Posts Tagged ‘government’

Government Fleets Prepared for Fuel Price Increases

TORRANCE, CA – Across the country, government fleet managers are prepared for rising fuel prices via existing wholesale contracts. View full post on Automobile Stories

Canada agrees to reform First Nation education

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The federal government and the Assembly of First Nations of Canada agreed Thursday to institute major reforms in the education of aborigine children. The move aims to reverse decades of failure. To pursue the initiative, an expert panel will submit by the middle of 2011 [...]

Britain Pushes For More Workplace Equality

AHN News Staff London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – British Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone said Thursday that the United Kingdom will initiate positive action to ensure workplace equality. Among the initiatives the coalition government would make are: to name and shame companies that do not provide equality for women workers, give preference to applicants from [...]

Portugal adopts austerity plan, says no bailout needed

Portugal adopted a raft of debt-reducing austerity measures Friday, which the government claimed would be enough to restore market confidence … View full post on Business Stories

Euro Slide Continues As Trader Skepticism Grows Over Irish Bail-Out

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom (AHN) – Ireland’s debt crisis and austerity plan has fueled uncertainty among traders, causing the euro to continue its slide in value against the dollar. The European Union’s common currency is now down to two-month lows at $1.3314; it has fallen by more than three [...]

Militant Groups Attack Somali Capital, 5 Dead, 10 Injured

Abdi Hajji Hussein – AHN News Correspondent Mogadishu, Somalia (AHN) – At least 5 people have been killed and more than 10 others injured in Mogadishu when militants groups launched hit and run attacks on Somali government and African Union Peacekeepers in parts of the capital. Local residents said most of the fighting took place [...]

Government Asks Supreme Court To Keep “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The federal government has asked the Supreme Court to let “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” remain in force and reject a gay advocacy group’s request to reinstate an injunction on the ban against openly gay members in the military. The Log Cabin Republican last [...]

Contender for Israeli Labor Leadership Ready to Give Netanyahu Time

The Media Line Staff Tel Aviv, Israel (TML) – Isaac Herzog, who has declared his bid for leadership of Israel’s Labor Party, said the current political constellation had created a “golden opportunity” for reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement but that Labor won’t remain in the government for long if the government doesn’t act. Speaking before [...]

Britain Plans $210 Weekly Pension

AHN News Staff London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – While the British coalition government raised the retirement age in last week’s spending review, ministers say they are also planning to increase the state pension to $210 (140 pounds) a week. The current pension is a maximum of $146.48 (97.65 pounds) for singles and $234.23 (156.15 [...]

Ottawa Tightens Rules On Human Smuggling

AHN News Staff Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (AHN) – The recent influx of boat people from poor Asian nations to Canada has Ottawa looking at tightening rules on human smuggling. Among the measures the Tory-led government is planning to put in place are to ban refugees from returning home until they acquire citizenship and prohibit [...]

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