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Senate to take up unemployment insurance extension
WASHINGTON – Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless appears poised to clear a key hurdle in the Senate Tuesday, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of... (Continue reading)
Suicide attack kills 2 NATO troops in Afghanistan
A suicide attack Tuesday at a joint NATO-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan killed two international service members and wounded several others, the military alliance said. The attack in remote Khost province near the Pakistan border was on a compound used... (Continue reading)
Papandreou’s four-city tour to support for debt crisis
PARIS – Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is heading to Paris, the third stop of his four-city tour seeking firmer European Union and U.S. support for harsh austerity measures that have sparked violent protests. Athens has been adamant that it has... (Continue reading)
Obama said Democrats:Trust Me on health care bill
In private pitches to Democrats, President Barack Obama says he will persuade Congress to pass his health care overhaul even if it kills him and even if he has to ask deeply distrustful lawmakers to trust him on a promise... (Continue reading)
Unemployment rate unchanged as 36K jobs lost
WASHINGTON – The unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent in February as employers shed 36,000 jobs, fewer than expected. The figures suggested the job market is slowly healing but that significant hiring has yet to occur. The Labor Department wouldn’t quantify... (Continue reading)
Turkey recalled ambassador from Washington because of the resolution on the Armenian Genocide
Turkey recalled its ambassador from the United States in connection with the resolution on the Armenian Genocide, approved on Thursday, March 4, Committee on International Affairs of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress. It is reported by AFP. In... (Continue reading)
Congress loosens its grip on Washington, DC
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton didn’t flinch when comedian Stephen Colbert congratulated her on Washington, D.C., becoming a state. “Not quite,” she replied during a segment on his show not long after President Barack Obama’s election. Colbert may have been joking,... (Continue reading)
Obama’s health and smoking habits
For the most part, Barack Obama has passed his first presidential physical with glowing colors: At 48, he’s in “excellent health,” with 20/20 vision, and a resting heart rate of 56 bpm. Unfortunately, a cloud hangs over the results both... (Continue reading)
obama introduced his version of health reform
President Barack Obama, Monday introduced, his own version of the bill on health reform. The reform plan developed by the presidential administration, was published on the website of the White House on the eve of a meeting between the president... (Continue reading)
Cheney has proclaimed Obama “the one term president “
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney believes that the current U.S. president Barack Obama will not be re-elected in 2012 and his resignation after his first term. This is Cheney said during the annual conference of representative CPAC (Conservative Political... (Continue reading)
