Airfares: SAA underfire
 11.03.2010 6:30  0 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Fiat, World, Airways, Democratic, Grey, World Cup
The Democratic Alliance on Thursday demanded to know why SA Airways (SAA) is charging "extortionate" prices during the 2010 Fifa World Cup. A DA study had revealed that the prices being charged by state-owned SAA, ahead of the World Cup quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final matches, were between two and three times higher than any other airline in the country, party spokesman Greg Krumbock said. "The study...
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| Democrats, White House close in on health bill
(AP)
11.03.2010 5:11 1 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: President, House, Obama, John, Luca, March, Barack Obama, Democratic, Hits, While, White House, Speaker, Capitol
 AP - A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president's signature health care overhaul.
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Former Congo rebels tighten grip on mines, says campaigner
11.03.2010 3:57 0 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: African, National, Former, Republic, Good, Democratic, Congress, Conan, Defense
Nairobi/Goma - Former Congolese rebels have taken advantage of UN-backed army offensives to seize control of mining interests in the central African nation, a campaigning organization said Thursday. The desire to control mining of lucrative minerals used widely in consumer electronics has long been identified as the key driving factor in Democratic Republic of Congo's fluctuating conflicts. Rebels from the National Congress for the Defence of the...
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Ex-freshman Massa and Democratic kingpin Rangel spell political trouble for party
11.03.2010 3:32 0 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: House, Charley, Republicans, Democratic, WASHINGTON, Ranger, Massa, Eric
WASHINGTON (AP) — One is a former Democratic freshman little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y., district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, is widely known to New Yorkers and anyone following tax legislation. But now, Republicans — looking for any opening to regain control of the House — are portraying newly resigned first-termer Eric Massa and veteran Charles Rangel as dual symbols of Democratic ethical misconduct. There's no connection between Rangel's violation of House gift rules — as reported by the House ethics committee — and the ethics panel's abruptly ended investigation of Massa's...
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US views Doha framework as 'not satisfactory': lawmaker
11.03.2010 3:07 0 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: House, Ways, Does, United, States, United States, March, Democratic, Round, Means
Washington, March 11: The United States is unhappy with the current framework of the Doha Round of negotiations to forge a global trade accord, a key lawmaker said Wednesday after talks with WTO chief Pascal Lamy. But the long-running talks should continue in a bid to seek a breakthrough, Sander Levin, the Democratic chairman of the powerful House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, told AFP after talks between lawmakers and Lamy. “I think it’s...
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