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Arkansas Democrat gets tough with banks
Blanche Lincoln, the Democratic senator from Arkansas, is vowing to press ahead with her controversial plan to force deposit-taking banks to spin off their derivatives operations, a tough new provision that is set to be debated on the Senate floor this week
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UN names Costa Rican to head climate change body (AP)
Army helmet recall stems from legal probe
The Army says its recall of 44,000 combat helmets last week resulted from a Justice Department
New battle plan needed for a crisis-prone world
With one crisis begetting another, and the fuse between crises now getting shorter and shorter,
Azerbaijan cancels mosque demolition after warning from Iran
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has ruled that the controversial Fatimeyi-Zahra Mosque
Kagan campaigns for Supreme Court job
Reaching out to potential converts, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is dropping carefully
Meghalaya seeks independent probe on Langpih firing
Shillong, May 14 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul M.Sangma Monday said he will lead
NY governor proposes delaying $1.5 billion school aid (Reuters)
Reuters - New York Governor David Paterson, struggling to close a $9 billion budget deficit,
SFWU and parties call for fisheries inquiry
The Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota will be launching a petition tomorrow
Contemporary music platform for Eminönü
A huge contemporary music platform is being constructed in Istanbul's Eminönü Square to
Turkey urges US to consider Iran uranium deal
Turkey's ambassador to Washington is urging the United States to carefully consider an agreement
Obama signs Freedom of Press Act
President Barack Obama has signed a law intended to provide more protections for a free
Congrats To Unite On Signature Collections
The Kiwi Party offered commiserations to the leadership of the Unite Union and all those
Supreme Court: Sex offenders can be held indefinitely
The Supreme Court ruled Monday the federal government has the power to indefinitely keep
Berlin calls for eurozone budget laws
Germany is to press other eurozone countries to adopt their own versions of Berlin’s balanced
Pokies and the 2010 local body elections
GPJA has written to the Prime Minister John Key to ask for the government to approve binding
21st century’s Sinatra in Istanbul for a special concert
Harry Connick Jr., a veteran musician, composer and pianist with three Grammy Awards, would
