http://blog.searchdub.com World News Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:03:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AP - The U.N.'s torture investigator said Thursday that European countries should take in those Guantanamo inmates who cannot be sent home when the U.S.-run prison closes. http://blog.searchdub.com/2008/11/20/un-expert-100-guantanamo-inmates-need-new-homes-ap-2/ AFP - The UN Security Council approved Thursday an extra 3,000 peacekeeping troops to help end conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fresh fighting erupted earlier in the day. http://blog.searchdub.com/2008/11/20/un-raises-dr-congo-troop-numbers-to-20000-afp-2/ Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama sent his top aide to Capitol Hill Thursday to tell leaders of the rival Republican party that he needed their help to confront the challenges facing the country. http://blog.searchdub.com/2008/11/20/obama-chief-of-staff-pick-meets-with-republicans-reuters/ CQPolitics.com - For the second year in a row, the House GOP caucus rejected an effort to limit its members' requests for special projects, or earmarks, in this case a short-term moratorium. http://blog.searchdub.com/2008/11/20/house-gop-backs-away-from-earmark-moratorium-cqpoliticscom/ AP - Democratic leaders in Congress sidetracked legislation to bail out the auto industry Thursday and demanded the Big Three develop a plan assuring the money would make them economically viable. Until they show us the plan, we cannot show them the money, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a ... http://blog.searchdub.com/2008/11/20/dems-delay-auto-bailout-vote-seek-plan-from-big-3-ap-5/ AFP - The US Senate on Thursday extended unemployment benefits by an extra seven weeks, in a bid to mitigate the impact of rising job losses as the economic crisis deepens. http://blog.searchdub.com/2008/11/20/senate-extends-jobless-benefits-afp-2/ AP - Democratic leaders in Congress sidetracked legislation to bail out the auto industry Thursday and demanded the Big Three develop a plan assuring the money would make them economically viable. Until they show us the plan, we cannot show them the money, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a ... http://blog.searchdub.com/2008/11/20/dems-delay-auto-bailout-vote-seek-plan-from-big-3-ap-4/ AP - Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress raced to approve legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running out. http://blog.searchdub.com/2008/11/20/congress-extends-jobless-benefits-through-december-ap-3/ Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed and sent to President George W. Bush legislation to extend jobless benefits for those who have been unemployed for a prolonged period in an economy that has been shedding jobs. http://blog.searchdub.com/2008/11/20/senate-sends-bush-expanded-jobless-benefits-bill-reuters/ AP - The chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee proposed Thursday giving the Commodities Future Trading Commission authority to regulate market credit default swaps, which have played a key role in the Wall Street's recent financial meltdown. http://blog.searchdub.com/2008/11/20/regulating-swap-transactions-blamed-for-meltdown-ap/