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30 September 2015
ليبيا: عضو بالتأسيسية يتهم مسودة الدستور بإعادة تجربة العراق
![Japanese lawmakers of the House of Councilors scuffled during a vote of the upper house special committee for the security-related bills in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 17. Opponents of the bill have said the law would lead to unwanted Japanese involvement in U.S.-led conflicts around the world, and Japan press reported Monday the details on the landmark decision are missing from government records. [photo credit: Keizo Mori/UPI ]](/sites/default/files/japan-kept-no-record-of-talks-over-revised-constitution-report-says_-upi_0.jpg "Japanese lawmakers of the House of Councilors scuffled during a vote of the upper house special committee for the security-related bills in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 17. Opponents of the bill have said the law would lead to unwanted Japanese involvement in U.S.-led conflicts around the world, and Japan press reported Monday the details on the landmark decision are missing from government records. [photo credit: Keizo Mori/UPI ]")
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29 September 2015
Japan: No records kept on discussions to revise pacifist constitution
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28 September 2015
Catalan separatists claim election provides mandate for secession, despite constitutional prohibition
![Parliament's speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari [photo credit: Mareeg]](/sites/default/files/jawaarei_-_mareeg_0.jpg "Parliament's speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari [photo credit: Mareeg]")
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28 September 2015
Somalia's lawmakers drop impeachment motion against President
![President Denis Sassou Nguesso [photo credit: Voice of America]](/sites/default/files/congo_-_voa_0.jpg "President Denis Sassou Nguesso [photo credit: Voice of America]")
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28 September 2015
Congo: Protests in the streets against constitutional changes allowing extended term-limits
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25 September 2015
Nepal government defends process and substance of new constitution
![Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha [photo credit: The Bangkok Post]](/sites/default/files/thailand_-_bangkok_post_0.jpg "Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha [photo credit: The Bangkok Post]")
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25 September 2015
The EU calls for the rule of law and protection of human rights in Thailand's constitutional reform process
![President Santos (left) and Timochenko shook hands after a meeting facilitated by Raul Castro (centre) [photo credit: AFP]](/sites/default/files/columbia_-_bbc_0.jpg "President Santos (left) and Timochenko shook hands after a meeting facilitated by Raul Castro (centre) [photo credit: AFP]")
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24 September 2015
Colombia's President Santos and Farc announce peace deal, bringing political and justice reforms
![Bulgaria's Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov [photo credit: BGNES]](/sites/default/files/bulgaria_justice_minister_-_bgnes_0.jpg "Bulgaria's Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov [photo credit: BGNES]")
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24 September 2015
Bulgaria: Judicial reform features in Parliament's first meeting on constitutional amendments
![National Diet of Japan [photo credit: IACL]](/sites/default/files/national-diet-of-japan_-_iacl_0.jpg "National Diet of Japan [photo credit: IACL]")
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23 September 2015
Analysis: The End of Constitutional Pacifism in Japan?
![Nepalese police clash with supporters of opposition political parties during a protest against a draft constitution in Kathmandu on August 15, 2015. [photo credit: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/nepal_protest_-_afp_1.jpg "Nepalese police clash with supporters of opposition political parties during a protest against a draft constitution in Kathmandu on August 15, 2015. [photo credit: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images]")
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22 September 2015
Protesters and police clash in Nepal after adoption of new constitution
![Dozens of residents in Misurata pray after attending a protest organized to voice their discontent with what they perceive is Gen. Khalifa Hifter's alliance with Egypt's government [photo credit: Javier Manzano/For The Washington Post]](/sites/default/files/libya_-_washington_post_converted.jpg "Dozens of residents in Misurata pray after attending a protest organized to voice their discontent with what they perceive is Gen. Khalifa Hifter's alliance with Egypt's government [photo credit: Javier Manzano/For The Washington Post]")
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21 September 2015
Op-Ed: In Libya, trying to make one government out of two
![The new government will be headed by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, the country's former petroleum minister [photo credit: EPA]](/sites/default/files/egypt_swearing_in_-_epa_0.jpg "The new government will be headed by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, the country's former petroleum minister [photo credit: EPA]")
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21 September 2015
Officials from Mubarak regime return to Egypt's new government
![Lawmakers crowd around Yoshitada Konoike, chairman on the upper house special committee on security, as Masahisa Sato, right, of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s fist lands on opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hiroyuki Konishi, top, during a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2015 [photo credit: Yuya Shino/ Reuters]](/sites/default/files/japan_-_reuters_0.jpg "Lawmakers crowd around Yoshitada Konoike, chairman on the upper house special committee on security, as Masahisa Sato, right, of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s fist lands on opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hiroyuki Konishi, top, during a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2015 [photo credit: Yuya Shino/ Reuters]")
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18 September 2015
Japan: Abe pushes through reform of pacifist constitution despite widespread protests
![A protester wearing a Burkina Faso flag attends a protest against the presidential guard in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, September 16, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]](/sites/default/files/burkina_man_protest_-_reuters_0.jpeg "A protester wearing a Burkina Faso flag attends a protest against the presidential guard in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, September 16, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]")
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17 September 2015
Burkina Faso presidential guard seize president and PM, facing international condemnation