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DEA Cartagena Probe: Agency embroiled In Prostitution Scandal
21 May 2012, 8:40 pm
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department inspector general's office said Monday it is investigating possible misconduct by Drug Enforcement Administration personnel in Colombia unrelated to the Secret Service incident with prostitutes at a Cartagena hotel.
Outcast Aussie lawmaker reveals death threats
21 May 2012, 12:44 am
An Australian politician
embroiled in a sex scandal whose vote is crucial to Prime Minister Julia Gillard's hold on power said on Monday he had received death threats and been urged to kill himself.
Former army and ISI chiefs embroiled in allegation war
18 May 2012, 1:36 am
The ongoing war of words between a former Pakistani chief of army staff general and a former ISI chief, trading allegations and counter allegations in the supreme court and blaming each other for payment of millions of rupees among anti-Pakistan People's Party politicians to influence the results of the 1990 general elections, has abundantly made it clear how Pakistan's powerful military and ...
Senate embroiled in partisan struggle over student loan rates
10 May 2012, 6:47 am
At issue is how to pay for an extension of the current interest rate. Democrats propose increasing the Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes on high-earning stockholders of some privately owned corporations. Republicans would like to take funds from the health law's prevention fund.