintain team spirit among members of the ministerial council." "But Hare did not accept my resignation from the party.
Asked for the probable reason behind denial of a Congress ticket to him, Dolo said "May be Apang felt I would become his rival for chief ministership." He said he had thought that he would easily get a ticket as he was deputy chief minister.
www.outlookindia.com /pti_print.asp?id=250191   (441 words)

  
 Campaign Finance Flaws - The Primary Source Online
In the text of the decision, the Justices wrote, "A restriction on the amount of money a person or group can spend on political communication during a campaign necessarily reduces the quantity of expression by restricting the number of issues discussed, the depth of their exploration, and the size of the audience reached.
However, if a group of citizens with a common philosophy or goal decide to pool their resources, form a special interest group, and challenge what the politicians are saying through paid ads at the forbidden times, they would be violating federal law under this bill.
In their quest to garner votes for the coming election, they have ignored and violated their oath to "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Even more insidious, some members of Congress have learned that the easiest way to circumvent the Constitution is through subtle laws with deceptive titles.
www.tuftsprimarysource.org /issues/20/09/campaign.finance.html   (1470 words)

  
 Apang confident
When all the candidates are busy campaigning in their respective constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Gegong Apang has been staying away from Yingkiong, the seat that returned him to the assembly for several consecutive terms irrespective of his party affiliations.
The BJP could field candidates in only 39 of the 60 constituencies in the state, as a result of which, three Congress nominees were elected unopposed on Thursday.
While the 57-year-old Apang is confident of leading the Congress to victory, the party has not yet projected him as the chief ministerial candidate.
www.rediff.com /election/2004/sep/30apang.htm   (474 words)

  
 OSCN Found Document:STATE v. EIGHTY-NINE CASKS OF BEER
The admissions of the brewing company in its interplea show that the shipment was in direct violation of law, and should have been forfeited to the state.
We answer, 'No.' The principle of public policy involved is expressed in the maxim, 'ex dolo malo non oritur actio,' and in discussing this maxim Lord Mansfield says: 'No court will lend its aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act.
If, from the plaintiff's own statement or otherwise the cause of action appears to arise "ex turpi causa," or the transgression of a positive law of this country, there the court says he has no right to be assisted.' Wharton's Legal Maxims, p.
www.oscn.net /applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?citeID=9298   (921 words)

  
 Congress (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
A Congress is different from a parliament (Westminster System of Government) in that legislative initiative is vested into it.
In France, the congrès is a formal and exceptional joint meeting of both houses of Parliament in order to ratify an amendment to the Constitution.
Many parties also have a Party Congress which is held every few years to make decisions for the party and elected governing bodies.
congress.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (275 words)

  
 Congress elects an ally of exiled warlord Charles Taylor as speaker of the House, and a former rebel leader as ...
Congress elects an ally of exiled warlord Charles Taylor as speaker of the House, and a former rebel leader as president of the Senate
Even as work was being done to renovate parliament grounds for the inauguration, newly-elected members of Congress took the oath of office inside the decrepit Capitol building.
The leading party in the lower house is the Congress for Democratic Change with 15 seats.
quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/dc/2006-01-17-voa33.html   (597 words)

  
 Arunachal: 13 more ex-MLAs to join Congress
The 13 are: Speaker of the dissolved assembly Setong Sena (Cong-D), erstwhile Deputy Chief Minister Kameng Dolo's wife Mekup Dolo, who is an Independent MLA and a member of the Apang ministry, 10 former legislators from the border districts of Tirap and Changlang, which have a total of 12 MLAs.
The name of the 13th person to join the Congress was not immediately available.
They rebelled after the UDF ministry was downsized from 33 to 12 to comply with the 91st Constitutional amendment.
www.rediff.com /news/2004/jul/12aruna.htm   (184 words)

  
 BJP:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
It was unable to challenge the Indian National Congress, the leading organization in the nation's freedom movement, for a political majority, and always had to contend with lesser socialist parties for second and third places.
The BJP and the NDA suffered a shock defeat in the general elections in 2004, and failed to muster a parliamentary majority.
March 2005: Congress is berated by media for using manipulative tactics to install a friendly government in Jharkhand.
winelib.com /wiki/BJP   (4328 words)

  
 The Hindu : Cong. splits in Arunachal, Apang stakes claim
Apang, of the Arunachal Congress, was the lone Opposition MLA.
Some time ago, a Congress legislator, S. Wanglet, was expelled from the party and became an "unattached" member.
The first outcome of this camaraderie was the defeat of the ruling Congress, led by the Chief Minister, S.C. Jamir, in the Assembly elections in Nagaland in February.
www.hindu.com /2003/07/28/stories/2003072803520100.htm   (388 words)

