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Obama Signals Tougher Agency Regulations
Obama Signals Tougher Agency Regulations Obama is signaling that his administration will toughen regulations at federal agencies that oversee consumer products, environmental policy and workplace safety.
Continue reading...Chicago schools chief says he hasn’t talked to Obama about D.C. job
19. November 2008
Chicago schools chief says he hasn’t talked to Obama about D.C. job Posted by Carlos Sadovi at 3:50 p.m. Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan said today that he has not spoken with President-elect Barack Obama about a Cabinet position with the U.S. Department of Education. Duncan, a fellow Harvard alum who… [...]
Continue reading...Tibet’s next move
19. November 2008
Tibet’s next move Beijing seems to believe that if the Dalai Lama disappears, the problem of Tibet will disappear with him. That is a serious miscalculation
Continue reading...Paulson, Bernanke Rebuked on Hill
19. November 2008
Paulson, Bernanke Rebuked on Hill The Treasury secretary and Fed chairman were pressed by a House panel about their efforts to implement the rescue package, and members assailed Treasury’s reluctance to be more aggressive on preventing foreclosures. (Remarks) [...]
Continue reading...India needs millions of toilets to meet development goal
19. November 2008
India needs millions of toilets to meet development goalBy some estimates, India has to build 78 toilets a minute to reach the UN’s Millennium Development Goals by 2012 as it tackles a wider social deficit that has 400m people living under a $1 a day
Continue reading...Steele decries ‘race card’ mentality
19. November 2008
Steele decries ‘race card’ mentality Republican National Committee chairman candidate Michael Steele, who became the first black lieutenant governor of Maryland, said that if he gets the RNC job the media will ridicule it as a race-based attempt to piggyback on the election of the nation’s first black president.
Continue reading...Tibet’s next move
19. November 2008
Tibet’s next move Beijing seems to believe that if the Dalai Lama disappears, the problem of Tibet will disappear with him. That is a serious miscalculation
Continue reading...Minnesota set to begin recount in US Senate race
19. November 2008
Minnesota set to begin recount in US Senate race Minnesota’s deadlocked U.S. Senate race will edge closer to resolution on Wednesday as an army of election workers begin a statewide recount of more than 2.9 million ballots.
Continue reading...Miliband: Syria can kickstart Middle East peace process
18. November 2008
Miliband: Syria can kickstart Middle East peace process Syria should play a “constructive role” in the search for Middle East peace, David Miliband urged on his groundbreaking visit to Damascus today. But the foreign secretary said that rocket attacks by Hamas, supported by Syria, were harming that process. Speaking after talks [...]
Continue reading...India needs millions of toilets to meet development goal
18. November 2008
India needs millions of toilets to meet development goalBy some estimates, India has to build 78 toilets a minute to reach the UN’s Millennium Development Goals by 2012 as it tackles a wider social deficit that has 400m people living under a $1 a day
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19. November 2008
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