Senate plays politics in shaken Washington
August 24th, 2011 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) In the midst of an earthquake that shook Washington, the US Senate met briefly in a basement near Union Station to prevent President Barack Obama from ... Read more...
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Dianne Feinstein’s ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ gets Obama’s nod
July 21st, 2011 - 1:19 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, July 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein got a major boost in the arm when her sponsored bill got the nod from the US President Barack Obama. It ... Read more...
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Pakistan ‘involved or incompetent’, says furious US (Roundup)
May 4th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington/New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Two days after Osama bin Laden's dramatic killing, the US Wednesday described its ties with Islamabad as "complicated" with the CIA chief saying that Pakistan ... Read more...
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Pakistan either incompetent or involved: CIA chief
May 4th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 4 (IANS) CIA Director Leon Panetta has told US lawmakers that Washington is trying to get to the bottom of Pakistan's "troubling" role in its professed ignorance about ... Read more...
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Freed 7/7 bombers’ helper supported killings of Americans
March 10th, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.10 (ANI): Pakistani origin American terrorist Mohammed Junaid Babar expressed his support for violence against the United States in "occupied" Muslim countries at the time of his early release in ... Read more...
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Earmark ban puts local projects on hold
February 8th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Dallas, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) When Congress last week banned earmark, many citizens didn’t figure out what impact it will have on their daily lives.Most politicians and members of the public were ... Read more...
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New York Senator, Charles Schumer, Voices The Need To Ban The Drugs Vended Discreetly As ‘Bath Salts’
January 31st, 2011 - 10:18 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
January 31, 2011 (Pen Men at Work): The Democratic American Senator from New York, Charles Schumer, desires that the federal administration forbid the vending of the fresh designer drugs, referred to as ... Read more...
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Kennedy likens Palin’s crosshair images to Arizona shootings
January 12th, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): Slamming potential 2012 presidential candidate Sarah Palin over her Facebook comments she made last year, Patrick Kennedy, the recently retired Rhode Island congressman and the son of ... Read more...
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Washington State Election Results Show A Tight Race Between Patty Murray And Dino Rossi
November 4th, 2010 - 3:16 am ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Washington State election results indicate that the Democrats and Republicans are tied neck to neck in the battle for power. With poll results showing that ... Read more...
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Barbara Boxer Edges Ahead Of Carly Fiorina In California Senate Race
November 3rd, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Nov 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Barbara Boxer - the Democratic Senator of California managed to defeat her GOP rival Carly Fiorina in the senate race after some suspense filled hours and ... Read more...
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Senior Aide for Senator Barbara Boxer Arrested on Possession of Pot; Resigns
September 10th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Marcus Stanley, who was a senior aide to the Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer in California, was arrested on Tuesday after he tried to enter the Hart ... Read more...
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Police Personnel Allege That An Assistant Of Senator Barbara Boxer Owned Marijuana
September 9th, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, September 9, 2010 (Just Flashed): An assistant of the prominent Democratic Senator of California, Barbara Boxer, has been detained on the accusation that he carried marijuana into her senatorial workplace in ... Read more...
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First Senate Debate Between Senator Barbara Boxer And Carly Fiorina Cover Wide Range Of Issues
September 2nd, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Sep 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The first Senate debate on Wednesday between Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer and Republican opponent Carly Fiorina turned out to be an interesting one with each addressing ... Read more...
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Female, Who Chucked Apple Pie On The American Senator, Carl Levin, Is Scheduled To Appear In Court
August 18th, 2010 - 12:57 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, August 17, 2010 (Just Flashed): A 22-year-old female named Ahlam M. Mohsen has been the recipient of the accusation of punching the influential American Senator named Carl Levin in the face ... Read more...
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Indian IT industry to oppose US bill on visa fee hike
August 13th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 13 (IANS) The Indian IT industry will soon take up with the US Administration and the Congress the impact of the imminent hike in visa fee on its on-site engineers ... Read more...
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Jim Webb, the Virginian Senator, Emphasizes That Diversity Programs Must Be Terminated
July 24th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, July 24, 2010 (Just Flashed): Jim Webb happens to be the Democratic Senator of Virginia. He has demanded that the state-run diversity programs must conclude. He has uttered that these programs ... Read more...
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Senator seeks report on Pakistan’s efforts to curb terror groups
July 20th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, July 20 (IANS) A US senator has demanded a Congressionally-mandated report from the government on the effectiveness of $13 billion aid to Pakistan and Islamabad's efforts to cease support ... Read more...