  
 Welcome to Sentinel
Apang resigned from the AC of which he was the sole member in the 60-member House last night, BJP vice-president Pyarelal Khandelwal and the party’s North-east in-charge V Satish told PTI before leaving for New Delhi at the end of marathon closed door meetings with Congress (Dolo) MLAs.
He is likely to return to the Nationalist Congress Party on which ticket he won the Assembly polls.
Both leaders denied accusations by the Congress that the BJP in connivance with NSCN(IM) had engineered defection in the Mithi Government and said such allegations were uncalled for and baseless.
www.sentinelassam.com /sentinel_en/archives/aug2703/regional1.htm   (1913 words)

  
 outlookindia.com
Former Lok Sabha member Laeta Umbrey, former state Congress chief and minister Talo Mugli and former ministers Dr T Tapak, Kapriso Krong, Tengam Ngemu, Noksong Boham are the Congress leaders who were accomodated in the final list of 42 candidates released by BJP today.
Dolo and these leaders were denied tickets by Congress.
Dolo had said yesterday that he would continue with BJP despite Chief Minister Gegong Apang having joined Congress along with some of his ministerial colleagues last month.
www.outlookindia.com /pti_print.asp?id=250283   (247 words)

  
 Excelsior... Nation
Sena is a member of the Congress(D), while the independent former MLA Mekup Dolo was a minister before the downsizing and is the wife of the erstwhile Deputy Chief Minister Kameng Dolo.
He said that a Congress delegation led by Mithi would submit a memorandum signed by 36 former MLAs to the President A P J Abdul Kalam tomorrow demanding the Central rule in the state.
The Congress Government in Punjab, he alleged, had no knowledge of Constitution and that’s why it had been making repeated efforts to avoid construction of SYL through meanigless litigation.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/04july13/national.htm   (6214 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation
In Assam, the Congress had openly accepted support of the ULFA, a banned secessionist organisation whose leaders were safely ensconced in Bangladesh, during the recent Parliamentary elections, the former Deputy Prime Minister observed.
Sources in the Congress and the NCP admit that Mayawati’s outfit has managed to woo their local-level leaders, particularly in Vidarbha and Marathwada and is poised to make a major impact in the poll.
With the Congress and the NCP in an uneasy pre-poll alliance, aspirants from both parties who were denied the ticket are now flying the BSP standard.
www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20041005/nation.htm   (6272 words)

  
 congress - OneLook Dictionary Search
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 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation
According to Mr Apang, 39 of the 59-member Congress MLAs detected to form a new party, the Congress (D), which is supporting him to form a new government under the banner of the United Democratic Front (UDF).
A Congress dissident MLA, Mr Lowancha Wanglat, claimed that at a Congress dissidents’ meeting held here today, the dissidents had formed Congress (D) with 39 legislators breaking away from the Congress.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi had also expressed concern over the high cost of AIDS drugs yesterday at the conference.
www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030728/nation.htm   (3693 words)

  
 UNICCO.org - United Nimba Citizen's Council
With the withdrawal of the post-electoral contest filed by the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), the next step to civil rule is the installation of the Legislature and the inauguration on January 16, 2006, of the president- and vice president-elect.
Her rival George Weah’s Congress for Democratic Change has shown no sign of backing down in its quest to prove that the process was tainted by fraud, ballot stuffing and other irregularities.
The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), at the end of the November 8 run-off election accused the NEC poll workers of engaging in fraudulent acts on Election Day.
www.unicco.org /digest_2005.php   (9878 words)

  
 New York Lawyer - do not find a lawyer search for meaning at a law dictionary
Those actions which arise in consequence of a crime, misdemeanor, fault, or tort; actions arising ex delicto are case, replevin, trespass, trover.
When a cause of action arises from fraud or deceit, it cannot be supported: Ex dolo malo, non oritur actio.
A man is bound to pay money which ex oequo et bono he holds for the use of another.
www.new-york-lawyer.ws /law-dictionary/evocation.htm   (3302 words)

  
 Deccan Herald News page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Congress, which had swept the polls by winning 53 seats, had got 51.78 per cent votes.
The Chief Minister Mukut Mithi was attending a conference on AIDS in New Delhi, when the ruling Congress was reduced to a minority.
The party leaders in both Itanagar and Delhi alleged that it was the BJP which had toppled Mr Mithi’s government, by intimidating the MLAs with the help of the Naga militant outfit, National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) or NSCN (IM).
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/sep06/n7.asp   (591 words)

  
 Ethiopia The Oromo - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
From November 10 to November 17, 1989, the OLF held its second congress in Golelola in Harerge.
Besides adopting many antigovernment resolutions, the congress promised increased military activities against the Mengistu regime.
Relations between the OLF and the EPRDF seem to have been ambivalent even at the best of times because the Oromo were deeply suspicious of the ultimate designs of the Tigrayan leadership.
www.photius.com /countries/ethiopia/national_security/ethiopia_national_security_the_oromo.html   (695 words)

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