Sweeping legislation to rein in Wall Street suffered a temporary setback in the United States Senate on Monday.
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/ 7 February 2009
After days of debate, President Barack Obama’s Democratic Senate allies unveiled a pared-down plan to pump at least $780-billion into the US economy.
The United States slapped fresh sanctions on Sudan over the Darfur conflict on Tuesday as it seeks a tough new United Nations Security Council resolution to punish Khartoum. US President George Bush expressed frustration with the Sudanese government over the plight of Darfur civilians.
The United States plans to slap fresh sanctions on Sudan over the Darfur conflict on Tuesday and seek a tough new United Nations Security Council resolution punishing Khartoum, top US officials said. China, one of Sudan’s main allies, criticised the sanctions even before they were officially announced by President George Bush.
The United States will slap fresh sanctions on Sudan over the Darfur conflict on Tuesday and seek a tough new United Nations Security Council resolution punishing Khartoum, top US officials said late on Monday. The Darfur conflict has cost at least 200 000 lives and forced more than two million people from their homes, according to the United Nations.
United States President George Bush and the Democrats are set to take a fresh stab at crafting a measure to fund the Iraq war on Wednesday, one day after Bush vetoed a bill setting an Iraq withdrawal timeline. While the two sides were to meet at the White House hoping to hammer out new legislation to fund US troops, there was little sign of compromise on a pull-out.
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/ 30 January 2007
Iran’s people would face ”deprivation” over their leaders’ nuclear ambitions, United States President George Bush said in an interview on Monday, warning Tehran against sowing ”discord and harm” in Iraq. Bush said in an interview with National Public Radio that he had no plans to invade Iran.
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/ 23 January 2007
United States President George Bush, politically weaker than ever, is to mount what could be a last-stand defence of his unpopular Iraq strategy on Tuesday in his annual State of the Union speech. Speaking for the first time to a US Congress controlled by opposition Democrats, Bush is also to lay out broad health care, environment and immigration reforms.
United States President George Bush is embarking on a sweeping overhaul of the US diplomatic and military leadership in Iraq as he puts the finishing touches on a retooled war-fighting strategy. Bush, expected to unveil his new plan for Iraq in a speech as early as Wednesday, also filled a critical diplomatic vacancy in Washington and named a new US spy chief.
United States President George Bush promised on Wednesday to present a new Iraq policy in the days ahead amid warnings that even members of his own Republican party oppose escalating the unpopular war. The president has previously said he is considering ”all options,” including a temporary increase of US troops in Iraq.