House Approves Bill to Put Financial Squeeze on Sudan

The House voted unanimously yesterday to allow states, localities and private investors to cut their investment ties with Sudan, the latest sanction designed to pressure the Khartoum government into ending the violence in the country’s Darfur region.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 19.12.2007 on 01:12.

And You Can Quote Me

DES MOINES, Dec. 18– Newspapers still count for something, apparently.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 19.12.2007 on 01:12.

Paulson Defends Plan To Prevent Foreclosures

ORLANDO, Dec. 17 — Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. chose this hotbed of the mortgage crisis to begin a three-city tour defending the administration’s plan to prevent hundreds of thousands of homeowners from going into foreclosure.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 18.12.2007 on 11:12.

A Tuition Deal For Immigrants?

Now that he has become a front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination, Mike Huckabee is feeling the heat from other Republican candidates, who are scrutinizing his record as governor of Arkansas for evidence of “liberal” or “Democratic” inclinations. One leading rival, Fred D. Thompson, has…
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Posted in Politics No Comments 18.12.2007 on 11:12.

FCC’s Contested Cross-Ownership Rule Set for Vote

The Federal Communications Commission is pushing ahead to pass a rule today that would allow more consolidation of local media ownership in the nation’s largest cities, despite the fresh threat of a legislative rebuke and continued protests from advocacy groups.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 18.12.2007 on 11:12.

Age Discrimination: What to Do?

Employment discrimination based on age is a reality in the workplace. Hence, workers and employees with the age of 40 and above are protected against discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The law says that an employer may not fire, refuse to hire, and treat you differently than other employees because of your […]

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Posted in Politics No Comments 18.12.2007 on 11:12.

In N.H., the Swing Voter Is Vanishing

CONCORD, N.H. — As Sen. John McCain, a Republican running for president, touted the endorsement Monday of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, a maverick Democrat-turned-independent, it seemed designed to capture a legendary brand of New Hampshirite, a state icon on par with the moose: the independent voter.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 18.12.2007 on 11:12.

In Speech, Bush Tries To Ease Fears On Economy

President Bush attempted yesterday to calm Americans’ anxiousness about the economy, even as he acknowledged that the nation’s financial forecast is not entirely sunny because of the credit-market and mortgage crises.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 18.12.2007 on 11:12.

House Nears Approval of Domestic Spending Bill

The House last night moved toward approving a $515.7 billion domestic spending bill that shaves billions from the Democrats’ hoped-for spending levels but uses emergency spending and other tactics to challenge President Bush on his budget demands.
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Putin Says He Would Accept Premiership

MOSCOW, Dec. 17 — President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he would accept the post of prime minister next year if, as is almost certain, his protege is elected president in March.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 18.12.2007 on 10:12.