Congress extends payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits
Congress moved quickly to extend the Social Security payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and renew unemployment benefits for millions more through year end. The package also preserves doctors' Medicare payments and funds a public safety network, financed by spectrum auctions and health care cuts.
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Senate
Barack Obama
Federal Communications Commission
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Global Banking Hub Cuts Iran Access in Economic Pressure Push
A premier financial clearinghouse, used by nearly all countries and major firms, agreed to exclude Iran from its network. The decision, driven by the United States and the European Union, aims to swiftly impede Iran's nuclear ambitions without war.
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Brussels
Iran
United States
European Union
Pakistan and Afghanistan clash over Taliban talks in Islamabad
Pakistan rejected the idea of delivering the Taliban leader to talks as Afghanistan and the United States pressed Islamabad for steps to facilitate negotiations. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar called such hopes preposterous and ridiculed, following talks in the capital that ended acrimoniously amid accusations of harboring Taliban leadership.
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Pakistan
Afghanistan
Hina Rabbani Khar
U.S
Khar
FBI arrests terror suspect near Capitol over planned attack
A 29 year old Moroccan man Amine El Khalifi of Alexandria Virginia was arrested near the U S Capitol as he sought to detonate what he believed was a self detonating device given by undercover FBI operatives The man faced a federal charge of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and faced up to life in prison He had been under surveillance for about a year and overstayed a visa while planning attacks in Washington Alexandria and Arlington Virginia with explosives supplied by undercover agents
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el Khalifi
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West Virginia
al-Qaida
Frank Dynda
Dynda
Refugee crisis deepens as Syria fights spills into Jordan
Syrian refugees flee to Ramtha Jordan as Daraa and Homs endure intensified shelling and civilian casualties. Medical teams rush blood supplies to Daraa while 170 families about 850 people seek refuge in Ramtha amid ongoing regime violence. The U.S Senate condemns Assad and calls for China and Russia to reconsider vetoes.
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