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  Obama postpones debt meet with lawmakers

  World | October 15, 2013 8:30 IST

  Washington : 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

  October 12, 2013 23:00 IST

  WASHINGTON: 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 | October 11, 2013 15:21 IST

  Washington:  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  Ready to negotiate if threats are withdrawn: Barack Obama to John Boehner

  October 08, 2013 23:53 IST

  WASHINGTON: 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 | October 06, 2013 15:03 IST

  Washington: 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 | October 05, 2013 18:38 IST

  Washington: 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 | October 05, 2013 14:32 IST

  Bali, 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 | October 05, 2013 7:02 IST

  Washington : 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 | October 04, 2013 11:23 IST

  Washington : 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 | October 04, 2013 9:27 IST

  Washington : 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 | October 04, 2013 7:38 IST

  Washington : 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 | October 03, 2013 10:02 IST

  Washington : 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 | October 03, 2013 7:42 IST

  Washington : 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

  October 02, 2013 16:11 IST

  Singapore: 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 | October 02, 2013 14:20 IST

  New 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 | October 02, 2013 13:17 IST

  Washington: 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