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After one spectacular failure when it was voted down by the narrowest of margins, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life yesterday (10/1/08), winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened. Senators loaded the economic rescue bill (H.R.

Two days after the House rejected the $700 billion bailout bill, the Senate voted on a new rescue plan for financial institutions. Also, the full Voting list of Reps who voted “Yea” and “Nay” for the Bill is here.

Congressional leaders said shortly after (9/27/08) Saturday midnight that they had reached a tentative deal over the White House’s proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial system. Members of both parties and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson were aiming to craft final legislation by Sunday evening

Kim’s mistress seen as key figure in North Korea after autocratic leader’s stroke Kim Jong Il’s companion and former secretary is emerging as a key player in the communist nation after the autocratic leader’s stroke.

1st half 2nd half ABOUT THE PRODUCER: The Producer is an experienced, award winning documentary filmmaker who, as a child, learned that her father was a member of the secretive cult of Freemasonry. She recalls many arguments between her parents over her father’s secret meetings and the exclusion of women from the brotherhood.

Title: "Electromagnetic Spectrum" There's a story circulating among some "left-wing" and libertarian sites (mostly libertarian) that is based upon the following: Jul 20, 2008 Death of Free Internet is Imminent- Canada Will Be Test Case ... The plan is to convert the Internet into a cable-like... ...

China’s legislature re-elected Hu Jintao as president Saturday, giving him a second five-year term as leader of the world’s most populous country. It also returned Hu as head of the Central Military Commission, the body overseeing the armed forces.

China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress, has re-elected Hu Jintao as president of the country, for a second five-year term. VOA’s Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing. With great fanfare, the nearly 3,000 deputies of the National People’s Congress voted almost unanimously to re-elect Hu Jintao as China’s president.

Extracts from a new report: Human Rights under Attack, by the Working Group on Justice for Peace, Thailand One policy that has been consistently counter-productive is the government’s reliance on poorly trained, ill-disciplined para-military forces and civilian militias.