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BP faces Lockerbie accusations amid delays over oil cap tests
July 15th, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged to look into demands from a group of senators for an investigation into charges that BP lobbied for the release ... Read more...
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Robert Kennedy Jr. ‘files for divorce from wife of 16 years’
July 14th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, July 14 (ANI): Robert Kennedy Jr. has reportedly filed for divorce from his wife of 16 years.A New York newspaper is reporting that the son of former Democratic senator Robert F. ... Read more...
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Sikh diaspora meets US Vice President Biden
July 13th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
Amritsar, July 13 (ANI): A high level delegation of American Sikh leaders has appealed to US Vice President Joe Biden to take up Sikh related issues with other countries.Since the 9/11 ... Read more...
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India has legitimate interest in Afghanistan: Petraeus
June 30th, 2010 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 30 (IANS) Gen. David Petraeus, set to be the top commander in Afghanistan, has said that the US would work with both Pakistan and India, as New ... Read more...
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Longest serving US Senator Byrd dies at 92
June 29th, 2010 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 28 (DPA) Senator Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of US Congress ever, died early Monday at the age of 92 after an illness, his office said.
Byrd, who represented West Virginia ... Read more...
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Memos reveal that Bill Clinton’s aide Elena Kagan backed partial abortion ban
May 14th, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, May 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A memo unearthed by The Associated Press that was sent to the former President Bill Clinton from Elena Kagan, who was then the White ... Read more...
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Some American Lawmakers Suggest ‘Fix’ To The Supreme Court Judgment On Political Ads
April 30th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 30, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): An American Supreme Court decree, notably impaled by President Barack Obama at his State of the Union address, may be journeying towards the legislative operating ... Read more...
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US, international media raises concern over Pak’s frenetically growing nuclear arsenal
April 13th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.13 (ANI): While Pakistan has been trying hard to allay the international community's fears over its nukes falling into extremist hands during the ongoing two-day nuclear security summit here, the ... Read more...
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Democrat Senator Arlen Specter Wishes That Justice Stevens Doesn’t Resign This Year
April 5th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 5, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): One of the foremost and influential Democratic senators has expressed his desire that the Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens does not decide to give ... Read more...
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52 percent Americans say Obama doesn’t deserve re-election: CNN poll
February 17th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 17 (IANS) A year after President Barack Obama's landslide victory, more than half of Americans say he doesn't deserve re-election in 2012, according to a new poll.
Only 44 ... Read more...
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Bayh not seeking re-election can hamper Democrat’s prospects in US Senate
February 16th, 2010 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): Democratic Senator Evan Bayh's decision to not seek a third term in November could hamper party's prospect of retaining control of the Senate.Bayh cited the lack of ... Read more...
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US lawmakers offer stimulus deal amid jobs pessimism
February 12th, 2010 - 2:20 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 12 (DPA) US lawmakers presented a likely deal Thursday on a bipartisan package for reviving job growth after the White House said it expects the US unemployment rate to ... Read more...
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US to pressure China, other countries to open markets: Obama
February 4th, 2010 - 3:12 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 4 (DPA) US President Barack Obama Wednesday said he favoured free "reciprocal" trade and would put pressure on China and other countries to open its domestic markets to competition.
"The ... Read more...
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Democrat Obama and Republican Brown are cousins!
January 30th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan. 30 (ANI): As if losing his US Senate super majority to a Republican was not bad enough, American genealogists have prepared another shocker for President Barack Obama: that Scott ... Read more...
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Obama acknowledges public anger in wake of Massachusetts defeat
January 21st, 2010 - 5:12 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 21 (DPA) President Barack Obama acknowledged Wednesday that the US public remained "angry" and "frustrated" with the state of the country, one year after his historic inauguration and one ... Read more...
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Obama to deliver State of Union address Jan 27
January 19th, 2010 - 6:53 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 19 (DPA) US President Barack Obama plans to deliver the annual State of the Union address next week, when he will review the condition of the country and map ... Read more...
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Obama poised for major victory on healthcare reforms
December 24th, 2009 - 10:33 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) President Barack Obama stands at the cusp of a major victory with the Senate poised to adopt a $871 billion health care reform package, a ... Read more...
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Diddy wants to be adopted by Obama!
December 18th, 2009 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 17 (IANS) Music mogul Puff Diddy wants to be adopted by US President Barack Obama.
The 40-year-old rapper thinks America's first black president is a great father and ... Read more...
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