Posts Tagged ‘America’

Vermont senator Bernard Sanders (I) spends 8 hours denouncing tax deal

Latest Personal Loan Offers: Matthew Borghese – AHN News Contributor Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Vermont’s Independent Sen. Bernard Sanders spent over eight hours denouncing the new agreement to extend Bush-era tax cuts to millions of Americans. Speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sanders spoke out against President Barack Obama’s efforts, saying [...]

House Votes To Cut Funds For Terror Detainee Transfers Out Of Guantanamo Bay

AHN News Staff Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – In an attempt to prevent President Barack Obama’s plan to bring terror suspects to the United States for trial, the House voted 212-206 on Tuesday to curb the government’s expenses in the fiscal year. The measure targeted funds aimed at transferring inmates from a military holding [...]

‘A win-win for both our countries’

Washington – US President Barack Obama on Saturday celebrated the agreement of a “landmark trade deal” between the United States and South Korea. ||| Washington – US President Barack Obama on Saturday celebrated the agreement of a “landmark trade deal” between the United States and South Korea. The long-stalled deal between the world largest economy [...]

Federal Reserve Reveals Names Of Firms That Availed Of Emergency Loan During Crisis

AHN News Staff D.C., Washington, United States (AHN) – Over 21,000 transactions were made by the U.S. Federal Reserve when it stabilized the financial markets. Details of the transactions made in 2008 and 2009 were posted on the agency’s website upon order by Congress. The details include names of companies that borrowed money and the [...]

Palestinian Economy Booming, Thanks To Foreign Aid

The Media Line Staff Gaza, Palestinian Territory (TML) – In the lobby, a pair of workers is hanging large portrait photographs of Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, while outside a construction scaffolding sits close by the front entrance, but otherwise the West Bank’s first five-star hotel is open for business. Banners advertising the Palestinian stock [...]

Google Goes Fashionable With Boutiques.com

AHN News Staff California, United States (AHN) – After helping people around the world search and learn about anything under the sun, popular search engine Google has come up with an online fashion store, which it calls “Boutiques.com.” This store would allow the users to “create and edit” their own boutiques through computer vision and [...]

Congress Reconvenes For “Lame-Duck” Session On Bush Tax Cuts

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – With a new majority taking control of the House next year, lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill on Monday to tackle a backlog of bills during a “lame-duck” session. Their agenda includes whether to extend Bush administration tax cuts for all or only for [...]

9/11 Families Ask Attorney General For Federal Court Trial Of Suspects

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Families of 9/11 victims asked the Justice Department on Thursday to continue its original plan of prosecuting suspects of the terror attacks in civilian courts. The appeal was in response to comments by Attorney General Eric Holder that a decision on the trial [...]

Pakistan Condemns U.S. For Backing India’s Bid For U.N. Security Council Seat

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Islamabad, Pakistan (AHN) – Pakistan has condemned America’s support for India’s bid to earn a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry said officials were disappointed with U.S. President Barack Obama’s public declaration of support during a trip to India. Obama announced Washington’s [...]

Obama Supports India In Getting Permanent UNSC Seat

AHN News Staff New Delhi, India (AHN) – United States President Barack Obama, on the second day of his three-day visit to India, has appreciated New Delhi for its developments and vowed his nation’s support in the world’s largest democracy’s quest for a permanent United Nations Security Council seat. In a landmark address at the [...]

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