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Troops In Somalia To Retake Market From Militants NPR by AP AP A Somali government soldier runs during clashes with Islamist insurgents in southern Mogadishu's Bakara market neighborhood on Friday, May 27, 2011. The UN Security Council is warning Somali leaders that they risk losing financial support if ... See all stories on this topic »

Moily flays BJP for slamming Centre's advisory to Karnataka government The Hindu PTI The Hindu Allegations of corruption and illegal mining faced by the Yeddyurappa government were not created by Congress: Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily. File photo Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily slammed the BJP for criticising the advisory sent by ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

Cantor: No more 'gimmicks or government-knows-best solutions' The Hill (blog) continued the rollout of the House GOP economic growth package Saturday, using the party's weekly address to press the case that Republicans will get government out of the way of job creators. "For too long, Washington has relied on gimmicks or ... See all stories on this topic »

Shirakawa Opposes BOJ Underwriting Bonds a Day After Japan's Outlook Cut Bloomberg By Mayumi Otsuma - Sat May 28 10:28:00 GMT 2011 Bank of Japan (8301) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa opposed the central bank underwriting of Japanese government bonds for the second time in a week, a day after Fitch Ratings lowered its outlook for the ... See all stories on this topic »

Kadima blames Netanyahu government for opening of Gaza border Ha'aretz ... Gaza Kadima The Israeli opposition party Kadima responded to Egypt's decision to open the Rafah border to Gaza Saturday, stressing the dangers of such a move for Israel's security and blaming Netanyahu's government for failing to prevent the move. ... See all stories on this topic » Ha'aretz

CWG Scam: Delhi Govt sends response to Shunglu charges Economic Times NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government today sent its response to the Union Home Ministry on allegations made by the Shunglu Committee about bunglings in the Commonwealth Games projects. "We have sent the report to the Home Ministry today," said Chief ... See all stories on this topic »

Opposition Launches Another "Final Fight" Against Georgian Government Georgiandaily The militant opposition has launched its annual campaign to topple the Georgian government. One wing, describing itself as People's Assembly, is holding daily street rallies in Tbilisi from May 21 onward; while the other wing, Georgian Party, ... See all stories on this topic »

Delaware government: DelDOT chief nominated The News Journal A Canada-born, Kentucky-educated federal transportation policy manager won Gov. Jack Markell's nomination Friday to be Delaware's next DelDOT secretary, with the nominee's first reconstruction challenge likely to involve the agency's reputation. ... See all stories on this topic »

Catholics, government and aid for the poor Washington Post With all due respect to Shirley Theimer [letters, May 25], she is wrong when she says that the Catholic Church does not teach that government has a role in promoting social justice. The Web site of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops includes links ... See all stories on this topic »

Taiwan government scrambling to 'detox' food industry AsiaOne While a clearer picture of the use of carcinogenic plasticizers in the food industry is emerging, government agencies are scrambling to "detox" the food industry and retail market by trying to flush out tainted products and materials and be realistic ... See all stories on this topic » AsiaOne

Govt urged to scrap tobacco plan Sydney Morning Herald The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has slammed the Australian government's push to force tobacco companies to sell their products in plain packaging. The ICC's secretary-general Jean-Guy Carrier has written a letter to Trade Minister Craig ... See all stories on this topic »

Millions of Dollars Coming Back to Sacked Government Agency KLAS-TV By Nathan Baca, Reporter - email LAS VEGAS -- Governor Brian Sandoval says he will release his new budget Friday after a Nevada Supreme Court ruling stopped his current plan dead in its tracks. The court ruled the legislature acted improperly by trying ... See all stories on this topic »

Government To Cut Down On Number Of Business Licences Required Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (Bernama) -- The government is committed, over the next two to three years, to reduce the numbers of licences required to operate a business in Malaysia. This was to ensure the country becomes more open for business, ... See all stories on this topic »

Bahrain Government Rights Official Speaks Out Voice of America Rights groups continue to raise concern about alleged human rights abuses by the government of Bahrain during anti-government protests. At least 30 people have been killed in the aftermath of spring protests by the majority Shiites seeking freedom and ... See all stories on this topic »

Default By US Government Seen As Possible, With Debt Ceiling Vote Delayed Huffington Post As lawmakers in Washington delay authorizing additional public debt, investors are treating the prospect of a US government default -- while still highly unlikely -- as growing in probability. Even as traditional market indicators suggest the ... See all stories on this topic »

