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9:12 PM EST
2/2/2012 U.S. Senate puts lid on multi-million dollar bonuses of Freddie, FannieThe United States Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan amendment prohibiting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives from receiving future multi-million dollar bonuses as long as the government-backed mortgage companies remain in federal conservatorship.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Parliament, Upper House, Economy, Business And Finance, Macro Economics, Mortgages, Social Issue, Homelessness

8:12 PM EST
2/2/2012 President Obama lauds as U.S. Senate reigns in insider trading by lawmakersPresident Barack Obama on Thursday evening welcomed the Senate nod for the Stock Act, as the lawmakers voted 96-3 to ban insider trading for members of Congress, their staffs and top executive branch policy makers.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Parliament, Upper House, Economy, Business And Finance, Macro Economics, Financial Markets, Politics, Political Development

1:12 PM EST
1/17/2012 Wikipedia warns of shutdown to protest U.S. piracy lawWikipedia, the online encyclopedia where users contribute and edit entries, has warned that it plans a 24-hour shutdown Wednesday to oppose proposed U.S. anti-piracy legislation. Internet giants, including Google and Facebook, are launching a campaign against the legislation, which they maintain will encourage censorship of Web content and harm technology innovation.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Library And Museum, Crime, Law And Justice, Laws, Politics, Lobbying

9:08 AM EST
12/29/2011 Silencing the muezzinA move by an Israeli legislator from a nationalist party to have speakers removed from mosques aims to tone down this age-old, sacred call to prayer.

Source:TML Topics:Social Issue, Minority Group, Religion And Belief, Islam, Politics, Parliament

12:26 PM EST
12/28/2011 Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson drops plans to run for 3rd termU.S. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) dealt a blow to the Democratic Party by announcing he has dropped plans to seek a third term. Nelson is the seventh member of the Senate Democratic Caucus to announce he will not run for re-election.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Government, Public Officials, Election, Political Campaigns, Parliament, Upper House

2:44 PM EST
12/22/2011 France-Turkey ties strained over genocide denial billTurkey recalled its ambassador in Paris Thursday and suspended political and military cooperation with France after the French lower house of parliament approved a bill criminalizing the denial of genocide, including the massacre of more than a million Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Parliament, Lower House, Crime, Law And Justice, Laws, Civil, Arts, Culture And Entertainment, History

8:45 AM EST
12/21/2011 Jewish body condemns House GOP over Holocaust rhetoricA Washington-based Jewish body has slammed House Republicans for killing a Democratic resolution condemning Rep. Allen West of Florida over his recent invocation of Joseph Goebbels to attack Democrats.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Politics, Political Development, Parliament, Lower House, Human Rights

7:06 PM EST
12/20/2011 President Obama urges action as the Republican House members refuse to actPresident Barack Obama on Tuesday interrupted the daily briefing at the White House by his spokesman Jay Carney to urge the House of Representatives to pass a two-month extension already passed by the Senate by a overwhelming bipartisan support.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Politics, Political Development, Economy, Business And Finance, Macro Economics, Budgets And Budgeting, Parliament, Lower House

12:24 PM EST
12/13/2011 Legislators dismiss parliament speaker in SomaliaSomali legislators dismissed the Speaker of Parliament, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, on Monday in an extraordinary meeting in Mogadishu.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict, Politics, Parliament, Government, Public Officials

11:01 AM EST
11/29/2011 Nepal’s Constitution Assembly gets another six-month extensionNepal’s political parties on Tuesday, in a nearly unanimous vote, extended the term of the Constituent Assembly (CA) by six months, a day before the expiration of its current term. This is the fourth extension of the body's life span.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Parliament, Constitution