Chinese military officials had suggested using Beijing's vast holdings of US government debt to pressure the US. However, a top Chinese official said Tuesday that Beijing won't use the debt for political gain -- just a few days after a forecast projected that the U.S. national debt is on course to triple to $20 trillion over the next decade.
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You may be dying, figuratively, to get off the government's no-fly list, but death won't guarantee removal. The government's no-fly list includes the names of dead suspects, according to government officials who spoke with the Associated Press, to help catch people who may try to assume the suspect’s identity...
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Connie Saltonstall of Charlevoix said today she plans to run against Stupak for the Democratic nomination of Michigan’s First Congressional District, citing Stupak’s efforts to stop health care reform if it doesn’t ban use of government money for abortions. Stupak, a former state trooper from Menominee, has held the seat since 1993.
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The NBP will ask the government to "consider use of spectrum for a free or very low cost wireless broadband service.'' That's odd, we thought, since the FCC and Congress have been considering such an idea for years.
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A German woman has failed in a bid to force her country's government to halt experiments at the world's largest atom smasher which she feared would lead to the Earth's destruction.
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Mongolia is experiencing one of the worst winters in 30 years. Presently the government has declared an emergency requiring foreign aid to alleviate the impact of the "Zud" (Mongolian term for a multiple natural disaster) caused by bitter cold and thick snow.
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Obama's stumbles atop the high-wire of running the federal government has created perhaps the greatest danger to his presidency, and they are oddly reminiscent of the misguided practices which tripped up his predecessor.
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Looking to facilitate what it calls free speech rights in countries that don't look favorably at such liberties, the US government Monday said it would ease the regulations around exporting Internet-based applications such as e-mail, blogging and social networking software to Iran, Sudan and Cuba
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The first wave of electric cars are targeting consumers willing to pay a premium for a greener machine, but government mandates to get them on the road are also needed, say experts at MIT Energy conference.
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Canada's paper and cotton $10 and $20 bills will be replaced late next year with longer-lasting plasticized versions, the government announced in Ottawa.
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Todd Stern, America's Special Envoy for Climate Change — and people wonder where to begin cutting government — warned that those interested in "undermining action on climate change" will seize on "whatever tidbit they can find." Tidbits like specious science, and the absence of warming?
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"We are demanding the Obama Administration suspend this program immediately... [and] indefinitely," Schumer said. "We are sending a letter to Secretary Geithner asking him to halt all payouts for this program until we in Congress can go back and fix this law.""It's one issue after another, after another," Brown said. "It's time our government...
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Called the Hotshot, the condom has been produced after government research showed 12 to 14-year-olds did not use sufficient protection when having sex.
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Ronald Reagan is honored by, among other things, an airport, a freeway, an aircraft carrier and -- ironically for a critic of big government -- one of the biggest federal buildings in Washington. Now, some of his admirers are launching a new effort to add another honor: printing his likeness on a $50 bill in place of Ulysses S. Grantpa href="http://digg.com/world_news/Proposal_would_put_Ronald_Reagan_s_face_on_the_50_bill"Digg/a | a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-reagan-fifty3-2010mar03,0,6008759.story"Original/a/p
