Obama's Balancing Act on U.S. Trade Policies The New York Times | Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania challenged President Obama last week on behalf of steel workers, and helped underscore the administration's ambivalence about trade. | During a public meeting between the president and Senate Democrats, Mr. Specter asked whether Mr. Obama would upend existing ...
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Alito's gripe: Obama said high court reversed 100 years of law Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - Still wonder exactly why Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words "not true" during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address? He objected to the president's saying the ruling reversed a century of law. | The president touched off a controversy whe...
STL president lectures at USJ about international justice Daily Star Lebanon | By Lucie Hennequin | Special to The Daily Star | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: During his first visit in Lebanon as president of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), Antonio Cassese made the most of the opportunity to highl...
SEZ policy: Tax breaks not sustainable, says foreign expert Indian Express | A policy of adopting tax breaks with respect to the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy is “not the future” as “it is simply not sustainable”, Christian Haeberli, a senior research fellow at the World Trade Institute in Berne, Switzerland has said. ...
Iran's reformist leaders reject links to foreigners Khaleej Times TEHRAN - Iran's reformist leaders on Monday rejected the authorities' accusation that the opposition movement had links to foreigners and urged people to attend rallies on Thursday marking the 1979 Islamic revolution. | The opposition is expected to ...
Iran's reformist leaders reject links to foreigners The Star | TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's reformist leaders on Monday rejected the authorities' accusation that the opposition movement had links to foreigners and urged people to attend rallies on Thursday marking the 1979 Islamic revolution. | The opposition is ...
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Iran border breaches reveal Iraq’s internal rifts Middle East Online An Iranian crackdown on smuggling along the Iraqi border has uncovered fissures and confusion in Baghdad’s policy towards perceived threats to its sovereignty. | Iraqi officials co...
New China-Tibet talks show slight policy shift The Star | BEIJING (AP): New talks with the Dalai Lama's envoys are highlighting subtle shifts in China's approach to its restive, riot-scarred western regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. | The ...
EDITORIAL: Law on climate change Asahi News | Japan submitted a target for a 25-percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 from the 1990 level to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Cha...
Aleris International files plan of reorganization Metals Place | Aleris International, Inc. a global leader in aluminium rolled products, extrusions and recycling, announced today that it filed its proposed Plan of Reorganization (Plan) and related draft Disclosure Statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Del...
U.S. Sends a Message on Foreign Bribes (Washn) Syracuse | (AP) - c ()-2010, The Washington Post | WASHINGTON-Federal authorities want companies to know that the cost of paying bribes to win overseas contracts is growing steeper by the day. | Long a priority of the FBI and the Justice Department, efforts t...
Legally Binding? It's So 2009 The New York Times | Washington's climate policy analysts from environmental groups are quietly abandoning -- at least temporarily -- the once sacrosanct notion that nations must agree to legally binding emission targets. | Several experts with ties to the Obama admini...
International vote monitors hail Ukraine election Khaleej Times KIEV, Ukraine ' International monitors on Monday hailed Ukraine's presidential election as 'professional, transparent and honest,' increasing pressure on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to concede to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych. | Yanukovych ...
International vote monitors hail Ukraine election Seattle Times KIEV, Ukraine - | International monitors on Monday hailed Ukraine's presidential election as "professional, transparent and honest," increasing pressure on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to concede to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych. | Yanukovyc...
'The Nanny' Star Recast As Diplomat, Politico, and TV Talk Host? ABC News By DEVIN DWYER | Feb. 8, 2010 | She's known worldwide for her nasal voice, New York accent, and starring role in the sitcom "The Nanny," but now actress has recast herself as a high-profile, fierce political candidate and potential TV talk show host. The actress and cancer survivor puts her celebrity to a good cause. | Drescher, 52, a cancer and ra...
