Word: deadlock
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...upheld claims by Turkey's main secularist political party that the balloting was unconstitutional because a quorum wasn't present-no matter that the opposition engineered that shortfall by boycotting the vote, or that at least one President had previously been elected with a smaller quorum. Faced with this deadlock, Erdogan announced that he will call a general election in July to remove what Gul called "the shadow that has fallen on Turkey...
...judgment has been accepted, and the AKP has called early elections in order to secure a new mandate. The new vote is expected to be held within two months. The party also said it would try to push through a constitutional amendment that would ensure that this kind of deadlock does not recur...
...equally toxic. Here, young men grumble at the constraints imposed on them by Nasrallah. "Hizballah keeps telling us to be calm and that they don't want a war. But we are tired of Sunni insults," said Ali Hijazi, 22, a mechanic. Lebanon has been gripped in political deadlock for almost five months with neither the opposition nor the government showing any willingness to yield to the other side's demands. Yet for all the bitterness generated by the crisis, there is little appetite for a return to the sectarian bloodshed that destroyed the country between...
...Richter to even the score one last time.“The game-tying goal, to me, is one that we need to have as a save,” Donato said.With neither team able to break through in overtime, the final score stood at six—a deadlock that, given the circumstances, may have felt more like a loss for the Crimson.“If you come away with a tie in any other game where you play really hard, I would say, ‘What can you do?’” Reese...
...Divine help may well be needed to break the deadlock, since besides the thorny political issues at stake - recognition of Israel, control over public finances and whether to release a seemingly forgotten captive Israeli soldier - Gaza's problems, especially after the latest round of fighting, go far beyond politics. The culture of blood feuds at a clan level is well entrenched in Gaza, and dozens of angry families are unlikely to forgive those who killed their sons, brothers and nephews just because politicians declare the conflict resolved. And since the Israeli withdrawal in summer, 2005, Gaza is awash in weapons...