The world’s major central banks took coordinated action Wednesday to support the global financial system, sending stock markets soaring. The U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the central banks in Japan, Canada and Switzerland said that starting next Monday they are making it a half percentage point cheaper for [...]
Archives: November 2011
November 30, 2011
November 30, 2011
Pakistan Dismisses Calls to Attend Afghan Conference
Pakistan is dismissing international calls to reconsider its boycott of next week’s international conference on Afghanistan. The government decided not to attend the December 5 summit in Bonn in protest of Saturday’s deadly NATO air assault that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at military posts near the Afghan border. REUTERS Protesters yell anti-American slogans while burning [...]
November 30, 2011
Syria: Hundreds of Prisoners Released
Syria has announced the release of more than 900 prisoners, while activists say fresh clashes have erupted in the flashpoint Daraa province. The government said Wednesday it had released 912 people involved in the “latest events” but who were not linked to what the government alleges are “murders” stemming from the opposition uprising and state [...]
November 30, 2011
Clinton Makes Historic Visit to Burma
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Burma Wednesday for a historic visit. Clinton’s trip is the first in half a century for a top U.S. diplomat and is in response to political and economic reforms by the military-dominated government. The secretary’s visit is the first visit by America’s top diplomat since Burma’s military [...]
November 30, 2011
Britain Steps Up Pressure on Iran After Embassy Attacks
Britain has ordered the immediate closure of the Iranian embassy in London and has closed its embassy in Tehran, following a mob attack Tuesday on British embassy compounds in the Iranian capital. British Foreign Secretary William Hague announced the decision in parliament Wednesday. He said Iran’s diplomatic staff has been ordered to leave the United [...]
November 30, 2011
November 30, 2011
US police raid two Occupy camps
30 November 2011 Last updated at 15:01 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Police arrested a number of people as they moved in to clear the site US police have raided Occupy Wall Street camps in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, arresting over 200 people and tearing up tent cities. In Los [...]
November 30, 2011
‘Hopeful’ Clinton in Burma visit
30 November 2011 Last updated at 10:35 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Hillary Clinton’s plane landed at the airport in the remote capital Nay Pyi Daw US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Burma on the first visit by such a senior American diplomat in 50 years. Mrs [...]
November 30, 2011
Tijuana drug tunnel impresses US
30 November 2011 Last updated at 14:23 GMT Mexican security forces surrounded the Tijuana entrance of the tunnel US police have found one of the most sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnels to date on the border with Mexico. The tunnel was discovered on Tuesday and links warehouses in Tijuana, Mexico, with San Diego. “It is clearly the [...]
November 30, 2011
‘Mistress’ slams Herman Cain bid
30 November 2011 Last updated at 17:29 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Ginger White told Good Morning America: “This was not sex for cash” Herman Cain would not make a good president, says Ginger White, the woman who said she had a 13-year affair with the Republican White House hopeful. [...]
November 30, 2011
November 30, 2011
Number of N.J. residents receiving food stamps doubled in last four years
November 29, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Number of N.J. residents receiving food stamps doubled in last four years 27 Nov 2011 The number of New Jersey residents receiving food stamps has doubled in the past four years and is at its highest level in more than a decade, state and federal data show. As of [...]
November 30, 2011
Army Wants Grenade ‘Bots to Fly, Spy, Then Kill
November 29, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Army Wants Grenade ‘Bots to Fly, Spy, Then Kill 29 Nov 2011 In their new round of small business solicitations, top military brass are asking for proposals that would yield what amounts to a very deadly grenade-drone love child. Or, as the Army’s calling it, “A Hovering Tube-Launched Micromunition.” [...]
November 30, 2011
Cain Reassessing Candidacy Amid New Allegations
November 29, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Cain Reassessing Candidacy Amid New Allegations 29 Nov 2011 Herman Cain told members of his campaign staff on Tuesday that he was reassessing whether to proceed with his presidential campaign, an aide confirmed, a day after an Atlanta woman disclosed details of what she said was a 13-year affair [...]