Citigroup Bailout May Assist More Homeowners

The government's multibillion-dollar bailout of Citigroup Inc. requires the giant financial services company to lower loan rates for struggling homebuyers who are behind on their mortgage payments. This rescue...

South Korea guarantees foreign loans

South Korea will guarantee foreign loans to help stabilise financial markets.The government is expecting about $100 billion to be borrowed in the deal.Another $750 million will be released into the Industrial Bank...

Canada's Human Rights Commission: A National Disgrace

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly an embarrassment on the World stage when Canada's Human Rights Commission is seen as a "Farcical Disgrace", The Commission is comprised of hand picked poltical...

Northern Rock Rescue £57Bn or £1,800 each

More pain on the way for the British tax payer with this latest announcement. Why didn't Gordon Brown listen? "The Northern Rock crisis is threatening to cost every taxpayer up to £1,800, as it emerged Gordon Brown was warned a year ago that "urgent action" was needed to...

Putin Chooses Medvedev as Successor

Well this isn't a big surprise, looks like it'll be more of the same from Russia for the next few years."President Vladimir Putin today ended months of speculation over who will succeed him next year by naming...

Indigenous Rights Violated in Mexico, says report

The individual guarantees of mexico's indigenous people are violated every day, according to a report from the country's federal human rights commission.Areas such as health, education, social and economic rights and housing are hugely vunerable for the country's indigenous...

GOP Hopes to Hold on to Florida's Cubans

Florida is getting more of a mix in the Latino vote. Cubans in Florida still hold most of the political power but  Mexicans and South Americans are growing in numbers."MIAMI (AP) -- For nearly a decade,...

Spam King arrested in Seattle: Does It Matter?

America's number-one spammer has been busted, facing nearly a million dollars' worth of fines and sized assets along with a five-year prison term if convicted. This guy isn't necessarily the author of all those...

USOC in Chicago for 2016 Olympic Strategy Meetings

UPDATE:"Less than a month after the United States Olympic Committee picked Chicago as its 2016 Summer Olympic bid city, the two groups begin this week to coordinate the working relationship that will be in place...

CzechRep wants guarantees, investment from USA for base

"Prague, April 4 (CTK) - The Czech government wants the USA to increase its security guarantees and investments in the Czech Republic, cooperate in the Czech army modernisation and exchange information on international terrorism for the consent with a U.S. radar defence base...

France signs extradition treaty with China despite death penalty record

"France has signed an extradition treaty with China despite concerns expressed by human rights groups over Beijing's use of the death penalty.  France's justice minister said a suspect would be extradited in cases punishable by death only if China guaranteed they would...

For sale - world's smallest country

"A FORMER World War II fort in the North Sea, which was settled 40 years ago and declared a state with its own self-proclaimed royal family, is up for sale. The tiny Principality of Sealand, which began life as Roughs Tower in 1941, is a 550 sq m steel platform perched on two...

Palestinian prime minister: No Western guarantees new government ... - Intern...

" E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Add to Clippings Text Size BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip: Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas acknowledged Sunday that despite progress in talks to form a new Palestinian...

Allen concedes, Bush administration squirms

"Republican Sen. George Allen conceded defeat to Democratic challenger Jim Webb in Virginia's Senate race today, an announcement that guarantees Democrats will control both the Senate and the House in the 110th...

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