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Ecuador pushing ahead with reforms to lure mining investors
Reuters* Andean country rich in minerals, but has no big mines * Government-controlled Congress likely to approve reforms QUITO, May 16 (Reuters) - Ecuador's government on Thursday presented a mining bill to Congress that should pave the way for the signing of...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Mining, Judges, Metal and Mineral
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Nobel laureate Coetzee calls on Spain to drop pro-bullfighting legislation
LONDON (AP) — Nobel Literature laureate J.M. Coetzee has called on Spain to abandon plans to protect bullfighting, making a rare public appeal against what he called "an archaic form of entertainment." In an open letter to Spain's legislature...Tags: Politics, Government, Sports, Bullfighting
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Illinois income tax collections rise 33% in April
ReutersIllinois income tax collections jumped 33 percent, to $3.14 billion, last month, according to a legislative commission report. The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability warned that Illinois' jobless rate, which at 9.5 percent in March...Tags: Politics, Finance, Illinois Governor, Economy, Business and Finance, Jerry Brown
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Turkey seeks seat at U.S.-EU trade table, fears marginalization
Reuters* Ankara fears being sidelined by U.S.-EU trade deal * Obama, Erdogan launch initiative to deepen trade * Turkey-U.S. trade doubled to $20 billion in past decade By Nick Tattersall WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Turkey is pushing for involvement in...Tags: Politics, International Organizations, Barack Obama, Turkey, Washington, DC
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LETTER: Thanks For Supporting Housing Funds
We at the Publicly Assisted Housing Resident Network and the Connecticut Housing Coalition thank state Sen. Toni Harp and Rep. Toni Walker for their work in restoring payment in lieu of taxes and tax abatement grant funding for public housing to the...Tags: Public Housing, Politics, Finance, Regional Authority, Economy, Business and Finance
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WRAPUP 3-Obama picks temporary IRS head as Tea Party decries scandal
Reuters* Conservative Tea Party groups rally on Capitol Hill * Ousted IRS chief to testify before House panel on Friday * Republican McConnell alleges 'government intimidation' (Adds details, background) By Jeff Mason and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON, May...Tags: John Cornyn, Tea Party Movement, Max Baucus, Barack Obama, Washington, DC
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Turkey seeks seat at U.S.-EU trade table
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkey is pushing for involvement in a proposed free trade pact between the United States and Europe which it fears could leave it sidelined and hamper its ambitions to become a top 10 economy over the next decade. Trade was high...Tags: Politics, International Organizations, Barack Obama, Turkey, Washington, DC
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Japan March machinery orders jump, boding well for capex
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese core machinery orders jumped a bigger-than-expected 14.2 percent in March, the quickest monthly pace in eight years, in a sign a weaker yen and surging stock prices are making companies more confident about investing in...Tags: Politics, Prices, Inflation and Deflation, Weather Reports, Weather
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Obama says U.S. won't act alone on Syria
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday ruled out unilateral U.S. military action in Syria even if proof emerges that Syrian forces have used lethal chemical weapons. "This is … an international problem," Obama said at a White House news...
Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Politics, Barack Obama
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Justice Department subpoena of AP records revives interest in shield law for journalists
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The controversy over the government's secret subpoena of Associated Press telephone records has revived legislation that protect journalists from having to reveal their sources to federal investigators — and the White House...Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Department of Justice, Chuck Schumer, Barack Obama
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China gives environmental approval to country's biggest hydro dam
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - China's environment ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of what will become the country's tallest hydroelectric dam despite acknowledging it will have an impact on plants and rare fish. The dam, with a height of 314...Tags: Renewable Energy, Politics, Hydroelectricity, Central Asia, Government
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Two 'known or suspected' terrorists vanished from witness program
WASHINGTON — Two "known or suspected" terrorists who cooperated with the government and were placed in the Witness Security Program later were able to board airplanes and quietly vanish, the Justice Department's inspector general concluded in a...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prosecution
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