Senators call for quick review of oil rail shipments
Senate chairs Rockefeller and Wyden urge Transport and Energy to act on unsafe crude oil rail moves. They cite multiple derailments including Lac Megantic Quebec and a recent North Dakota near miss, pressing faster safety standards and wider risk assessment as rail volumes rise with North American oil output.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Secretaries of Transportation and Energy
Quebec
North Dakota
Jay Rockefeller
D-W. Va
Senate Commerce Committee
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
Energy and Natural Resources Panel
DOT
Federal Railroad Administration
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Rockefeller
Bakken
North Dakota Pipeline Authority
Keystone
Wyden
Lac-Megantic
Budget deficit sharply declines as 2014 starts
The Congressional Budget Office reports a near 40 percent drop in the first quarter deficit from the prior year. December shows a rare surplus due to special factors, with economists noting continued revenue gains and spending cuts may sustain a slower debt growth amid a growing economy.
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Washington
Congressional Budget Office
Ben Bernanke
Suicide bomber kills 23 Iraqi recruits in Baghdad
A suicide bomber struck at the Muthanna airfield near Baghdad killing 23 Iraqi army recruit volunteers and wounding 36. Officials said the attacker blew himself up as recruits gathered to join the fight against al Qaida linked militants in Anbar. Violence spread across Ramadi Fallujah and Tikrit with multiple attacks and civilian displacement.
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Reuters
Abu Ghraib
Baghdad
Anbar
Saad Maan
Muthanna
Maan
Nouri al-Maliki
al-Qaida
al- Qaida
Iraq
United Nations
Syria
U.S
Ramadi
Buhriz
Tikrit
Saddam Hussein
Fallujah
Maliki
Fallu
Jah
ISIL
U.N
Nikolay Mladenov
Human Rights Watch
Libya based Ansar al Shariah assets targeted by U S
The State Department will designate Libyan and Tunisian branches of Ansar al Shariah as terrorist organizations over ties to the 2012 Benghazi attack. Abu Sufian bin Quma of Derna may be implicated. the official says involvement is not yet decided. The move bars business with the leaders and freezes assets while not explicitly tying the groups to al Qaida.
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State Department
U.S
Benghazi
Libya
Ansar al Shariah
Obama
Christopher Stevens
Abu Sufian bin Quma
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Qumu
Quma
Derna
Tunisia
al-Qaida
Osama bin Laden
Gaddafi
Ahmed Abu Khattala
Seif Allah bin Hassine
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