+0 +0 Dutch demand explanation why Icesave bill not signed | Reuters
Dutch demand explanation why Icesave bill not signed Tue Jan 5, 2010 6:50am EST. M, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The Dutch finance ministry said on Tuesday it will demand an immediate explanation from the Icelandic government, after the president of Iceland declined to sign a bill repaying Great Britain and the Netherlands for loans made following the collapse of online bank Icesave in 2008.
+0 +0 Iceland President Blocks U.K., Dutch Foreign Depositor Accord - BusinessWeek
Top News. Iceland President Blocks U.K. Dutch Foreign Depositor Accord January 05, 2010, 06:29 AM EST Story Tools. President Olafur R. Grimsson blocked a depositor accord with the U.K. Netherlands that lawmakers passed last week, threatening to undermine the island’s efforts to repair international relations.
+4 +0 CBC News - Nova Scotia - Rescuers fly Cape Breton boy tohospital
James Delorey disappeared on Saturday afternoon. Cape Breton Regional Police)A seven-year-old autistic boy who disappeared from his CapeBreton home two days ago was found alive, unconscious, sufferingfrom hypothermia and huddled in an area of thick brush and snow onMonday.
+0 +0 BBC News - Obama defends war as he picks up Nobel PeacePrize
Obama defends war as he picks up Nobel Peace Prize. Barack Obama has said the US mustuphold moral standards when waging wars that are necessary andjustified, as he accepted his Nobel Peace Prize. Oslo, he defended the US role in Afghanistan,arguing the use of force could bring lasting peace.
+0 +0 BBC News - Iraq oil development rights contractsawarded
Iraq oil development rights contracts awarded. Iraq has the world's third largest oilreserves. Shell andMalaysia's Petronas oil companies has won the right to developIraq's giant Majnoon oil field. 44 companies are bidding for 10 fields in the secondsuch auction since the invasion in 2003. Shell and Petronas beat a rival bid from France's Total andChina's CNPC.
+0 +0 Population control called key to deal
Government andPolicy. Populationcontrol called key to dealBy Li Xing (China Daily)Updated: 2009-12-10 07:37.
+0 +0 Public option at center of debate - washingtonpost.com
View votes by party, state, percentage of state without health insurance and campaign contributions from the health industry. 0 Comments Democrats had little time to savor their weekend Senate health-care victory, as two of the lawmakers who voted to move the debate forward Saturday night indicated Sunday that they will not vote to pass the package if it includes a government-run insurance program.
+2 +0 Underwhelmed By Chrome OS? That's Kinda the Point - Business Center - PC World Business Center
Resource Centers. To my eye, all this criticism appears to miss the point of Chrome OS--and indeed, the point of most of Google's services. Simplicity By Design At the launch of the company's eponymous search engine in 1998, Google stood out from the pack of increasingly cluttered search portals with which it competed.
+0 +0 A D.C. whodunit: Who leaked and why? | Reuters
Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. POLITICO (Washington) - Bob Woodward's Monday-morning exclusive on a 66-page report from Gen. Chrystal to President Barack Obama about Afghanistan policy was a rite of passage for the new administration: the first major national security leak and a sure sign that the celebrated Washington Post reporter has penetrated yet another administration.
+0 +0 In school speech today, Obama to urge students to give their all | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | News: Education
We can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world, and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities," Obama will say, according to a transcript posted Monday on the White House Web site.
+0 +0 After Obama | CommonDreams.org
Top News. Progressive Newswire. Eight months into it, it now seems pretty clear that the Obama administration is finished. There were some of us -- indeed, many of us, myself included -- who thought there was a possibility that Barack Obama might seize this moment of American crisis, twinned with the complete failure for all to see of the regressive agenda, to become the second coming of Franklin Roosevelt.
+0 +0 Train hits, kills man on tracks :: Lake County :: Post-Tribune
Subscribe Customer Service Place an Ad post-trib. Member of the Sun-Times News Group Weather Become a Member! Become a member of our community! Home | News | Opinion | Obituaries | Sports | Business | Neighbors | Quickly | Entertainment | Classifieds | Lifestyles | Ebert | Search | RSS Special Sections Donna Dunham story Lung Cancer Killing Streets Local News Business Neighbors Quickly Opinion Weather Indiana/Politics/Elections Lake County Porter County The Killing Streets Columnists Jerry Davich Raymond Dix The Fixer James Foley Leanne Hoagland-Smith Rich Jackson Rich James Jeff Manes Carrol Vertrees Lake County :: Print Article Email Article Share / Bookmark TOP STORIES :: NEWS 1919 strike rocked city; martial law declared BUSINESS Study: Bigeye tuna stocks in Pacific under threat SPORTS A league of their own ENTERTAINMENT Fox adds on-air tweets to 'Fringe' reruns LIFESTYLES 10 things to know about the H1N1 virus Search for degrees in Northwest Indiana Train hits, kills man on tracks * Victim was described as a white male, possibly 50 to 60 years old.