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NATO
    Secretary General visits Poland

    
from Poland News latest RSS headlines -
    Big News Network.com 

    NATO secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is visiting Poland
    today. The visit is connected with the 10th anniversary of Poland’s
    entry into NATO. He has already travelled to the Czech Republi...

    
UN
    mission in Afghanistan needs another 12 months, says Ki Moon

    
from Afghanistan News latest RSS headlines
    - Big News Network.com 

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday asked the Security Council
    to extend the mandate of the UN mission in Afghanistan by another
    12 months so it can assist Kabul in the critical elections in
    August.
 

    Hillary
    phones President Zardari - GEO.tv

    ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has telephoned
    President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday.According to sources,
    she exchanged views with President Zardari on Pakistan’s
    political.

    

    
Israel
    opens first tourism office in Beijing

    
from JPost International 

    Ministry seeks to boost Chinese travel from its 2008 level of
    15,000 to 100,000 annually.

    
Biden
    sees signs economic confidence returning

    
by San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA

    Vice President Joe Biden says believes there are signs the public's
    confidence is growing in the Obama administration's ability to
    tackle the financial ...

    


    
Obama:
    Have 'Absolute Confidence' in T-Bills

    
by ABC News - USA

    By VIJA UDENANS Investors should have "absolute confidence"
    in money placed with the United States, President Barack Obama
    said during an appearance with ...

    

    
Troops
    Face New Tests in Afghanistan

    
from washingtonpost.com - Middle East by
    Rajiv Chandrasekaran

    MAYWAND, Afghanistan -- Lt. Col. Daniel Hurlbut rolled into this
    dusty Taliban stronghold in September with a battalion of U.S.
    Army infantrymen and a detailed, year-long plan to combat the
    Taliban. 

    
Obama's
    Election Helps Spark Explosive Growth in Political Action

    
The Federal Election Commission says that
    on Jan. 1 there were 4611 political action committees, 9 percent
    more than the 4234 PACs a year ...

    


    
G-20
    pledge sustained action on financial crisis

    
from AP Top International News At 5:48
    a... by By JANE WARDELL

    HORSHAM, England (AP) -- Finance officials from rich and developing
    countries pledged Saturday to do "whatever is necessary"
    to fix the global economy, including supervision of freewheeling
    hedge funds and restoring bank lending by dealing with the shaky
    securities burdening their finances....

    US
    confident Pakistan military committed to civilian rule 

    Clinton reassured the embattled Zardari about continued US support
    for his democratic government, the Pakistani presidency said.
    "Mrs Clinton also discussed the prevailing situation in
    Pakistan and said the US was keen to see a stable ...

    
AIG
    to cut future bonus payments

    
from BBC News | Latest Published Stories
    | World Edition 

    Troubled US insurance giant AIG agrees to demands from the Obama
    administration to reduce future bonus payments.
 

    
Obama:
    Current Food safety system a health 'hazard'

    
from AP Top Political News At 5:39 a.m.
    EST by By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's food safety system is a "hazard
    to public health" and overdue for an overhaul, President
    Barack Obama said Saturday as he filled the top job at the Food
    and Drug Administration....

    
Obama
    Targets Food Safety

    
from washingtonpost.com - Politics by Dan
    Eggen

    President Obama accused the Bush administration yesterday of
    creating a "hazard to public health" by failing to
    curb food contamination problems, and he announced new leadership
    and other changes aimed at modernizing food-safety laws.

    
US
    and Brazil review global economy

    
from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE) 

    The two leaders have agreed to renew efforts to revive stalled
    world trade talks.
 

    
CHINA:
    Premier's press conference makes news headlines in Taiwan

    
from China 

    Premier Wen Jiabao's press conference on Friday has drawn positive
    comments in Taiwan, making the headlines in Saturday's local
    newspapers and leading to a rise in the stock market. Mainstream
    newspapers on the island hailed Wen's remarks of "Even if
    I can no longer walk, I will crawl to Taiwan" as a big goodwill
    sign from the mainland toward improving cross-straits relations.
    The China Times, besides devoting its front page to the press
    conference, ran an op-ed piece saying that ...

    
Assets
    of foreign banks in China up 7.37% in 2008

    
from China 

    Assets of foreign banks in China rose 7.37 percent from the beginning
    of 2008 to more than 1.34 trillion yuan (about 191.4 billion
    U.S. dollars) by the end of last year, said China's central bank
    on Friday. The People's Bank of China said in a statement that
    assets of foreign banks in China accounted for 2.16 percent of
    the country's total financial assets. Foreign banks had a loan
    balance of 7.31 trillion yuan, up 5.04percent, accounting for
    2.3 percent of the total of all financial ins ...

