Posts Tagged ‘accepts’

Bulgarian parliament accepts government’s resignation

SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria's parliament accepted the resignation on Thursday of right-of-center Prime Minister Boiko Borisov's government, which stepped down after a series of nationwide protests over high energy prices turned violent. The move opens the way for an early general election. Both Borisov's ruling GERB party and its rivals, the opposition Socialists, have said [...]

Suu Kyi’s party accepts crony donations in reform-era Myanmar

YANGON (Reuters) – Cronies of Myanmar’s military junta which kept democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for nearly two decades have reached a milestone in their quest to rehabilitate their image: they’re now donors to Suu Kyi’s political party. While the Nobel Peace laureate’s willingness to accept military-tainted funds for education projects [...]

Egyptian court accepts Mubarak appeal, orders retrial

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court accepted an appeal by ousted former president Hosni Mubarak and his former interior minister on Sunday, allowing him to be retried over the killings of protesters in the 2011 uprising. Mubarak and former interior minister Habib al-Adli were sentenced to life in prison in June last year in a [...]

Supreme Court accepts raisin case tied to Depression-era law

(Reuters) – The Supreme Court agreed to address what may constitute an improper government “taking,” in an appeal by California raisin growers who objected to a federal program designed to stabilize supply and prices in the raisin market. The court agreed to address the constitutionality of a “reserve tonnage” program overseen by the U.S. Department [...]

Algeria accepts last-resort Mali intervention: sources

PARIS/ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria has given its tacit approval for an Africa-led military intervention in northern Mali to rout Islamist militants despite reservations the operation could spill over into its territory and neighboring countries, Algerian and French sources said. Africa’s biggest country and a top oil and gas exporter shares a 2,000 km (1,242 mile) [...]

Clinton Accepts Responsibility for Security Failure

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CNN the buck stops with her when it comes to who is to blame for security ahead of a deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Tweet This Post

Romney says he accepts being linked to Obamacare

Mitt Romney says it’s a compliment to be called the grandfather of Obamacare, the health care law championed by President Barack Obama and scorned by Republicans — including Romney himself. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

North Korea accepts flood aid offer from rival South

SEOUL (Reuters) – Impoverished North Korea has accepted an offer of aid from rival South Korea after devastating summer floods, the South said on Monday, the first time the new leadership in Pyongyang has accepted aid from Seoul. In an unusually grim assessment of the North's grain harvest this year, South Korea said last week [...]

Obama accepts party’s nomination for second term

President Barack Obama has accepted his party’s nomination for a second term, saying voters face the clearest choice at any time in a generation. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

President Obama Accepts the Democratic Nomination

President Obama’s acceptance speech sounded more like a State of the Union address than the soaring rhetoric he used to rally the Democratic conventions in 2004 and 2008. But it was exactly what polls suggest people wanted: Specific plans and proposals for a second term. Tweet This Post