Posts Tagged ‘gov’t’

Greek premier to start talks on caretaker govt (AP)

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks during a confidence vote speech at the parliament in Athens, on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Greece's embattled Socialist prime minister promised to start immediate powersharing talks to form a caretaker government, declaring his willingness to step aside if needed, but ruled out snap elections that he said would scuttle a major new European debt deal. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP – Greece’s embattled prime minister promised late Friday to start immediate powersharing talks to form a caretaker coalition government, declaring his willingness to step aside if needed.


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Greek govt prepared to discuss transitional govt (AP)

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks with the media as he leaves a G20 summit in Cannes, France on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou was flew to the chic French Riviera resort of Cannes on Wednesday to explain himself to European leaders furious over his surprise referendum on a bailout deal that took them months to work out. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP – A spokesman for Greece’s government says it is prepared to discuss an opposition demand for the creation of a transitional government to approve the latest European bailout deal and secure the next installment of rescue loans for the country.


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Greek govt teeters, lawmakers urge PM to resign (AP)

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks with the media as he leaves a G20 summit in Cannes, France on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou was flew to the chic French Riviera resort of Cannes on Wednesday to explain himself to European leaders furious over his surprise referendum on a bailout deal that took them months to work out. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP – Demands mounted Thursday for Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to resign and let a coalition government approve a European bailout plan instead of holding a risky referendum on it.


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Ron Paul: US govt could begin to target media, just like it has with terrorists

Ron Paul is still mad as hell over America’s killing of U.S.-born terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki – and he’s warning that members of the media could be next on the government’s target list.

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Gov’t backs 4 more solar loans as deadline looms (AP)

This artist rendering released by SolarReserve LLC shows what will be the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, a solar generating facility, that is being constructed northwest of Tonopah, Nev., in Nye County. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, the department has completed a $737 million loan guarantee to Tonopah Solar Energy,  for a 110 megawatt solar tower on federal land near Tonopah. SolarReserve LLC, of Santa Monica, Calif., is the parent company for Tonopah Solar Energy. (AP Photo/SolarReserve)AP – The Energy Department on Friday approved four more solar energy loan guarantees worth nearly $5 billion, hours before a controversial loan program was set to expire.


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Govt won’t seek appeal in Atlanta on health care (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2003, file photo President George W. Bush, surrounded by Congressional leaders, signs into law the most far-reaching changes in Medicare, since its inception nearly 40 years prior, at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in Washington. Deficit hawks note the inconsistency of 2012 Republican presidential candidates who say they'll try to repeal President Barack Obama's health overhaul, but nod to another massive health care entitlement with unfunded future costs of over $7 trillion created by Republicans. With Bush from left are Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Sen. John Breaux, D-La., House Majority Leader Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif., and Rep. Nancy L. Johnson, R-Conn. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP – The Obama administration has decided not to ask a federal appeals court in Atlanta for further review of a ruling striking down the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care overhaul.


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Jaycee Dugard: Gov’t failed to monitor monster

California kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is suing Uncle Sam for not properly monitoring her parolee abductor – who was out on early release from federal lock-up at the time he snatched her.

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