House Begins Lengthy Floor Debate With Vote Expected This Weekend; Obama Visits Legislators (AP) Updated at 12:45 p.m. Eastern time President Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after...
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown set out plans for investment and export-led growth in Britain, The BBC reported. During a speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference in London, Brown said that the...
Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 9.6 percent in the first 10 months of 2009 as compared with the same period last year, according to the Economic Development Ministry. The ministry's macroeconomic forecasting...
Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the government is expected to import six tons of gold this month following its recent decision to import gold to stabilize domestic price, Reuters reported. In early November,...
By DONNA ABU-NASR Associated Press Writer RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - For years just an obscure fight raging in remote desert mountains, Yemen's war with Shiite rebels has been dragged up to a new level, inflaming the rivalry...