Abramoff to plead guilty in federal probe
Lobbyist Jack Abramoff faces guilty pleas in Washington and Miami on conspiracy fraud and tax evasion charges as part of a broader probe into influence peddling with members of Congress. The case centers on gifts and favors to Rep. Bob Ney and others, with prosecutors seeking cooperation against multiple lawmakers and aides.
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Washington
Jack Abramoff
Miami
Congress
Abramoff
House
Bob Ney
Ohio
House Administration Committee
Ney
Mark Tuohey
Michael Scanlon
U.S District Court
Department
Bryan Sierra
Florida
Neal Sonnett
Sonnett
Paul C. Huck
Justice Department
Tom DeLay
Texas Republican
DeLay
Scanlon
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
Texas
Adam Kidan
White House
Scott McClellan
Abramoff and Kidan
Sun Cruz
Konstantinos “Gus” Boulis
Construction Spending Reaches Record High in November
Washington reports total building activity at a record 1.146 trillion dollars annual rate in November, up 0.2 percent from October. Government funding for schools highways and sewer systems offset a near steady private housing sector, signaling a potential cooldown as mortgage rates rise.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Iraqi leaders seek balanced government amid post election talks
Iraq officials urge a broad based government drawing Sunni Arab and secular groups into a future coalition. Leaders from the Shiite United Iraqi Alliance the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front and the Kurdish coalition discuss forming a consensus government to quell sectarian violence amid fraud claims and international monitoring.
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Hoshyar Zebari
Ayad Allawi
Baghdad
Accordance Front
U.N
International
European Union
Hindawi
Rashid
Adnan al-Dulaimi
Tarek al-Hashimi
Iraqi Accordance Front
Barzani
Irbil
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
al- Dulaimi
Saleh al-Mutlaq
Sunni Arab National Dialogue Front
Associated Press
al-Dulaimi
al-Hashimi
al-Mutlaq
Allawi
Allawi Secular
Shiite United Iraqi Alliance
Sunni Arab Iraqi Accordance Front
Iraq
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