*President Obama warned in his State of the Union address Tuesday that the nation’s middle class is at risk because of growing economic inequality, and argued that the government must do more to preserve the basic American dream. In a speech that is likely to set the theme of his 2012 re-election bid, Obama said [...]
“EurasiaTrade” believes that US rhetoric aimed at increasing pressure on China to do more to address the advantage the undervalued yuan has over other currencies could do more harm than good. The firm told delegates at a symposium in Osaka that China’s decision to break the renminbi’s peg to the US dollar earlier this year [...]
Jul 29, 2010 – Kevin Rudd, Queensland MP and former Australian prime minister took home his doppelganger, a Kevin Rudd softie by Wicked Child Designs, while campaigning at the Morningside Festival in his local electorate of Griffith last Saturday. The tongue in cheek felt toys known as softies are handmade by local textile artist and [...]
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has come under sustained attack this week over her handling of the asylum seeker issue and her plans for a regional processing centre. Ms Gillard’s consultations with East Timor have been fiercely criticised with the Opposition claiming amateurs are running the Australian Government. While Kevin Rudd was expert in international diplomacy, [...]
Police on Saturday searched the home and office of a financial adviser to France’s richest woman as part of a probe into alleged illegal donations to President Nicolas Sarkozy’s campaign, officials said. The search of Patrice de Maistre’s residence and firm came a day after police questioned the ex-accountant to Liliane Bettencourt, heiress to the [...]
In a bid to further intensify economic cooperation, India and Iran signed six agreements and MoUs on Friday, the concluding day of the two-day 16th Joint Commission session. These include an agreement on air services and another on transfer of prisoners. Significantly, for India, agreements aside, Iran has also agreed to hold technical-level meeting over [...]
A distraught woman, whose young son bled to death after he allegedly could not be taken to hospital in time due to security curbs during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the city on July 3, has asked UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to ensure that a similar fate does not visit anyone else in the [...]
In what is perceived as a fresh challenge to the Congress high command, Jaganmohan Reddy has succeeded in drawing his loyalist MLAs to the Odarpu yatra. While two MLAs are already accompanying him, 17 others are set to join him on Saturday in Srikakulam and later when the yatra enters East Godavari district. Some of [...]
It may well be a pressure tactic, but the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is sending out a strong message to its ally at the Centre, the Congress, by announcing that it plans to team up with the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala for assembly polls. Party members allege that the Congress has not given [...]
With recent upheavals in Kashmir worrying the Centre, government is hoping a sustained engagement with political parties, including Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), would help in tilting the balance away from separatists and supporters of militant outfits. The need to keep PDP in the loop despite its “cynical” role in running with the separatists is [...]