14 December 2011 Last updated at 04:19 GMT Republicans say raising taxes will hinder efforts to create jobs in the US economy The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to extend payroll tax cuts by tying the measure to a much-disputed oil pipeline project. The Republican-backed bill was voted in by 234-193, but [...]
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December 14, 2011
December 13, 2011
Supreme Court to look at Arizona immigration law
December 13, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Supreme Court to look at Arizona immigration law 12 Dec 2011 The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Arizona’s immigration law, Senate Bill 1070. Its ruling could impact immigration laws nationwide and push the immigration debate into the spotlight during the final [...]
December 8, 2011
No US-Canada deal on Keystone XL
8 December 2011 Last updated at 03:20 GMT Harper and Obama describe themselves as friends and had a ‘candid’ discussion A controversial oil pipeline linking Canada and the US must be assessed for environmental impact, the US president has told Canada’s prime minister. Meeting Canadian PM Stephen Harper at the White House to sign a [...]
December 4, 2011
Herman Cain suspends campaign for Republican presidential nomination
Beleaguered Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, whose effort to win the White House was rocked by claims of infidelity and sexual harrassment, suspended his campaign on Saturday. Cain, a black former pizza magnate turned hero of the Tea Party right, told a crowd of supporters in his home base of Atlanta, Georgia, that he had [...]
December 4, 2011
Crocker: Pakistan’s ‘Loss’ if it Boycotts Afghan Conference
The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, said on Saturday it will be Pakistan’s loss if its government boycotts the upcoming international conference on Afghanistan’s future scheduled to start Monday in Bonn, Germany. Pakistani officials remain adamant in their decision to boycott the upcoming Bonn Conference on Afghanistan’s future, which was made to protest NATO [...]
December 3, 2011
Analysts: Indian Economic Slowdown May Linger
The slowdown in India’s economy is expected to continue into the next year, as growth in Asia’s third largest economy plummets to its lowest level in two years. India’s July-to-September quarter registered only 6.9 percent growth, far lower than projected by the government at the start of the year. Economists blame the slowdown on both [...]
December 3, 2011
California gas utility fined $38 million for 2008 explosion that killed 1
Los Angeles (CNN) — Pacific Gas and Electric Company must pay $38 million for safety violations in connection with a Christmas Eve 2008 explosion and fire in northern California, officials said. The penalty is the largest safety violation fine for a utility in California history, said Andrew Kotch, spokesman for the California Public Utilities Commission. [...]
December 3, 2011
Cain to announce decision in Atlanta Saturday
December 2, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Cain to announce decision in Atlanta Saturday 02 Dec 2011 Herman Cain said Friday he will announce his presidential campaign’s next steps in Atlanta this weekend amid uncertainty over whether he will stay in the race following allegations of an extramarital affair [not to mention, allegedly harassing/assaulting lots of [...]
November 30, 2011
Afghan President Urges Pakistan to Attend Bonn Conference
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is urging Pakistan to change its mind about boycotting the upcoming international conference on his country’s future. Reuters Karzai called Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, requesting the Pakistani government attend Monday’s conference in Bonn, Germany. The Afghan leader also extended his condolences for the losses Pakistan suffered in the NATO [...]
November 29, 2011
US appeals against decision not to extradite fugitive George Wright
The US Justice Department says it has appealed against a Portuguese judge’s decision not to extradite long-time fugitive George Wright back to the United States. Spokeswoman Laura Sweeney says an appeal was filed with the Portuguese Court of Appeals requesting the return of Wright, who is wanted to serve the rest of a murder sentence [...]
November 28, 2011
November 24, 2011
Canadian anti-polygamy law stands
23 November 2011 Last updated at 21:24 GMT British Columbia’s highest court has ruled that Canada’s anti-polygamy law should stand. Chief Justice Robert Bauman said the ban on multiple marriages was consistent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The case comes after a judge threw out polygamy charges against two bishops of the [...]
November 21, 2011
US defence and welfare cuts loom as ‘super committee’ deadlocked
The bipartisan committee tasked with reducing America’s $15tn (£9.5tn) budget deficit looks close to admitting defeat as its deadline looms. The committee, created in August, has until Wednesday to report a plan to cut $1.2tn from the nation’s deficit. Failure to do so will trigger automatic cuts to defence and social welfare programmes starting in [...]
November 19, 2011
UN Supports Burma’s Selection to Chair ASEAN
At the East Asia Summit Saturday, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed support for the decision by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, to choose Burma to chair its meetings in 2014. Ban said the military-led government in Burma has long been a source of concern for the international community because of [...]