    
AIG
    cuts top executive salaries

    
from ABC News: Breaking Stories 

    Insurance giant American International Group (AIG) has bowed
    to pressure from the Obama administration to cut salaries for
    top executives.
 

    
Obama
    picks FDA chief, starts food safety panel

    
from Reuters: Politics 

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday chose
    public health and biological threat expert Dr. Margaret Hamburg
    to run the troubled U.S. Food and Drug Administration and announced
    a Cabinet-level food safety group.

    
FOIA
    Request Report for USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service

    
This report has recently been updated for
    February 2009 and is now available. 

    Statement
    by Secretary Geithner at the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central
    Bank Governors Meeting
 

    Mobile
    Home Community Sites To Open In Galveston

    Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:10:08 -0500

    AUSTIN, Texas -- Thursday and Friday are big days for many Galvestonians
    displaced from their homes as a result of Hurricane Ike. On Thursday,
    the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the state
    of Texas will open a temporary community site for mobile homes
    in the city of Galveston. Another community site will open Friday
    in Galveston County on the Bolivar Peninsula.

    
Lebanese
    embassy to open in Syria next week

    
from Lebanon News latest RSS headlines
    - Big News Network.com 

    BEIRUT: Lebanon will open an embassy in Damascus for the first
    time next week under a 2008 agreement which followed years of
    international pressure on Syria to treat its smaller neighbour
    as a fully s

    
Kuwait
    eyes nuclear ties with France

    
from France News latest RSS headlines -
    Big News Network.com 

    PARIS: Kuwait will cooperate with France in the field of nuclear
    power, the deputy prime minister of the Gulf nation said yesterday,
    hinting it could take a stake in French nuclear group Areva.
 

    
Iraqi
    Leaders to Probe Security Breakdown

    
from Iraq News latest RSS headlines - Big
    News Network.com 

    BAGHDAD — Iraq's top leadership called Friday for a review
    of government security measures after a pair of suicide attacks
    killed about 60 people this week in the Baghdad area.

    
Obama
    Sharpens His Reminders That He Inherited Fiscal 'Mess' From Bush

    
from washingtonpost.com - Politics by Scott
    Wilson

    In his inaugural address, President Obama proclaimed "an
    end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations
    and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our
    politics." 

    Georgia
    Senate passes bill to ban creation of embryos for research

    Catholic News Agency is a daily news source with global coverage
    of the Catholic Church. Reports from the Vatican, US, Europe,
    Africa, Asia, and Central and Latin America. CNA is part of the
    ACI Group of news agencies with news ...
 

    
Kazakhstan
    President Pushes for Bulgaria Energy Cooperation

    
Diplomacy | March 13, 2009, Friday. Bulgaria
    Kazakhstan President Pushes for Bulgaria Energy Cooperation:
    Kazakhstan President Pushes for Bulgaria Energy Cooperation The
    President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has called for
    ...

    
British
    Banks Watchdog Barks Louder

    
from BusinessWeek.com -- 

    
Economic
    crisis offers chances for Chinese cars entering West Europe

    
from Business 

    Business leaders attending a logistics conference here said Friday
    that the global economic crisis might bring opportunities for
    Chinese cars to enter the Western European market. Tong Zhiyuan,
    chairman of Chinese carmaker Huatai, said that because the purchasing
    power of most European families was affected by the economic
    crisis, some European countries have encouraged the purchase
    of low-emission cars, which is "favorable" for Chinese
    automakers.
 

    
Alliance
    of new energy automotives founded in Beijing

    
from Business 

    An alliance of new-energy automotives was founded Friday in Beijing
    with the aim of promoting the research and development of the
    vehicles. Initiated by groups like the Beijing Automotive Industry
    Holding Corp, Beijing Bus Group and Beijing Institute of Technology,
    the Alliance of Beijing New Energy Automotives is a non-profit
    organization with more than 300 members. The organization is
    primarily based on the Beijing New Energy Automotive Design and
    Manufacture Base set up in Dec ...

