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FEMA eyes debt take-back as hurricane season looms
Residents who lost homes filed a class-action lawsuit in 2007 challenging the denial of their housing aid and the recoupment process. The lawsuit argued that FEMA's debt collection efforts were full of errors, based on vague standards and without
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:58A
Chrysler pays back bail-out loans
The company filed for Chapter 11 protected bankruptcy in the US in 2009, emerging as new, leaner entity in the same year. The loans were repaid six years ahead of schedule, said Chrysler. In total, the manufacturer paid the US Treasury $6.5-billion and
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:58A
New bailout program probably the only way to save Greece from bankruptcy
Without quoting any sources, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) said a new bailout program was probably the only way to save Greece from bankruptcy. The suggestion in the FAZ report that that IMF would withhold its share of a 12 billion euro tranche
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:58A
Mladic To Face War Crimes Court On Friday
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said: "This is an important moment for reconciliation in the region and for international justice. "Our thoughts and sympathies are with those who suffered and lost loved ones during the conflict in
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:57A
I didn't say Lokpal Bill should not cover PM, CJI: Baba Ramdev
PTI A day after stating that the Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India should not be brought under the ambit of the proposed Lokpal Bill, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on Wednesday did a volte-face saying he did not make such a statement.
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:57A
CLF and VPRIG file friend of the court briefs
In April, Entergy filed a lawsuit against the state claiming its attempt to forbid continued operation of the plant past March 21, 2012, infringes on the federal jurisdiction of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In 2002, when Entergy purchased the
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:57A
Bosnian Serb wartime commander Mladic to be arraigned Friday at UN war crimes
Tribunal spokeswoman Nerma Jelacic said 69-year-old Mladic underwent medical tests and was given a copy of his indictment after he arrived at the tribunal's detention unit Tuesday night following his extradition from Belgrade.
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:57A
New Trailer Lands For The Green Lantern
Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:56A
President's decision final on Bhullar case: Gurudas Kamat
minister of state for home Gurudas Kamat today declined to comment on the rejection of the mercy petition of death row convict and Khalistan militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar saying that the president's decision was final verdict in the matter.
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:56A
New Florida minimum wage goes into effect Wednesday
A lawsuit filed on behalf of four individual workers and three groups representing low-wage employees claimed Florida's Agency for Workforce Innovation violated the state constitution by keeping minimum wage at the $7.25 federal rate, where it was last
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:56A
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