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Clinton snaps at student seeking husband's views

Michael Kerjman — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:22:41 +0000

Hillary Clinton on Monday showed a rare flash of public anger on a trip to Africa as a student asked for her husband’s views, putting him in his place by saying she is the United States’ top...

Judges Belong To A Superior World?

Veena — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:36:31 +0000

Reading any newspaper or watching TV will tell you one and only one thing. The world which you live in and erroneously think as if it is your world you are sadly mistaken, wake up and face the real world the place where the Judiciary of...

Rights watchdogs hail disappearances bill

Narayan Poudel — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:20:40 +0000

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AFN) on Wednesday, in a letter to the Constituent Assembly, said that the government’s proposed bill to criminalise enforced disappearances and to form an independent high-level commission...

Congress finally passes broadband data collection bill

Kimberly — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:54:16 +0000

While spending a busy weekend trying to bail out the nation’s troubled financial system, Congress also found time to tell the FCC that its current method for collecting broadband usage data is...

Senate Passes Bill Creating Copyright Czar

Brent — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:33:31 +0000

U.S. lawmakers approved the creation of a cabinet-level position of copyright czar as part of sweeping intellectual property enforcement legislation that sailed through the Senate on...

Academic research bill passes Senate

Ryan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:35:54 +0000

A bill designed to shield academic researchers from harassment by animal rights groups and others who oppose their work passed the state Senate on Friday.

Senate bill would restrict Bush from secret executive orders

Danielle — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:01:51 +0000

The President will no longer be able to change published executive orders in secret if a bill introduced to the Senate Thursday becomes law.

The hidden tax traps in the housing-rescue bill

Justin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:28:32 +0000

The eagerly anticipated housing-rescue bill, also know as the Housing Assistance Act of 2008, is intended to calm the mortgage market, the real estate market, homeowners on the verge of bankruptcy and foreclosure, victims of bank failures and...

Space: House of Representatives Passes Bill to Protect Us from Asteroids

Danielle — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:18:01 +0000

Don\’t worry, folks: Our trusted representatives in government just saw the movie Armageddon, and they aren\’t going to take the threat posed by this mediocre 1998 action movie lying down. They\’re going to pass laws to make sure...

Gates announces $23m grant to India

Desh — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:44:51 +0000

On the day he quits Microsoft to work for social sector projects, software pioneer Bill Gates announced $ 23-million grant to India to control HIV/AIDS in the country. The grant would be spent through the National AIDS Control Organisation in India...