Cheap transport call to help poor
July 24th, 2008 | by admin |Cheap transport call to help poor
Cheaper public transport should be more widely available in rural areas to try to ease poverty, a report says.
House OKs rescue for homeowners, Freddie, Fannie
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac….
Ambassador: Al-Qaida leaving Iraq for Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Qaida’s foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday….
Foreign checks for airport staff
Airport workers are to face stricter criminal records checks to see whether they have committed offences abroad.
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