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Sweden's capital hit by worst riots in years
ReutersBy Johan Sennero and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, May 22 (Reuters) - Hundreds of youths have set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue services in poor immigrant suburbs in three nights of rioting in Stockholm, Sweden's worst disorder in years. On...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Interior Policy, Unemployment, Immigration, Stockholm (Sweden)
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Khaled Hosseini on "And the Mountains Echoed"
Khaled Hosseini stormed the best-seller lists with his debut novel, “The Kite Runner,” in 2003, following it up with the even more popular “A Thousand Splendid Suns” in 2007. Both set in the author's native country of Afghanistan,...
Tags: Fiction, The Washington Post, Literature, Authors, Polio
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Gov. Jerry Brown unveils cautious budget for deficit-free state
SACRAMENTO — California may finally be free of deficits, but Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a cautious budget Tuesday, saying the state's financial condition remains treacherously unstable. Brown put lawmakers on notice that he had no desire to ratchet...
Tags: Executive Branch, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Regional Authority, Darrell Steinberg
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California governor revises spending downward, cites sequester cuts as partly responsible
San Jose Mercury NewsSACRAMENTO, Calif. _ Warning Democratic legislators that he will not sign a budget that ramps up spending, Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday framed a much less upbeat vision about the California economy than just four months ago. Brown's revised budget...Tags: Executive Branch, Personal Income, Students, Budgets and Budgeting, Regional Authority
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Rich nations' wealth gap widens as welfare cut -OECD
Reuters* Welfare spending vital to bridging growing wealth gap - OECD * Rich-poor divided widened quickly after financial crisis PARIS, May 15 (Reuters) - A growing divide between rich and poor risks will yawn still wider if cash-strapped governments keep...Tags: Economic Inequality, Government, Interior Policy, Finance, Financial Markets
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Gov. Jerry Brown sticks to hard line in revised budget proposal
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown took a hard line Tuesday as he unveiled his latest budget plan, seeking to tighten general-fund spending and holding firm on his push to redistribute money for schools. He proposed general-fund expenditures of $96.4...
Tags: Executive Branch, Personal Income, Government, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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Forum urges Muslims to give priority to education
Khaleej TimesSpeakers at the first-ever national conference to discuss socio-economic challenges faced by Muslims have given a clarion call to the minority community to accord priority to education for paving the path for its progress. Maulana Mohammad Fazlur...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Jihad, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), United Arab Emirates, Islam
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WVU seeks PEIA alternative
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.WVU's Faculty Senate endorsed a letter to state legislators imploring them to allow the university to explore other health insurance options. The unanimous approval came during Monday's meeting. Currently, WVU employees fall under the Public Employee...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Employment, Health and Safety at Work, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School
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Obama administration needs to change the conversation
By WILLIAM P. HOJNACKI I am very disappointed in the way that the Obama administration is dealing with the Republicans in the ongoing discussions concerning the federal budget. The administration has, once again, allowed the Republicans to set the agenda...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Bill Clinton, Indiana University South Bend, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, National Government
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Rich Danker: For real pension reform, inequality must be stressed
Just a few years ago, pension reform appeared inevitable. The drop in asset prices during the financial crisis had left public pension funds trillions of dollars behind on meeting future obligations. The defined benefit model was under fire as unduly...Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Finance, Civil and Public Service, Florida Legislature
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Maine Democrats, Republicans duel over Medicaid, hospital payback
Portland Press Herald, MaineState lawmakers continued their war of words Thursday over Democrats' desire to expand Maine's health insurance program for the poor and Republicans' support for Gov. Paul LePage's plan to pay off the state's hospital debt. The parties held dueling...Tags: Chris Christie, Executive Branch, Jay Nixon, Government Health Care, Medicaid
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Budget rejected in pay rise row
Gulf Daily News, Manama, BahrainPARLIAMENT has refused to approve the national budget, already delayed by six months, because it does not include 15 per cent pay rises for 45,000 civil servants. A senior MP described the decision taken yesterday as a "disaster" and "dangerous" --...Tags: Manama (Bahrain), Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Finance, Civil and Public Service, National Government
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