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Health Care and Student Loan Programs Collide
WASHINGTON The chairmen of the Senate and House education committees said on Thursday that they would fight to attach President Obama?s proposed overhaul of student lending programs to the budget reconciliation package, which will include finalmore
US condemns Myanmar poll 'mockery'
The US government has condemned as 'a mockery' new election laws in Myanmar effectively barring , the country's opposition leader, from standing in national polls expected later this year. The laws banning any candidate with a court conviction deal amore
EPA to Let States Address Rising Ocean Acidity
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Aftershocks Rattle Chile Inauguration
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, accompanied by his wife, Cecilia Morel, during his inauguration ceremony at the Congress in Valparaiso on Thursday. SANTIAGO, Chile The new Chilean president, Sebastián Piñera, had not even taken office on Thursdaymore
Colorado Interstate Set to Reopen After Rock Slide
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Strike against austere fiscal plans paralyzes Greek capital
ATHENS, March 11 (Xinhua) -- A general strike starting from Wednesday midnight in protest of the government's new austerity measures crippled the Greek capital Thursday. The 24-hour strike, the latest in a series of protests called by two biggest trademore
Four plead not guilty on expenses
Mr Morley, Mr Chaytor, Mr Devine and Lord Hanningfield deny the charges Three MPs and a peer have pleaded not guilty in court to charges related to their expenses claims. Jim Devine, Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Lord Hanningfield all told Westminstermore
Tight Race in Iraq Could Mean Weeks of Maneuvering
Officials counted parliamentary election ballots in Baghdad on Thursday. BAGHDAD Setting the stage for intense political maneuvering in the weeks to come, early results in Iraq?s parliamentary elections on Thursday indicated that Prime Minister Nurimore
Activist prepares to face court in Copenhagen
AN AUSTRALIAN arrested and held for nearly three weeks for organising a protest against the Copenhagen climate change conference has been charged with offences commonly used in terrorism cases. Natasha Verco - who faces up to 12 years in prison ifmore
Nigerians Recount Night of Their Bloody Revenge
Men detained by police, in the wake of religious violence in Jos, Nigeria, sat in a police waiting room on Wednesday. JOS, Nigeria ? Dispassionately, the baby-faced young man recounted his killings: two women and one man, first beaten senseless with amore
Tapestry of Violence Haunts Central Nigeria
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Barcelona Journal: Trumpeting Catalan on the Big Screen
Filmgoers in Barcelona waited under a poster for ?Precious,? which advertised that it was showing with ?exclusive Catalan subtitles.? BARCELONA, Spain ? Here in the principal city of Catalonia, the native language, Catalan, is heard just aboutmore
Barcelona Journal: Trumpeting Catalan in Small Type on the Big Screen
Filmgoers in Barcelona waited under a poster for ?Precious,? which advertised that it was showing with ?exclusive Catalan subtitles.? BARCELONA, Spain ? Here in the principal city of Catalonia, the native language, Catalan, is heard just aboutmore
Israel PM Reprimands Minister Over Settlement Flap
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Greece braced for strike by unions
Protesters clashed with police at demonstrations at the beginning of this month [AFP] Protesters plan to bring Greece to a standstill, with public workers and private unions holding a strike. They are striking for the second time in two weeks onmore
Report: Senator Sought Work for Ex-Lover's Husband
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Trumpeting the Catalan Language, by Law, in Small Type on the Big Screen
Filmgoers in Barcelona waited under a poster for 'Precious,' which advertised that it was showing with 'exclusive Catalan subtitles.' BARCELONA, Spain Here in the principal city of Catalonia, the native language, Catalan, is heard just about everywheremore
UN orders independent review of its climate body
UNITED NATIONS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations announced on Wednesday that it would finance an independent review of its panel on climate change, which faces accusations of scientific misinformation and potential financial conflicts ofmore
Palestinians Hold to Plan for Indirect Talks With Israel
?The Israeli settlement polices, particularly in Jerusalem, threaten these negotiations, and we ask that these decisions be revoked,? Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, asserted after meeting with Mr. Biden. But he spoke of the goal of themore
Chile?s New President Enters a Changed Political Landscape
The Feb. 27 quake struck during a pivotal transition, just as Sebastián Piñera, a billionaire businessman and former senator, prepared to assume the presidency as the first elected right-wing leader in Chile in 50 years. When he takes office onmore