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N Korea taken off US terror list. Setbacks have plagued negotiations on the North's nuclear activities Washington is to remove North Korea from its list of countries sponsoring terrorism, US officials have confirmed. US officials made the announcement after reaching an agreement with. India, Pakistan Sign With U.S. Lobby Shops. B arbour Griffith & Rogers and officials in the government of India didn't want to talk fees for their new lobbying contract last week. Well, we could wait a bit. N Korea hails terror list removal. Yongbyon nuclear plant was disabled but moves began to reassemble it North Korea has welcomed a US decision to remove it from a list of state sponsors of terrorism. A foreign ministry spokesman said the North would now resume disabling its nuclear. The Telephone Game. CompTel/ALTS, the new industry association of competitors to the local phone companies, has snared a politically well-connected Republican as its new chief executive to help in its fight against the not-so-Baby Bells and further consolidation. UK banks 'to ask for up to 50bn'. Treasury officials are negotiating terms of the recapitalisation with the banks Four of Britain's biggest banks will ask for up to 50bn of taxpayers' money as capital to boost their balance sheets, the BBC has learned. Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS,. Christians flee Iraqi city after killings, threats. At least 900 Christian families have fled Mosul in the past week, terrified by a series of killings and threats by Muslim extremists ordering them to convert to Islam or face possible death, officials said Saturday. The attacks may have been prompted by. Under Bush, the Revolving Door Gains Speed. A coalition of do-gooder groups has issued a report listing a startling number of folks who have spun through the revolving door, making stops in industry, the administration and Congress. It all contributes to a cynicism about government -- who is making policy and why, and who is making money off public service. Gas prices fall 6 cents in a day. Gasoline prices fell nearly 6 cents a gallon, coming within 30 cents of $3, according to a daily survey of credit card swipes. The decline comes as oil prices get roiled by anxiety over weakening demand and as the end of the economic crisis appears to. Obama courts Philadelphia's working class. in a middle-class black neighborhood, the first of four campaign stops in the city today. Voter turnout here could be key to winning the battleground state. PHILADELPHIA -- Barack Obama barnstormed the city of Brotherly Love this morning, telling. Markets rally after crisis talks. Asian markets rose after a weekend of crisis talks by world leaders Asian markets have reacted positively to efforts by world leaders to end the recent financial turmoil. Sydney's benchmark index leapt 5.6% in early trading, and South Korea's markets. Economic Lessons From Japan's Dark Age. The sky over Tokyo seemed to fall in September of 1990, when the Nikkei stock index dove almost 20 percent in one month. Real estate prices would plummet and the financial sector would crack, trapping Japan in a 'lost decade' of economic growth. Is the. From Counselor to Consultant. It was almost inevitable. John D. Ashcroft, the former conservative hard- line attorney general, Republican senator from Missouri and scourge of the liberal- and privacy-minded, is headed for the lobby biz. Too Early to Google. The blogosphere was agog and aghast in recent weeks about news that Dan Senor, former top spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and senior adviser to then-presidential envoy L. Paul Bremer, was joining Google. Hard copy reports that Senor was the new vice president for global communications were confirmed by a Google spokesman. Hurricane Norbert lashes Mexico's Baja peninsula. PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico ? Scores of people fled flooded homes Saturday as Hurricane Norbert lashed Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula with torrential rains and screaming winds. HURRICANE NORBERT: Predicted path Norbert, with winds of up to 105. New Lobbying Crew on the Menu. Signatures, the pricey restaurant where much-investigated Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff wined and dined politicians and their aides, has been sold -- to other lobbyists. Treasury¿½s Rescue Plan Hits Technical Snag. Banking regulators are scrambling to resolve accounting roadblocks that would hold up the government¿½s plan to revive financial markets. Mbeki seeks to save Zimbabwe deal. The two sides differ over cabinet positions Former South African President Thabo Mbeki is due in Harare for further mediation aimed at breaking the political impasse in Zimbabwe. The government and the opposition MDC remain deadlocked over a decision by. Auto Alliance Chief Drops 'Acting' From Title. Looking for a high-profile name for CEO, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers was rebuffed a couple of years ago by then-Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson, who was persuaded to stay in the Bush administration until the end of the first term. So, the group appointed retired trade association executive Frederick L. Webber as the acting chief executive in January 2004 and kept looking. Frist Aide Leaving for 9-to-5 Life. B ill Wichterman, an aide to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist who has been one of the key Senate staffers involved in the fight over judicial nominations, is leaving for the slightly less contentious -- and better paid -- world of lobbyists. Mugabe 'gives Zanu-PF key posts'. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has begun allocating key ministries to his own party in defiance of a power-sharing deal, reports say. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change said it was a contemptuous move which it would not accept. The. |
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