Syrian rebels give government a deadline
More deaths, more denial in Syria NEW: Ultimatum lists a series of demands in a peace plan implemented last month Free Syrian Army does not state what will happen if ...
U.S. envoy Syria: This is ‘a conflict of a different character’
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice stated it’s unlikely the Syrian government “immediately wakes up and stops the killing” and follows the Kofi Annan-led U.N. peace negotiation. Calling ...
Report: Obamacare’s High-Risk Pool Spending Doubles Government Estimates
One of the most significant consequences of America’s inefficient system of employer-sponsored health insurance is that it makes life difficult if you fall ill and lose your job, or if ...
Report: UK security wants all phone, on-line records
Data on all phone calls, text messages, email traffic and on-line visits would be stored for a year in vast databases under a new anti-terrorism plan in Britain, The Telegraph ...
Can Greenway Medical Keep Up The Momentum After Its IPO?
Greenway Medical Technologies, a seller of electronic health records, got off to a bumpy begin when its bankers re-priced last minute its IPO downward to $10 a share from an ...
SIERRA LEONE: Government Online Mining Database to Increase Transparency
FREETOWN, Jan 31, 2012 (IPS) – The launch of Sierra Leones first on-line mining database in West Africa comes with a promise to increase transparency and accountability in the countrys ...
Japan’s PM reshuffles Cabinet to win tax support
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda replaced five members of his Cabinet on Friday in a bid to win more cooperation from the opposition to raise the sales tax ...
Jamaica opposition scores landslide win at polls
KINGSTON — Jamaica’s main opposition party rode a wave of discontent with a bad economy to a large win at the polls on Thursday, in elections that swept former Prime ...
ARGENTINA: Anti-Terrorism Law Upsets Harmony Between Government and Activists
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 22, 2011 (IPS) – Human rights groups and legal experts are concerned that a law passed by the Argentine Congress in the early hours of Thursday morning ...
Chinese media state 15 killed in school bus crash
BEIJING — Chinese state media state a school bus belonging to a primary school has overturned, killing at least 15 students, despite a recent government pledge to improve school safety ...
