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US govt shuts down second time as budget bill stalls
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S], Feb. 9 (ANI): The United States federal government shut down for the second time in three weeks on Friday, as Kentucky Senator Rand Paul prevented a two-year budget deal from passing on February 8.
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White House instructs agencies to prepare for possible shutdown
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Feb 9 (ANI): The White House has instructed the federal agencies to prepare for a possible government shutdown as Congress moved closer to the midnight Thursday deadline without passing a funding bill.
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Baloch activist raises doubts over CPEC, writes to French senator
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], Feb 7 (ANI): Head of the World Baloch Women Forum (WBWF), Professor Naela Quadri Baloch, has written a letter to French Senator Pascal Allizard raising doubts over the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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Canada makes national anthem gender neutral
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Ottawa [Canada] Feb 3 (ANI): The Senate has passed a bill to make the national anthem gender neutral despite some Conservative senators' opposition.
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Bernie Sanders to run for 2020 presidential elections?
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jan 26 (ANI): United States Senator Bernie Sanders is reportedly preparing himself to challenge incumbent US President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential elections, according to senior Democratic officials.
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Tammy Duckworth set to be first Senator to have baby while in office
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jan 24 (ANI): The United States Senator Tammy Duckworth announced on Tuesday that she is pregnant with her second child.
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US govt faces shutdown after Senate rejects funding bill
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Jan 20 (ANI): The United States is on the brink of its first government shutdown in nearly five years after senators voted to reject a House-passed bill that would have funded the government until February 16.
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McCain tells Trump to 'stop attacking press'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Jan 18 (ANI): Republican Senator John McCain has called on United States President Donald Trump to cease his attacks on the American press.
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Blatant racism from xenophobic bigot: Twitter calls out Trump for his rema
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Jan 12 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump's comment on the immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries has drawn criticism and condemnation from across the world with senators, artists and the twitterati calling him out for blatant racism. Read More
Pak Army chief, DGMO brief senators on national security
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec.19 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Jawed Bajwa and other senior army officers briefed the Senate Committee of the Whole House on national security in an extraordinary in-camera session on Tuesday.
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Two witnesses record statements in reference case against Ishaq Dar
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec.18 (ANI): A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) court on Monday resumed hearing of an assets reference case against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator and former finance minister Ishaq Dar.
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Sharif to adopt wait and watch on proposed rule of law movement: Aide
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Dec.18 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is unlikely to launch a new political movement for safeguarding the Rule of Law in Pakistan, one of his close aides has revealed to the media.
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