Jordanian MP opens fire in parliament

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A member of Jordan’s parliament is reported to have opened fire today at his colleague, the al-Arabiya channel says. No one was injured as a result of fire exchange inside the parliament, local media say. There have been no details on the reasons behind this shooting incident.

"Democracy is when both privates and generals are put on trial for breaching the law" - Russian MP

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**Manning’s sentence shows that American democracy goes wrong - Russian MP -

A 35-year prison sentence for WikiLeaks informer Bradley Banning shows that in the United States it’s “privates” and not their superiors that stand trial for breaching the law, which is a glaring sign that something is going wrong in the American democracy, Alexei Pushkov, head of the foreign affairs committee of Russia’s lower house of parliament, said on Wednesday.

“A private has stood trial for breaching the US laws, but none of the generals, who lied to the American nation and who claimed that the system for tapping phone calls and intercepting Internet mail had not been used against Americans, appeared before court,” he said.

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