Term Limits

CHICAGO - While Gov. Pat Quinn has accused his opponent of telling voters fairy tales about balancing the budget, he provided only a hazy picture Monday of how he would close the $13 billion deficit and then move Illinois forward.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's Parliament voted to eliminate term limits for the president Wednesday, a move critics say could lead to dictatorship.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's Parliament has voted to eliminate a two-term limit for the presidency.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's Parliament began debating a constitutional amendment on Wednesday that would allow the president to stay in office for an unlimited number of terms, a move critics say could lead to dictatorship.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's Parliament on Wednesday began debating a controversial amendment to the country's constitution that would allow President Mahinda Rajapaksa to hold unlimited number of terms, a move critics say could lead to a dictatorship The government is likely to secure the two-thirds majority required in the 225-member Parliament to make the change, though the main opposition United National Party has boycotted the debate.