The Obama administration is trying to get the emergency out of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.In an outline of a new direction for the global program launched by President George W. Bush, the Obama administration hopes to start han
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Friday that it's carefully watching developments in a looming debt default by the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai , whose efforts to fend off creditors sent stocks skidding in the United States and arou
U.S. acceptance of a treaty banning landmines is long, long overdue and President Barack Obama should use a 10-year review this weekend to announce plans to join the accord, anti-landmines campaigners said on Monday. The treaty, which went into fo
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration would be willing to hold bilateral talks with North Korea but only if certain conditions were met, the president's top adviser on Asia said on Friday. President Barack Obama leaves on Wednesday on a trip to Jap
President Obama came into office insisting that his administration would press hard and fast to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But after nine months, analysts and diplomats say, the administration's efforts have faltered in part because o
League One side Southend United have avoided going into administration after promising to pay an outstanding tax bill by Friday.The club appeared in the High Court on Wednesday, but the case was adjourned after United agreed to pay the £690,00
Globe Pub Company, the ailing pub operator owned by property entrepreneur Robert Tchenguiz, was on the brink of being put into administrative receivership on Wednesday night.The Bank of New York Mellon, which became the trustee to Globe’s bondholder
Financially-stricken Weymouth have announced their intention to go into administration following a long struggle against outstanding debt.The Blue Square South club are losing money on a week-to-week basis. Director Shaun H annissey told BBC Radio S
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