Fiat to buy government's stake, end US ownership of Chrysler USA Today By Fred Meier, USA TODAY Fiat notified the US Treasury today that it will exercise an option to buy out the government's remaining 6% stake in Chrysler Group. When Fiat buys the shares, it will end all US government ownership in the company. ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Iran helping Syria crush anti-government demonstrations: US officials DailyIndia.com Washington, May 28(ANI): Iran is dispatching increasing numbers of trainers and advisers, including members of its elite Quds Force, into Syria to help crush anti-government demonstrations, US officials have said. In the account provided by the ... See all stories on this topic »

US Government To Replace Food Pyramid With A New Food Icon Wall Street Journal By Jennifer Corbett Dooren Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The federal government is scrapping the nearly 20-year-old food pyramid and replacing it with a new icon designed to more easily depict a healthy diet. ... See all stories on this topic »

Government Continues March to Divest Publicly-Held AIG Stake Gamut News The world markets may be embroiled, but the government is continuing its announced plan of divesting public ownership of the insurance titan, American Insurance Group, or AIG. AIG, after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, was prevented from slipping into ... See all stories on this topic » Gamut News

Flip-flopping government shoots self in foot The Daily Yomiuri 1 reactor have damaged the government's credibility as a source of information, and will do nothing to improve Prime Minister Naoto Kan's standing in the international community. Last Saturday, the government said the injection of seawater into the No. ... See all stories on this topic »

Eric Koch: Sumi's decision preserves open government Madison.com Sumi stated: "This case is the example of values protected by the open meetings law: transparency in government, the right of citizens to participate in their government and respect for the rule of law." See all stories on this topic »

Bomber kills eight pro-government tribesmen in Pakistan Monsters and Critics.com 'The targets of the attack were some leaders of the Salarzai Lashkar (Salarzai tribal militia),' said a local government official named Saz Mohammad Khan. 'Most of the eight killed and 10 injured are from Salarzai tribe.' The explosion demolished a ... See all stories on this topic »

Cuban political prisoners in Spain threaten hunger strike over treatment MiamiHerald.com Spain's Socialist government promised a broad range of benefits to the former prisoners and nearly 900 of their relatives, but many have complained that they were all but abandoned once they landed in Madrid. The latest complaints came from Caballero, ... See all stories on this topic »

Families sue Ugandan government over women's deaths in childbirth The Guardian The families of two women who died in childbirth are starting a legal action against the government of Uganda today, alleging that the inadequate care and facilities provided for pregnant women caused the deaths and violates their country's ... See all stories on this topic »

Shadow Government: Hugo Chavez in the US Crosshairs Foreign Policy Finally, Hugo Chavez is being held accountable for his reckless efforts to aid and abet Iran's illegal pursuit of a nuclear capability and evasion of international sanctions. This week, the Obama administration announced it was imposing sanctions on ... See all stories on this topic » Foreign Policy

States Consider Government Groping Bans W*USA 9 WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) --- Tired of what they view as unnecessarily intrusive searches by TSA agents at the nation's airports, some state legislators are writing legislation that would make government groping a crime. "It simply draws a line, ... See all stories on this topic »

Patriot Act: The government is interested in YOU Catholic Online By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) The Patriot Act is an unpleasant fact of life in 21st Century America that allows the government to spy on anyone it deems a threat. Senator Ron Wyden says it's worse than the general public knows. ... See all stories on this topic »

Investors want strong government in Tunisia Arab News "We don't have confidence in the interim government — they are too inexperienced." When Tunisians overthrew autocratic leader Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali in January, they inspired revolts across the Arab world, and the country has since won praise from ... See all stories on this topic » Arab News

Government Backs Out of Prayer Battle MyFox Houston Rather than change his prayer, Scott sued the Department of Veterans Affairs, and hours after a federal judge sided with him, the government backed off. "This morning, the government conceded and they agreed to allow Rainey to pray as he deems fit," ... See all stories on this topic » MyFox Houston

Nepal Stagnates Amid Government Deadlock PRI's The World Since then, the Maoists have come in from the jungle, participated in and won the most votes in elections, served for nine months as the leading party in the government and argued amongst themselves about the best way forward. Nepal's Maoists have now ... See all stories on this topic » PRI's The World

