Women In Politics

Marriage retreat helps couples in crisis
About three years ago, Bob and Darlene Wayman were divorced. Having brought in children from previous marriages, the couple couldn’t make their blended family work.

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Japan’s prime minister says sorry for nuke crisis
Japan’s prime minister, fighting criticism at home over his handling of the aftermath of last month’s massive earthquake and tsunami, says he deeply regrets the crisis at a radiation-leaking nuclear plant.

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Operator airs plan to control Japan nuclear crisis
The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant has laid out a blueprint for stopping radiation leaks and stabilising damaged reactors within the next six to nine months.

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Political crisis in Haiti draws help from Clinton
WASHINGTON – While the Obama administration keeps watch on violent protests in Egypt, Secretary of State Hillary…

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U.S. envoy seeks Chinese help to ease Korea crisis (PHOTOS)
BEIJING (AP) — A top U.S. envoy had “useful” talks with Chinese officials Thursday, Dec. 6, on easing the threat of war on the Korean peninsula, hoping to gain insights about a senior Chinese official’s recent meeting with North Korea’s absolute leader, Kim Jong Il.

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Undercurrent of Gulf oil crisis is comparison to Hurricane Katrina
WASHINGTON Sen. Mary Landrieu felt an ugly sense of deja vu. Her home state, Louisiana, was experiencing a catastrophe and the president was slowly and clumsily responding.

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‘Crisis is over, clean-up process still on’
The global financial crisis that started in the later part of 2008 following the collapse of the Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers may be over but the cleaning up process is still on, said Chairman of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sheila Bair on Tuesday.

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The Hindu Business Line : ‘US banking crisis is over’
No taxpayer bailout: Ms Sheila C. Bair (right), Chairperson, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, US and Ms Usha Thorat, Deputy Governor, RBI, at a lecture at the apex bank in Mumbai on Tuesday.

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Greek crisis wake-up call for weaker economies
The US’s Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairman Sheila C Bair is confident that there…

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