WASHINGTON – The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to essentially alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan conflict itself, according to senior American government officials. The formerly unknown deposits – including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold [...]
Congress agreed Thursday to restore jobless benefits to hundreds of thousands of Americans whose unemployment checks were cut off during a partisan debate over whether the cost should be added to the federal deficit, and President Obama signed it into law hours later. On 59 to 38 vote, the Senate approved an $18 billion measure [...]
Today, Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) introduced the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP) Act of 2009.” Congressman Gutierrez has been joined by members of the faith community, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Black Caucus, Asian Pacific American Caucus, and Progressive Caucus. This legislation marks a path for the nation to tackle the nation’s broken immigration system.
MELBOURNE: Shaken by a wave of racial assaults, thousands of Indian students and supporters rallied here on Sunday, demanding justice for victims Indians living in Australia demand justice for the victims of recent assaults.
More than 20,000 Tamil civilians were killed in the final days of Sri Lanka’s military operation to eliminate the Tamil Tigers, The Times newspaper reported on Friday.
Chief of Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division at DOS. Mr. Oppenheim was a guest speaker at a May 20, 2009 American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) meeting, which was attended by most of immigration attorneys. Mr. Oppenheim’s explanations and visa number / Visa Bulletin expectations for the remainder of FY2009 and for FY2010 are explained below.
JALANDHAR/PHAGWARA: Curfew was clamped in Jalandhar city on Sunday night and Army alerted as tension gripped Doaba region after violence flared up and protesters resorted to arson within hours of attack on the head of Dera Sachkhand Ballan in a temple shootout in the Austrian capital of Vienna, where about 30 people were wounded when rival Sikh factions clashed inside the premises.
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama proposed on Tuesday the first US regulation of auto emissions in a bid to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gasses and lower dependence on foreign oil.
In the recently concluded Indian Election, ruling Congress party wins 201 seats – the highest and single party has got in last 25 years. A few imagined that Congress will retain 201 seats. The people of India have reposed their faith in the Congress, the Gandhis and Manmohan Singh.
US President Barack Obama objected on Wednesday to the release of dozens of photographs showing the abuse of terrorism suspects, fearing the pictures could trigger a backlash against US troops.
