NewsOnFeeds.com Politic News http://NewsOnFeeds.com/section/Politic%20News/49/1 Politic News from NewsOnFeed.com en 60 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/images/small.nof.gif MPs attempt to force smacking ban A cross-party group of MPs is trying to force through a ban in England and Wales on smacking of children. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:45:35 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8013512/MPs%20attempt%20to%20force%20smacking%20ban BBC News | Politics | UK Edition Children treated on adult wards Scottish health boards which treat children with psychiatric problems on adult wards may be breaking the law. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:26:21 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8013513/Children%20treated%20on%20adult%20wards BBC News | Politics | UK Edition Stevens’s Lawyer Challenges Witness Senator Ted Stevens’s defense lawyer portrayed the prosecution’s chief witness to a jury as someone who betrayed a longtime friend to protect his fortune. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:00:28 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8013077/Stevens%E2%80%99s%20Lawyer%20Challenges%20Witness NYT > NYTimes.com Home US Presidential Candidates Set For Second Debate Economic crisis expected to dominate tonight's debate between Republican John McCain and rival Barack Obama Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:16:03 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8013491/US%20Presidential%20Candidates%20Set%20For%20Second%20Debate VOA News: Politics With Outlook Dim, Bernanke Says Fed May Act on Rates In an address that was at once sobering but hopeful, Ben S. Bernanke hinted strongly that the Fed would lower interest rates at its meeting this month. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:11:18 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8012225/With%20Outlook%20Dim,%20Bernanke%20Says%20Fed%20May%20Act%20on%20Rates NYT > NYTimes.com Home Big Insurer’s Spending Habits Disclosed At a hearing on compensation and spending at A.I.G, one lawmaker criticized the “unbridled greed” of executives. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:06:31 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8012231/Big%20Insurer%E2%80%99s%20Spending%20Habits%20Disclosed NYT > NYTimes.com Home UN: Literacy Rates Not Rising Fast Enough US First Lady Laura Bush was at UN headquarters in New York Tuesday to spotlight need for improved literacy Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:37:59 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8012997/UN:%20Literacy%20Rates%20Not%20Rising%20Fast%20Enough VOA News: Politics Government to unveil bank rescue The UK government is poised to announce details of a comprehensive rescue package for the banking system. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:54:20 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8011020/Government%20to%20unveil%20bank%20rescue BBC News | Business | Companies | UK Edition Fed Announces Plan to Buy Short-Term Debt The Federal Reserve’s radical new plan is an effort to stimulate the credit markets, which have all but dried up. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:14:47 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8010699/Fed%20Announces%20Plan%20to%20Buy%20Short-Term%20Debt NYT > NYTimes.com Home Release of Chinese Muslims Ordered A federal judge ordered the Bush administration to release 17 ethnic Uighers from Guantánamo and allow them to stay in the United States. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:13:21 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8010705/Release%20of%20Chinese%20Muslims%20Ordered NYT > NYTimes.com Home Stalled Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Process Causing Concern In Region Botswana's foreign ministry issued a statement saying the deadlock in the power-sharing talks is "disturbing and...cannot be ignored" Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:10:07 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8012996/Stalled%20Zimbabwe%20Power-Sharing%20Process%20Causing%20Concern%20In%20Region VOA News: Politics Brown holding bank crisis talks Gordon Brown is meeting Bank of England Governor Mervyn King to discuss plans to stabilise the banking system. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:08:42 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8010663/Brown%20holding%20bank%20crisis%20talks BBC News | Politics | UK Edition Salmond makes interest rate call Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond calls for a substantial cut in interest rates to head off a possible recession. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:05:40 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8010840/Salmond%20makes%20interest%20rate%20call BBC News | Business | Economy | UK Edition PM 'keen' to visit Glenrothes Gordon Brown has indicated he is "very keen" to join Labour's by-election campaign in Glenrothes, the Scottish secretary says. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:40:43 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8010664/PM%20'keen'%20to%20visit%20Glenrothes BBC News | UK | UK Edition Key juggles tax cuts to keep $50 - for some National has reduced its planned tax cuts for high income earners so it can keep its pledge to give the average earner a cut of $50 a week. The rethink was forced by the bad news revealed in the opening of the Government's books... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:00:18 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/8011411/Key%20juggles%20tax%20cuts%20to%20keep%20$50%20-%20for%20some New Zealand Herald - Politics