Greenpeace blocks Brazil port to protest partial veto of land-use bill - FOX News
26 May 2012, 2:23 pm
The environmental organization Greenpeace blocked a freighter from being loaded with iron in the port of Sao Luis in the northern Brazilian state of Maranhao in protest against the partial veto by President Dilma Rousseff of a widely criticized ...

Branstad ‘hates cities,’ critic says of today’s veto - Des Moines Register
25 May 2012, 4:33 pm
Des Moines property owners will face an almost certain tax increase due to a veto of Gov. Terry Branstad who today shot down the city’s efforts to collect an extra franchise fee makeup tax, a city advocate said. “The guy hates cities ...

"Big Five" Crushes "Small Five" Over veto Powers - Inter Press Service
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
UNITED NATIONS, May 25, 2012 (IPS) - At the height of the Cold War, a Peruvian diplomat, Dr. Victor Andres Belaunde, publicly expressed scepticism about the ability of small countries to survive the diplomatic might of the big powers in the world body.

Brazilian president likely to veto parts of new forest bill - Reuters
24 May 2012, 3:41 am
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA May 24 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is likely to veto some controversial aspects of a forest bill passed by the Congress last month as pressure mounts against the text days before the country ...

House passes bill allowing Chicago casino — but vote not veto-proof - Chicago Sun-Times
23 May 2012, 4:35 pm
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House passed a scaled back casino-expansion package Wednesday but fell two votes shy of the supermajority needed to fend off a likely veto by Gov. Pat Quinn, who blasted the measure for having “major ethical shortcomings.”

Russian rights chief urges Putin to veto protest law - YAHOO!
23 May 2012, 3:24 pm
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin's human rights adviser said on Wednesday he will urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to veto a bill to increase fines for protesters deemed to have broken the law. The bill has been proposed by the dominant United Russia ...

Dilma Rousseff must veto Brazil's devastating new forest code - The Guardian
23 May 2012, 12:17 pm
A new land-use law proposed by a faction controlled by parochial and rural interests and passed by Brazilian legislators in April threatens to reverse 20 years of struggle to protect the Amazon rainforest. Not only will it allow deforestation to ...

Murdoch's public veto required to quash Sun and Times sale talk - The Guardian
22 May 2012, 3:25 pm
Tony Gallagher, the Telegraph editor, rekindled the flagging pulses of weary media journalists covering the Leveson inquiry with a couple of early evening tweets on Friday. The Times and the Sun could be up for sale – under plans attributed to ...

Lansing City Council approves amended budget, Mayor Virg Bernero promises veto - MLive.com
21 May 2012, 10:28 pm
LANSING, MI – The Lansing City Council passed its amended Fiscal Year 2013 budget by a 5-3 vote Monday evening with council members Jessica Yorko, Tina Houghton and Kathie Dunbar casting the dissenting votes. The council's amended budget ...

Must veto tax bill - Wichita Eagle
19 May 2012, 11:57 pm
If decimating the state’s ability to fund public education and social services was on Brownback's “road map for Kansas,” voters must have missed it back in 2010. Animosity and dysfunction at the Legislature led to both chambers’ passage ...