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The world's longest filibuster finally ends
2nd March 2016
Today, South Korea's Opposition finally ended a 192 hour filibuster in their Parliament, which was intended to block an anti-terrorism bill. The Opposition finally gave up as they realised that in addition to blocking the anti-terrorism bill, they also risked blocking other essential bills.
Ruth Tarrant
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