    
Assets
    of foreign banks in China up 7.37% in 2008

    
from Business 

    Assets of foreign banks in China rose 7.37 percent from the beginning
    of 2008 to more than 1.34 trillion yuan (about 191.4 billion
    U.S. dollars) by the end of last year, said China's central bank
    on Friday. The People's Bank of China said in a statement that
    assets of foreign banks in China accounted for 2.16 percent of
    the country's total financial assets. Foreign banks had a loan
    balance of 7.31 trillion yuan, up 5.04percent, accounting for
    2.3 percent of the total of all finan ...

    
New
    York gold futures rise for third day

    
from Business 

    The gold market in New York showed fluctuations during the trade
    on Friday, but ended higher for a third straight day. Gold futures
    for April delivery rose 6.10 U.S. dollars, or 0.7 percent, to
    930.10 dollars an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
    The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday the U.S. trade deficit
    narrowed in January to the lowest level in six years, which served
    to undermine some flight to quality bulls. Gold market was also
    battling profit taking by ...
 

    
Iran
    violated arms embargo: UN committee

    
by Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada

    US Ambassador Susan Rice urged the committee to act to ensure
    that Iran complies with the arms embargo spelled out in three
    sanctions resolutions against ...

    
Japan
    Vows More Spending, Backing American Stance

    
from NYT > World by By BETTINA WASSENER
    and HIROKO TABUCHI

    Siding with the United States on the need for aggressive measures,
    Prime Minister Taro Aso promised a third round of spending to
    help its economy emerge from a recession.

    

    
VIDEO:
    Senate Banking Cmte. Hearing on Sustainable Transportation Solutions

    
from C-SPAN Recent Video 

    Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) holds a Senate Banking, Housing and
    Urban Affairs Cmte. hearing on sustainable transportation options
    to meet 21st century needs. This hearing is the first in a series
    to inform the Committee’s rewriting of the transit portion
    of the surface transportation law. Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood
    and local officials testify before the committee. 

    Length: 2 hr. 6 min.

    
Published: Thursday at 10pm (ET)
 

    
VIDEO:
    President Obama Weekly Address

    
from C-SPAN Recent Video 

    Pres. Obama used his weekly address to discuss 

    Length:

    
Published: Today at 10am (ET)

    
Obama
    Voices Optimism on the Economy

    
by New York Times - United States

    By PETER BAKER WASHINGTON — President Obama and his team
    sounded cautiously optimistic notes about the economy Friday
    as part of an accelerating campaign to ...

    
Chief
    Justice John Roberts discusses Lincoln

    
from AP Top Washington Headlines At 2:30...
    by By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS

    MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) -- Chief Justice John Roberts discussed the
    legal prowess of President Lincoln during a university lecture
    Friday and fended off an audience member who advanced the widely
    discredited theory that Barack Obama was not legally qualified
    to be president....
 

    
Gen.
    Petraeus says no Iraq-style surge in Afghanistan

    
from Iraq News latest RSS headlines - Big
    News Network.com 

    U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, Commander of American forces in
    Iraq, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on
    Capitol Hill April 9, 2008 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla,
    Getty Image...

    
S.
    Korea restructuring fund to be worth up to US$27 bil.

    
from South Korea News latest RSS headlines
    - Big News Network.com 

    SEOUL -- South Korea's government said Friday it would set up
    a fund worth up to 40 trillion won (US$27 billion) to buy bad
    loans from financial firms and purchase assets from ailing companies.

    
New
    Mexico legislature repeals death penalty

    
from Mexico News latest RSS headlines -
    Big News Network.com 

    LOS ANGELES, California, United States -- The New Mexico Senate
    late Friday voted to abolish capital punishment, a measure already
    approved by the lower House that Governor Bill Richardson must
    sign b...
 

    
New
    Mexico lawmakers vote to repeal death penalty

    
from Mexico News latest RSS headlines -
    Big News Network.com 

    New Mexico state lawmakers voted on Friday to repeal the death
    penalty and replace it with a sentence of life imprisonment without
    parole.

    Panama's
    Attorney General Opens Formal Investigation in Murcia Political
    Contributions Case

    
UK:
    Warning over mobile phone scam

    
from BBC News | UK | World Edition 

    A mobile phone insurance scam affecting hundreds of people across
    the UK is probed by Trading Standards.
 

    NASA
    Sets Saturday Briefing For Discovery's STS-119 Mission

    Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:00:00 -0500

    NASA managers will hold a prelaunch news conference no earlier
    than 3 p.m. EDT on Saturday, March 14.

    CSMS#
    09-000126 - Projected Date for Mandatory Batch & Block Control
    Changes 

    Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:08:50 -0500

    Federal
    Policy [Stem Cell Information]
 

    
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