Posts Tagged ‘Funds’
Palestine becomes member of UNESCO, US cuts funds (AP)
AP – Palestine won its greatest international endorsement yet on Monday, full membership in UNESCO, but the move will cost the agency one-fifth of its funding and some fear will send Mideast peace efforts off a cliff.
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AP Exclusive: Up to $60B in war funds said wasted (AP)
AP – An independent panel investigating wartime spending estimates that as much as $60 billion has been lost to waste and fraud over the past decade in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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House rejects effort to prohibit funds for Libya (AP)
AP – The House voted Thursday to bar military aid to Libyan rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi but stopped short of prohibiting funds for U.S. involvement in a NATO-led mission now in its fourth month.
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Greece clears final hurdle to get bailout funds (AP)
AP – Greece bought itself time to deal with its crippling debt crisis Thursday after lawmakers passed the second and final austerity bill essential for the release of crucial bailout funds and prevent the country from defaulting next month.
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House rebukes Obama but won’t halt funds for Libya (AP)
AP – Challenging presidential power, a defiant U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Friday to deny President Barack Obama the authority to wage war against Libya. But Republicans fell short in an effort to actually cut off funds for the operation in a constitutional showdown reflecting both political differences and unease over American involvement.
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Lupica: Ace of funds bets on Mets
Now you may think David Einhorn has to be some kind of classic sucker, despite all the money he’s made in his life, buying into the Mets this way, at this time, getting only one vote out of four in the way the Mets are run. The sports media will surely explain to Einhorn how he is supposed to invest his money. But he wanted to do this, clearly. No one forced him.
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Ind. Gov. Daniels cuts funds to Planned Parenthood (AP)
AP – Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed a measure Tuesday imposing some of the nation’s tightest restrictions on abortions and making Indiana the first state to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood.
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