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Donovan biography

NAME — Shaun Donovan AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION — 42; Jan. 24, 1966; New York EXPERIENCE — Commissioner , 12 14 2008 8:12AM (...more)

Will recession mean a toned-down inauguration?

WASHINGTON – Unemployment is on the rise. The stock market is in the tank. Is this any time for a party? For the sake of the masses of people expected for President-elect
12 9 2008 1:40AM (...more)

Wolfowitz named to head US security panel

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Paul Wolfowitz , an architect of the war in Iraq in the Bush administration who became World Bank president only to resign in a pay scandal, was named Thursday as head of a US government advisory panel.
01 25 2008 2:36PM (...more)

China legal activist freed, but may face tax case

BEIJING – An activist Chinese lawyer who was detained in a possible crackdown on dissent ahead of October's 60th anniversary of Communist rule was released Sunday, but he said authorities were investigating possible tax charges against him. Xu Zhiyong co-founded a 08 24 2009 5:09AM (...more)

China legal activist arrested in alleged tax crime

BEIJING – A Chinese legal activist whose rights group has tackled some of the country's most politically sensitive cases has been formally arrested on suspicion of evading taxes, though he has not yet been charged, his lawyer said Tuesday. The arrest of Xu Zhiyong comes as 08 20 2009 3:48PM (...more)

Wolfowitz takes helm of US-Taiwan Business Council

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz on Monday became chairman of the board of the US-Taiwan Business Council, the nonprofit bilateral organization said.
05 31 2008 8:56AM (...more)

Big gains seen from U.S.-Japan free trade pact

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A free trade pact between the UnitedStates and Japan would generate hundreds of billions of dollarsin economic gains for both countries, according to a studyreleased on Tuesday.
11 28 2007 12:09PM (...more)

Vietnam Education Foundation Announces New Chairman of the Board

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Dr. Lynne McNamara , Deputy Executive Director of Vietnam
02 18 2009 12:21PM (...more)

Federal job discrimination complaints hit record

WASHINGTON – A record number of workers filed federal job discrimination complaints last year, with claims of unfair treatment by older employees seeing the largest increase. The Equal Employment
03 12 2009 2:34PM (...more)

Book Talk: Author Aczel hopes to shine new light on priest

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Amir D. Aczel, the acclaimedwriter of numerous pop-technical and science books, is hopinghis latest work will shine a new light on a French Jesuitpriest who was exiled for his belief in evolution.
10 24 2007 9:28PM (...more)