Two U.S. lawmakers are urging Congress and the Obama administration tostrongly condemn China's crackdown on Uighur Muslims in thenorthwestern region of Xinjiang, where violence in the city of Urumqileft more than 150 people dead. A Uighur activist responded again to ...Read More
(Changes byline, updates with latest toll) * Blast shook the surrounding area, damaged buildings * Chinese mines the deadliest in the world HARBIN, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A gas explosion killed 42 miners in a Chinese mine on Saturday and 66 remain trapped ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Roland Burris was reprimanded Friday by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics for his "inconsistent, incomplete and misleading" testimony before Springfield lawmakers about his appointment by then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich to the seat once held by President Obama.
The ...Read More
Arizona legislators are still struggling to conclude their special session on the state's budget troubles but already are working on ideas for another one that could be held in December to do more to close the $2 billion shortfall. More spending ...Read More
Thursday's shouting match between Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and lawmakers on the Joint Economic Committee raised eyebrows but Mr. Geithner isn't the first Treasury Secretary to find himself publicly sparring with a Senator. In 2002, then-Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill got into ...Read More
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York's stable credit rating could be hurt if the Legislature fails to heed Gov. David Paterson's calls to cut spending and eliminate a $3.2 billion deficit, Moody's Investors Service said Friday. The warning by the credit-analysis firm ...Read More
ALBANY, N.Y.—New York lawmakers headed home Thursday without agreement on how to address the state's fiscal crisis. The Legislature was in session all week -- at a cost of about $70,000 a day -- but couldn't agree on how to close ...Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C.—South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Harrison told The Associated Press he is appointing ...Read More
LONDON - FIFA rejected Ireland’s request to replay its World Cup qualifier against France on Friday, while Thierry Henry said a rematch would be “the fairest solution” to resolve the furor over his extra-time hand ball that set up the ...Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Harrison told The Associated Press on Friday that he will gather a seven-member ...Read More
Representatives from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia are scheduled to meet today in Brussels to discuss future steps to dissuade Iran from developing the capacity to build nuclear weapons. Our message to the world leaders: If ...Read More
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - As Nebraska lawmakers slash government-agency budgets, which could reduce services and lead to layoffs this year and next, they may be sparing their own arm of government similar consequences. Tucked inside a large package of budget cuts ...Read More
BEIJING — Sometime into his long detention by China's feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to show U.S. consular officials on their monthly visit. He rolled up his sleeve, revealing the burns where his interrogators pressed ...Read More
(Update with context, more remarks from Shelby in last three paragraphs) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee sharply criticized Senate legislation to rewrite financial-industry rules, saying lawmakers had failed to do the legwork needed to consider such ...Read More
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The Organization for EconomicCooperation and Development doubled its growth forecast for theleading developed economies next year and predicted a furtheracceleration in 2011 as China powers a global recovery.
The economy of the group’s 30 member countries will ...Read More
* Hong Kong shares end lower for third session * Chinese stocks at three-month high as energy counters rise * Debutants Tontine and Longfort post sharp gains (Updates to close) By Jun Ebias and Claire Zhang HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Nov 19 ...Read More
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- It was a happy accident that BarackObama found himself in Beijing on the day the U.S. Senate kickedclimate change legislation into the spring. Obama needs ChinesePresident Hu Jintao’s help to break the U.S. stalemate overglobal warming. ...Read More
HONG KONG, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Shares of Chinese property firmLongfor Properties Co (0960.HK) were indicated 1.8 percent higherahead of their $912 million Hong Kong trading debut on Thursday. The property developer saw its opening price set at HK$7.20,compared with a ...Read More
Listening to President Obama and his Chinese counterpart this week, it was hard to tell who was Hu. One is the leader of a great democracy. The other is the head of a repressive regime. But as the two men faced ...Read More
* Two senior House Democrats want GAO report 'expedited' * GAO may monitor drug prices for Congress going forward * Senate Democrat also seeks HHS probe (Adds Senate request, background) WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats areseeking government investigations into recent price ...Read More
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve regional bankpresidents and U.S. lawmakers intensified a clash over givingCongress a greater say in appointing the central bank officials,who are now named in part by private-sector banks. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard today said ...Read More
