Us Shutdown
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Obama postpones debt meet with lawmakers
World | Oct 15, 2013, 08:30 AM ISTWashington : US President Barack Obama postponed a planned meeting with lawmakers to discuss the government shutdown and the debt ceiling amid signs of progress in the Senate, the White House said Monday.The meeting, which
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US shutdown: Focus of negotiations shifts to Senate
Oct 12, 2013, 11:00 PM ISTWASHINGTON: House talks with President Barack Obama over ending the partial government shutdown and preventing a federal default have stalled, Speaker John Boehner told fellow Republicans on Saturday, shifting the focus to Senate efforts to
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US shutdown: Talks with Republicans fail
World | Oct 11, 2013, 03:21 PM ISTWashington: Talks at the White House with Republicans failed to reach an agreement to end the budget crisis on Thursday evening despite earlier hopes that a deal might be in sight. Discussions between Barack Obama
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Ready to negotiate if threats are withdrawn: Barack Obama to John Boehner
Oct 08, 2013, 11:53 PM ISTWASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama today offered to negotiate with the Republican leadership only after the threat of government shutdown and debt default have been removed, the White House said. Obama conveyed this message to House
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Parties race to use shutdown for 2014 leverage
World | Oct 06, 2013, 03:03 PM ISTWashington: Republicans and Democrats have wasted little time trying to use the first U.S. government shutdown in a generation for political advantage ahead of next year's Congressional elections, seizing on the plight of furloughed workers
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US Shutdown: No end in sight to the crisis on day 5
World | Oct 05, 2013, 06:38 PM ISTWashington: The political impasse behind the US government shutdown showed no signs of abating as it entered its fifth day today with President Barack Obama asking the opposition to pass the federal budget with no
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Kerry: US will stay the course despite shutdown
World | Oct 05, 2013, 02:32 PM ISTBali, Indonesia : U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Congress on Saturday to think “long and hard” about the negative message that the partial government shutdown is sending around the world, even as he
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US, EU trade talks cancelled due to shutdown
World | Oct 05, 2013, 07:02 AM ISTWashington : The second round of negotiations in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) was cancelled due to the US federal government shutdown, said the Obama Administration Friday in a statement.According to the statement,
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Obama cancels Asia trip to deal with govt shutdown
World | Oct 04, 2013, 11:23 AM ISTWashington : President Barack Obama is canceling a trip to Asia to stay in Washington and push for an elusive funding bill to end a federal government shutdown entering its fourth day Friday.In a statement
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US debt ceiling issue to hurt global economy: IMF chief
World | Oct 04, 2013, 09:27 AM ISTWashington : The International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief warned Thursday that if US Congress failed to raise the government's borrowing authority, it would seriously damage both the US as well as the global economy."In the
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US shutdown deepens fears of looming debt crisis
World | Oct 04, 2013, 07:38 AM ISTWashington : Democrats and Republicans remained no closer to resolving a budget feud that has shut down much of the government as Washington and international officials raised the alarm Thursday over an even more critical
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Obama 'exasperated' by government shutdown
World | Oct 03, 2013, 10:02 AM ISTWashington : US President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he is "exasperated" by the lack of agreement that led to the paralysis of the federal government and warned that Wall Street "should be concerned" about
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Shutdown affects majority of US intelligence workforce
World | Oct 03, 2013, 07:42 AM ISTWashington : The US federal government shutdown has forced the country's intelligence agencies to furlough 70 percent of its workforce, US intelligence officials said Wednesday.Speaking at a Senate panel hearing, James Clapper, director of National
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Oil prices dip as dealers weigh impact of US shutdown
Oct 02, 2013, 04:11 PM ISTSingapore: Oil prices retreated further in Asian trade today as investors weighed the economic consequences of the budget crisis that has partially shut down the US government.New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate for delivery
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How govt shutdown has impacted United States
World | Oct 02, 2013, 02:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: As the US government shutdown entered the second day , US lawmakers went home without finding a way to end the shutdown Americans braced themselves for a prolonged closure.The United States federal government
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US braces for long shutdown as lawmakers go home
World | Oct 02, 2013, 01:17 PM ISTWashington: As US lawmakers went home after playing their political games without finding a way to end a historic government shutdown over President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, Americans braced themselves for a prolonged closure.The