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Subscribe to RSSFollowing the all-day media coverage of the 110th U.S. Congress convening on Jan. 4, I appreciate seeing how another country's assembly looks. In one picture, you see significant differences, but some similarities too, in the workings of the two countries' governments.
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Delegates attend a session of Turkmenistan's Halk Maslakhaty (People's Assembly) to decide who will succeed late President Saparmurat Niyazov in Ashgabat December 26, 2006. Turkmenistan's People's Assembly on Tuesday set February 11, 2007 as the date for the new presidential election following the death of President-for-life Niyazov and approved acting President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov as a candidate for the post along with five unknowns.