Latest Personal Loan Offers: Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. president’s special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is struggling in a critical condition at George Washington University hospital after admission on Friday morning. “This morning, doctors completed surgery to repair a tear in his aorta. [...]
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International Outrage Follows Arrest of Wikileaks Founder
December 11th, 2010
davidguide Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent London, United Kingdom (AHN) – International protest is building about the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange this week. Assange is being held in a British jail awaiting extradition to Sweden on rape charges. Meanwhile, the U.S. Justice Department is seeking to extradite him to the United States to [...]
New U.S. Unemployment Claims Drop To 421,000
December 10th, 2010
davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – New claims for unemployment compensation dropped to 421,000 for the week ending Dec. 4, a decrease of 17,000 claims from the week before, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Not all jobless workers are insured by the unemployment compensation program. The advance [...]
Wal-Mart to stop extra $1 Sunday pay for employees
December 9th, 2010
davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News News Writer Bentonville, Arkansas, United States (AHN) – Wal-Mart Stores announced Wednesday that it will no longer pay its employees who work Sundays an additional $1 an hour. The new policy, however, would only cover workers hired after Jan. 1, 2011. Current U.S. employees numbering 1.4 million will not be [...]
Israel votes to ease Gaza’s export restrictions
December 9th, 2010
davidguide AHN News Staff Jerusalem, Israel (AHN) – Israel, which has restricted all exports from Gaza since 2007 when Hamas took control of the region, has shown some liberty and allowed exports of items like furniture, textiles and agricultural products – a move welcomed by the human rights groups. The right groups said that they would [...]
Documents Show Concern Over U.S. Troops Based in Colombia
December 7th, 2010
davidguide Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The latest Wikileaks disclosures this week show deep concern among Latin American countries about the U.S. military presence in South America. Much of the concern focuses on the use of seven Colombian military bases by American troops. Brazilian foreign policy advisor Marco Aurelio [...]
U.S. seek new rules for nonbank lenders
December 7th, 2010
davidguide The Obama administration on Monday introduced a proposal that would require thousands of independent mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers not affiliated with banks to file reports to the Treasury Department when fraud or money-laundering schemes are suspected. View full post on All Stories
With China Passive Over Pyongyang, U.S. Hosts Korean, Japanese Ministers
December 7th, 2010
davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States on Monday stressed national “solidarity with our South Korean and Japanese allies and noted that these consultations demonstrate the strength of our shared commitment to advancing regional security and stability.” In a post-meeting statement National Security Council Deputy Spokesman Ben [...]
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