Regional Authority News

2:15 PM EST
1/21/2012 Seven killed as Somaliland forces fire on demonstratorsAt least seven people were killed and seven others wounded after Somaliland forces opened fire on protesters in Las Anod, capital of the northern Somalia administrative region of Sool, witnesses said Saturday. Troops were sent to Las Anod after politicians in the region organized the so-called "Kahtumo 2 conference” to discuss the political future of the disputed Sool region, which is claimed by both breakaway regions of Somaliland and Puntland.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Regional Authority, Unrest, Conflicts And War, Demonstration, Defense, Armed Forces

9:58 PM EST
1/20/2012 Nation’s Mayors Support Gay Marriage But Complain About UnemploymentThe U.S. Conference of Mayors wrapped up its winter meeting Friday in Washington, D.C., with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel stepping into controversies on same sex marriage and education.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Government, Civil And Public Service, Economy, Business And Finance, Economy, Regional Authority

2:32 PM EST
11/21/2011 Despite Deep Opposition, Georgia. Contemplates Healthcare ExchangeThe panel had the blessing of Republican Gov. Nathan Deal, a former U.S. congressman who describes himself as the first House member to denounce the health law as unconstitutional. Georgia has joined 25 other states in a legal challenge to the law likely to be resolved by the Supreme Court.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Government Health Care, Politics, Regional Authority, Economy, Business And Finance, Financial And Business Service, Insurance

10:14 AM EST
11/17/2011 Florida Sanctions Top Medicaid Prescribers - But Only After A ShoveAt Dr. Huberto Merayo's bustling psychiatry practice in Coral Gables, Fla., hundreds of poor patients on Medicaid walked away each year with prescriptions for powerful antipsychotic drugs.

Source:ProPublica Topics:Politics, Regional Authority, Health, Government Health Care, Medicaid

6:49 AM EST
11/11/2011 France planning Eurozone breakawayThe current European Union is under threat no longer just from the debt contagion caused by weaker members, but also by plans of more prosperous members to form a breakaway group.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Regional Authority, Economy, Business And Finance, Finance

9:07 PM EST
11/10/2011 Florida Politics Creating Bumps On Health Information 'Highway'"A good example is like a case yesterday, where someone is in a motor vehicle accident and they arrive unconscious. We have a driver's license on the person. We can look them up," he explains. "So we get a baseline of information about who they are, how ill they are and what medications they have. So if a patient can't tell me anything, I can get a good deal of information about a patient who's never been here before."  

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Politics, Regional Authority

7:12 AM EST
11/7/2011 EC question Samsung, Apple over smartphone patentsThe European Commission is questioning both Samsung Electronics and Apple over their ongoing patent infringement lawsuits. The two former partners have at least 30 lawsuits between them in 10 countries over the operating systems used in their respective smartphones.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Computing And Information Technology, Wireless Technology, Politics, Regional Authority, Crime, Law And Justice, Trials, Litigation

7:31 AM EDT
11/4/2011 EU leaders open to Greece leaving eurozoneEuropean Union (EU) leaders meeting in Cannes for the G20 Summit are now open to Greece leaving the eurozone if only to save the single currency bloc.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Regional Authority, Economy, Business And Finance, Macro Economics, Government Debt

2:53 PM EDT
11/3/2011 Senate committee begins debate on repeal of Defense of Marriage ActThe Senate Judiciary Committee began debate Thursday on whether to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 federal law that defines marriage as exclusively a union between a man and a woman.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Human Rights, Regional Authority, Social Issue, Family, Marriage

6:36 AM EDT
11/3/2011 EU threatens Greece with expulsion from eurozone over referendum decisionGreece is in danger of being kicked out from the eurozone if results of a referendum to be held next year would reject the European Union (EU) debt deal.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Regional Authority, Economy, Business And Finance, Finance, Government, National Government