US and UK diplomats warn of terrorists getting hold of fissile material and of Pakistan-India nuclear exchange American and British diplomats fear Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme could lead to fissile material falling into the hands of terrorists or a devastating nuclear exchange with India. The latest cache of US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks contains [...]
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Revealed: US and UK fears over security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons
November 30th, 2010 
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November 30th, 2010 davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The United States on Tuesday expressed disappointment over the legislative election process in Egypt as reports of irregularities emerged in the absence of international monitoring. Commenting on “the conduct during and leading up to Egypt’s Nov. 28 legislative elections,” National Security Council spokesman [...]
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November 28th, 2010 davidguide Republican gains, Democratic leadership shake-ups and a conservative fiscal mandate from voters will shape the way Washington’s new-look Legislature deals with its most significant budget deficit yet. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Lending News Tags: budget, budget deficit, control, deficit, democratic leadership, Dems, Gains, Leadership, Legislature, Makes, mandate, republican gains, Still, ups, Washington, way Comments OffU.S. Refuses WikiLeaks Request For Information About Threatened Individuals
November 28th, 2010 davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The United States on Saturday responded with counter proposals to a letter from WikiLeaks requesting information about the persons mentioned in the thousands of documents set for release by the website. Citing WikiLeaks’ request for information regarding individuals who may be at “significant [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: About, Britain, DC, department, der speigel, Germany, government, government material, grave consequences, Harold Koh, Individuals, information, Iraq, legal adviser, Lending, Louis B. Susman, P.J. Crowley, Refuses, Release, request, state, state department cables, state department spokesman, Threatened, U.S., United States, Washington, WikiLeaks Comments OffU.S. Adds Islamic Charity To Terror Black List Over Its Links To LeT
November 26th, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States has added Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, an Islamic charity group, which was the key aid provider to hundreds and thousands of flood-displaced people this year, to its terrorist black list over its al-Qaeda links. There were speculations that the notorious Jihadi group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: Abdullah, Adds, Adil, aid provider, alam khan, Benjamin, black, Charity, charity group, D.C., Daniel Benjamin, financial sanctions, group, Insaniyat, Islamic, islamic charities, islamic charity, Lending, LeT, Links, list, Mohammad, Mumbai, over, Pakistan, Terror, U.S., United States, Washington, welfare organization, year Comments OffContracts Between Postal Service, Unions Expire Without Agreement
November 22nd, 2010 davidguide Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Negotiations between the U.S. Postal Service and two unions failed over the weekend when contracts expired. Postal workers are not allowed by Congress to strike, but the development is the latest setback for the beleaguered agency. Talks with the National Rural Letter Carriers [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: Agency, agreement, american postal workers union, APWU, Between, budget gap, Cliff Guffey, Contracts, DC, Expire, Lending, mail volume, national rural letter carriers, Postal, postal workers union, rural letter carriers association, service, u s postal service, U.S. Postal, Union, Unions, United States, Washington, Without, year Comments OffRepublican Leader Seeks Changes with Criticisms of Obama
November 20th, 2010 davidguide Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The House of Representatives’ former Republican Conference chairman criticized President Barack Obama Friday in a speech that implied he had become arrogant in using his power. “You must always be wary of a president who seems to float upon his greatness,” said Rep. [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: Alaska, alaska governor sarah palin, Arkansas, arkansas governor mike huckabee, Barbara Walters, Changes, Criticisms, D.C., Des Moines, former arkansas governor mike huckabee, Friday, governor, governor mike huckabee, governor mitt romney, governor sarah palin, house, Ind., Indiana, Iowa, Joe, Leader, Lending, Massachusetts, Mike Huckabee, Obama, President, President Obama, Rep. Mike Pence, Republican, republican conference chairman, Romney, Sarah Palin, Seeks, United States, Vice President Joe Biden, Washington, week Comments OffCongress Fails To Pass Jobless Benefits Extension
November 19th, 2010 davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Legislation to extend benefits for jobless Americans for an additional 90 days failed to pass the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday. Approximately 4 million unemployed workers will lose their unemployment compensation checks after Nov. 30. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) blamed Republicans [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: Benefits, compensation checks, Congress, D.C., Extension, Fails, house speaker nancy pelosi, jobless, jobless americans, Lending, Linda, linda young, nancy pelosi, News, Pass, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House, Unemployment, unemployment compensation, United States, Washington, writer, Young Comments OffUSDA Designates Counties in TN as Disaster Areas
November 18th, 2010 davidguide The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 12 counties in Tennessee as natural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought and excessive heat that began June 1, 2010, and continues. The counties are: Benton, Carroll, McMinn, Roane, Bledsoe, Greene, Meigs, Warren, Blount, Loudon, Monroe, Weakley “President Obama and I understand these conditions caused severe [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: Agriculture, Anderson, Areas, assistance, Bradley, corn soybeans, Counties, Decatur, Designates, Disaster, farmers and ranchers, forage crops, FSA, Graham, Hamilton, Henderson, Henry, henry polk, Houston, Kalb, Kentucky, Loudon, Madison, Monroe, natural disaster assistance, North Carolina, Perry, President Obama, production losses, Program, Rhea Farmers, Stewart, Tennessee, Tom Vilsack, U.S. Department, USDA, Van Buren, vegetable crops, Warren, Washington Comments OffSuu Kyi Still Seeks “Peaceful Resolution” To Reform In Burma
November 16th, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Yangon, Myanmar (AHN) – Just two days after the military rulers released pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest after 15 years, the Nobel peace prize winner said that she is seeking peaceful revolution in Myanmar. In an interview with BBC at the National League for Democracy’s headquarters, she expressed [...]
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