Washington: Sounding a fresh warning to Pakistan, a key Senate panel has voted to slash American assistance to Islamabad by more than half, approving only USD 1 billion in aid for fiscal 2013 and warned of further cuts unless it reopens NATO supply routes to Afghanistan. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, which passes the budget for the State Department, yesterday approved only USD 1 billion in assistance to...
01:15 PM, May 23, 2012
Canberra: A seat in Australia's Parliament for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would do nothing to protect him from his legal battles in Britain and Sweden, or any potential legal fight over leaked US diplomatic cables, an expert on Parliament said on Tuesday. Assange wants to run for the Upper House Senate in Australia, and told the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper on Tuesday that he would use the protection of Parliament...
01:50 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Sydney: The founder and leader of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, plans to run for a seat in Australia's Upper House of Parliament, the anti-secrecy group announced on Twitter on Saturday. The comments could not be immediately confirmed. Australian-born Assange, 40, is currently under house arrest in Britain and fighting extradition to Sweden for questioning over alleged sex crimes. "We have discovered that it is possible for Julian Assange to run for...
05:23 PM, Mar 17, 2012
Washington: The United States Senate has passed a bill that would ban lawmakers from trading stocks based on the information they acquire while performing their Congressional duties. The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act now requires to be passed by the House of Representatives before it is signed into law by President Barack Obama, who was quick to welcome the Senate passage of the bill. "No one should be...
09:49 AM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Pakistan Senate on Monday unanimously passed a resolution demanding the arrest of the former President Pervez Musharraf on his return to the country. The Senate is also demanding that a case to be registered against Musharraf under article 6 of the Pakistani constitution. This even as reports emerged that Musharraf met ISI chief Lt General Shuja Pasha in Dubai. Pasha is reported to have advised Musharraf not...
06:19 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistan Senate on Monday adopted a resolution to arrest former president Pervez Musharraf. The Senate unanimously adopted the resolution demanding Musharraf's arrest on his arrival to Pakistan and registration of a case under Article 6 of the Constitution. Earlier, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik had assured the Senate or upper house of Parliament that Musharraf would be arrested under the law of the land whenever he arrives in...
11:58 PM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: India on Thursday expressed concern over the proposed US Call Centre Bill but said that it is premature to assess the impact of the decision on the domestic IT industry. A bipartisan bill has been tabled in the US House of Representatives to make companies that move call centres overseas ineligible for grants or guaranteed loans from the federal government, a move aimed at stemming the tide of...
03:35 PM, Dec 22, 2011
Chicago: The Rod Blagojevich who once challenged a prosecutor to face him like a man, the glad-handing politician who took to celebrity TV shows to profess his innocence, was nowhere to be found on Wednesday as he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption. Frowning and pulling nervously at his tie, the disgraced former governor seemed like another person as he stepped up to address the sentencing judge....
10:39 AM, Dec 08, 2011
Rome: Italy's Senate was set to vote on Friday for austerity measures demanded by the European Union to avert a euro zone meltdown and a new emergency government is expected within days, ending the Berlusconi era. The upper house is due to begin debating at 0930 GMT on the package with the result due later in the day and the law is seen passing easily, having been approved by the...
07:16 AM, Nov 11, 2011
Washington: Recognising the religious and historical significance of Diwali, the US Senate has passed a resolution greeting Hindus, Sikhs and Jains in the US and across the globe on the festival. Noting that Diwali is a festival of great significance to Indian Americans and South Asian Americans, the Senate in its resolution lauded the universal message of compassion it offers to the world. The Senate recognises the religious and historical...
10:30 PM, Oct 25, 2011
Washington: The Senate defeated President Barack Obama's job-creation package on Tuesday in a sign that Washington is likely too paralyzed to take major steps to spur hiring before the 2012 elections. The $ 447 billion package of tax cuts and new spending failed by a vote of 50 to 48, short of the 60 votes it needed to advance in the 100-member Senate. Voting was expected to continue for several...
08:00 AM, Oct 12, 2011
Islamabad: Asif Ali Zardari appears set to secure another term as Pakistan's President even if his ruling PPP fails to win a majority in Parliament in the next general election in 2013, a media report said on Monday. However, Zardari has to ensure that elections for half the seats in the 100-member Senate, or upper house of Parliament, take place according to schedule in March next year, a close aide...
03:04 PM, Sep 26, 2011
Washington: US officials said there was mounting evidence that Pakistan's powerful intelligence agency had encouraged a guerrilla network to attack US targets, while a Senate committee voted to make aid to Islamabad conditional on fighting the militants. The decision by the Senate Appropriations Committee, which did not specify any amount of aid for Pakistan in fiscal 2012, reflects growing anger in Washington over militants operating out of Pakistan and battling...
01:11 PM, Sep 22, 2011
Washington: Google's Eric Schmidt, the online search giant's point man for all things Washington, goes before a US Senate panel this week to argue the company is not a rival-abusing bully, but in fact is struggling to stay on top. Google Inc controls more than two-thirds of the global search market. But Web technologies such as social networking and smartphone applications offer new ways for people to find information -...
08:05 AM, Sep 19, 2011
Washington: The United States stepped back from the brink of default on Tuesday but congressional approval of a last-ditch deficit-cutting plan failed to dispel fears of a credit downgrade and future tax and spending feuds. President Barack Obama and lawmakers from across the political divide expressed relief over the hard-won compromise to raise the country's borrowing authority after weeks of rancorous partisan battles. Nevertheless, US stocks tumbled, turning negative for...
07:07 AM, Aug 03, 2011
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