Polish Parliament Speaker, Deputies Discuss Dissolving Assembly

Polish Parliament Speaker, Deputies Discuss Dissolving Assembly

Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Polish Parliamentary Speaker Marek Jurek and his deputies will meet today to debate calling an extraordinary session to vote on dissolving the assembly and holding early elections.

Jurek, a member of the ruling Law & Justice party, will convene the meeting at 11:30 a.m. in Warsaw with the five deputies who represent all political parties after Citizens' Platform, the largest opposition party, demanded an extra parliamentary session ahead of the next scheduled sitting on Oct. 10.

The demand came after a Law & Justice official was taped offering inducements to an opposition lawmaker to switch sides. Law & Justice is seeking to regain a majority by asking lawmakers of former coalition partner Self Defense and the Polish Peasants' Party to support it after Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski fired Deputy Premier Andrzej Lepper, the head Self Defense.

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Newswomen's Club of New York Announces 2006 Front Page Awards ...

Newswomen's Club of New York Announces 2006 Front Page Awards ...

NEW YORK, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Newswomen's Club of New York announces the winners of its 68th annual Front Page Awards Dinner, to be held October 26 at Manhattan's historic National Arts Club, where the Newswomen's Club is also headquartered. More than 39 outstanding women journalists in print, broadcast, and online media will be honored at the event. Nationally syndicated columnist Liz Smith is the evening's keynote speaker.

Announcing the Awards, Newswomen's Club President Jeanne King said that competition was keen. "We were deeply impressed with the high caliber of all the entries this year," she noted. Nationally syndicated columnist Liz Smith will be keynote speaker when the honors are presented at the 68th annual Front Page Awards Dinner on October 26, at New York's historic National Arts Club, where the Newswomen's Club is also headquartered.

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