Posts Tagged ‘push’

Australia to push G20 for crisis action

AAP Australia will push hard to ensure G20 leaders deal decisively with the European sovereign debt crisis when they gather for a critical summit in November. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday declared the G20, which brings together the world’s 20 biggest economies, the best vehicle for dealing with the latest global economic emergency. Mr […]

Bad policy decisions could push the US into a ‘lost decade’ and put the eurozone into recession, warns IMF

Philip Aldrick, London Telegraph Sept 21, 2011 Bad policy decisions could condemn the US to a “lost decade”, tip America and the eurozone back into recession, and lead to “stagnation” in the world’s major economies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. Cutting its global forecasts sharply, the world’s economic watchdog said the global economy […]

Lobbyists push to veto Palestinian statehood

“When we come back here next year, we can have an agreement that will lead to a new member of the United Nations — an independent sovereign state of Palestine, living in peace with Israel.” ­Those are the words that President Barack Obama told world leaders on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly […]

New Oil Reserves Could Push Americas Ahead of Middle East

  Simon RomeroNew York Times September 20, 2011 RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil has begun building its first nuclear submarine to protect its vast, new offshore oil discoveries. Colombia’s oil production is climbing so fast that it is closing in on Algeria’s and could hit Libya’s prewar levels in a few years. ExxonMobil is striking new deals in […]

Greens change tack on gay marriage push

Updated September 19, 2011 08:57:23 Photo: The Greens are calling on the Federal Government to amend the Marriage Act. Video: Greens change same-sex marriage tack (7pm TV News Tasmania) The Tasmanian Greens are trying a new tactic to legalise same sex marriage by putting pressure on the Federal Government to act rather than risk another […]

Push to recover Qld chopper crash bodies

AAP Authorities will on Friday recover the bodies of two men killed in a helicopter crash in heavily wooded terrain in central Queensland. The chopper, from a north Queensland charter company, crashed in dense bushland at Shoalwater Bay, near Rockhampton, around midday (AEST) on Thursday. One man survived but two others were found dead at […]

Bligh to push feds on TB clinic funds

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh will push the federal government harder to continue funding tuberculosis (TB) clinics in the Torres Strait. Earlier this year, Queensland Health announced it would close TB clinics that open fortnightly on two islands from July 1, after losing federal government funding. The commonwealth would instead send $43 million in AusAid funding […]

Libyan rebels in ‘final push’ for capital

  Al Jazeera August 21, 2011 Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has pledged once again to remain in Tripoli until the end, as opposition fighters battled their way towards the capital to reinforce rebels who rose up in the city overnight. Fighting continued into Sunday morning in a few central and eastern neighbourhoods, and rebel flags […]

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