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Redistrict Indiana
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 4 days ago
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To their credit, Republican leaders in the Indiana Senate majority proposed three steps last week for changing the way that the General Assembly redraws political boundaries every 10 years. The leadership would support legislation to establish criteria...
Tags: Indiana Senate, Redistrict Indiana, district lines, independent commission, House, constitutional amendment, Evansville, Indiana, Texas redistricting, Texas's At-large congressional district, Redistricting, Todd Rokita, United States Constitution, Politics, Social Issues
NRL chases Howard
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Right to the top ... former PM John Howard has being approached about a new role with the NRL.. National Rugby League seems to be gathering pace, with the former prime minister John Howard reportedly approached to head an independent commission to run...
Tags: NRL part-owner News Ltd, Mr Howard, Michael Searle, John Howard, independent commission, rugby leagues, News Limited newspapers, Gold Coast Titans
EU-Turkey 'vicious circle' needs breakthrough, experts say
Brussels :: Belgium | 2 months ago
Credibility European leaders must treat Turkey as any other EU candidate and stop suggesting alternatives to full membership, while Ankara for its part needs to re-engage in a democratic reform process, a panel of European experts has recommended. The EU's relationship...
Tags: Turkey, Independent Commission, European Union, Martti Ahtisaari, nobel peace, accession talks, prize winner, peace prize
US Congress votes for financial crisis probe
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility The US House of Representatives on Monday passed legislation to battle financial fraud and create an independent commission to investigate the causes of the global financial meltdown. Lawmakers voted 338 to 52 for the bill, which now goes to US President...
Tags: Barack Obama, mortgage fraud, The House of Representatives, US House of Representatives, Congress, financial fraud, financial meltdown, president barack, independent commission, White House
Obama Resists Democrats' Push for Interrogation Probes
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility In a closed-door meeting with bipartisan congressional leaders Thursday, President Obama reportedly resisted pressure from Democrats to investigate Bush-era interrogation techniques while dismissing former Vice President Dick Cheney's call for the release...
Tags: Barack Obama, Obama Resists Democrats, bush administration, Bush, Senate, independent commission, U.S
Senate Votes to Establish Financial Crisis Commission
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Washington loves investigative commissions and the Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved the creation of another one: The Financial Markets Commission. Lawmakers voted 94-3 to create the commission that will be charged with investigating the causes,...
Tags: U.S. Senate, senator votes, financial fraud, economic crisis, independent commission, economic meltdown
Panel: Police restrained in handling RNC protests
Saint Paul :: Canada | 10 months ago
Credibility The police response to protests during the Republican National Convention was generally restrained and professional, according to an independent commission that reviewed police planning and procedures for the event. But the report released Wednesday also...
Tags: independent commission, Post RNC
CBI wants inquiry into public sector pensions
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
Credibility The CBI is pressing the Government for greater accountability and transparency on public sector pensions, especially the unfunded retirement provisions for up to five million nurses, teachers and civil servants. The lobby group for British business wants...
Tags: sector pensions, public sector, CBI, pensions fund, David Cameron, independent commission
UN agrees to probe Benazirs murder
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has agreed to Pakistan�s request to establish an independent commission that will investigate the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmud Qureshi said on Thursday. Qureshi announced...
Tags: Pakistanï, Pakistani, Benazir Bhutto...Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, minister shah, independent commission, prime minister, minister benazir, Afghanistan
Nepal to pass ordinance on oath soon
Kathmandu :: Nepal | about 1 year ago
Credibility IST(5/5/2008) It seems the constitutional crisis over swearing in members in the Nepla's Constituent Assembly might be over soon. Since there has been no legal provision to administer the oath, the interim cabinet on Sunday decided to introduce an ordinance...
Tags: Nepali Congress, Nepal Samacharpatra, related violence, independent commission
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