Government shutdown could cost state millions Post-Bulletin Mark Dayton and legislative leaders cannot reach a budget deal by June 30, Minnesota face a government shutdown. What would stay open? Hard to know for sure at this point. Dayton's commissioners are determining which government services are critical. ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan's Government Bonds Rise on Concerns Over US Growth, Greece Debt Bloomberg By Yoshiaki Nohara - Fri May 27 22:31:22 GMT 2011 Japan's bond futures rose, touching a 10-week high, on concerns the US economic recovery is slowing and the International Monetary Fund will withhold aid for Greece. Benchmark 10-year yields fell toward ... See all stories on this topic »

The truth about Rick Perry's "Texas miracle" Salon The government then taxes the new workers those investment made. The Texas solution might actually work given more time... The sprawling population growth in Texas could potentially be kept in check via lack of healthcare and law enforcement. ... See all stories on this topic »

St. Paul Activists Awarded $50000 for Repressive 2008 Government Raids Death and Taxes The settlement won't stop government meddling in political protest and activist circles, but at least it brings a degree of awareness. Naturally, this isn't being covered by national media. But, as Hermes noted, "This is a pattern. ... See all stories on this topic »

Recall challenges force delay Wisconsin Radio Network by Andrew Beckett on May 27, 2011 Challenges brought against recall petitions targeting several state Senators are forcing the Government Accountability Board to delay certifying special elections. The GAB was scheduled to meet Tuesday, ... See all stories on this topic »

Gingrich in S.C.: Boeing lawsuit proof of 'corrupting nature of big government' The Hill (blog) By Keith Laing - 05/27/11 05:51 PM ET Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Friday in a speech in crucial 2012 primary state South Carolina that the National Labor Relations Board's lawsuit against Boeing was proof of big government's ... See all stories on this topic »

Massey coal alleges government conspiracy People's World Top executives of the Massey Coal Company, which was blamed in an independent investigation last week for the deaths of 29 miners, are claiming that the US government has conspired against them ever since the deadly explosion at the Upper Big Branch ... See all stories on this topic »

GAO Report Critical of DoD's Base Realignment Plans in Okinawa & Guam Pacific News Center Washington, DC - A Government Accountability Office [GAO] report released Wednesday in Washington is critical of the Department of Defense for "not estimating the total costs associated" with the transformation of its military posture in Japan, ... See all stories on this topic »

Senate passes John Cornyn's bill to improve public access to government documents Houston Chronicle (blog) Legislation by transparency-in-government champion John Cornyn to reduce processing delays in Freedom of Information Act requests passed unanimously in the Senate on Thursday. The Faster FOIA Act, which was reintroduced in March during Sunshine Week, ... See all stories on this topic » Houston Chronicle (blog)

Tax cheats, scofflaws got stimulus money Bizjournals.com A new study found 3700 businesses and nonprofit organizations that owed back taxes to the federal government received more than $24 billion in economic stimulus funds. The number of tax-delinquent stimulus bill beneficiaries could be higher: The ... See all stories on this topic »

Elizabeth Warren says the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be 'a ... Los Angeles Times To most congressional Republicans, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a monstrous government creation, with a huge budget, overly broad mandate and a structure unaccountable to taxpayers. To Elizabeth Warren, the Obama administration ... See all stories on this topic »

Consolidation and Cloud Directives Accelerate Government Adoption of Zyrion's ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Zyrion Inc., the leading provider of integrated Business Service Management (BSM) and Network Performance Monitoring Software solutions, today announced significant growth in Government Organization deployments of Zyrion's Traverse solution to manage ... See all stories on this topic »

Government's punitive tax rules are robbing UK sport fans of Usain Bolt before ... Telegraph.co.uk (blog) UK Athletics and other affected governing bodies such as the Lawn Tennis Association and golf's European Tour have tried to lobby the Government to soften its stance, but to no avail. There would appear to be little appetite in Whitehall for announcing ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk (blog)

Google: No, Government Investigations Have Not Frozen Our Manual Search Tweaks All Things Digital A report claiming that updates to Google's search results have been limited to algorithmic changes only due to possible government investigations is untrue, the search sovereign says. "This report is completely unfounded and false, and nothing has ... See all stories on this topic » All Things Digital

Federal networks attacked 15000 per day in 2010, says DHS official Infosecurity Magazine (US) US government networks received an average of 15000 cyber attacks per day last year, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official. Sean McGurk, director of the Control Systems Security Program in the DHS National Cyber Security ... See all stories on this topic »

State government against Jersey Shore: Public outcry over new rule International Business Times New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's office was recently inundated with angry postcards and letters from people outraged by the looming enforcement of a rule that will limit beach lovers' access to the Jersey Shore. The television show of the same name ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

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