Punjab CM bats for genuine federal structure

Militants are deciding in the country's restive Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) about who can and who cannot contest the general elections, said a leading Pakistani daily which demanded that the state's writ be re-established in the tribal areas.An ...

A federal program intended to reduce poverty and improve life in rural areas through better access to federal funding is expanding to six states, officials said Tuesday. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack traveled to South Carolina to announce the expansion ...

About 15 million disabled people live below China's poverty line in rural areas, the China Disabled Persons Federation said Wednesday.The group accounts for about 12 percent of the country's total population living in poverty, according to a statement from ...

As we go into what is expected to be a very busy fire season in many areas of the United States, the agencies that fight those fires are facing budget deficits resulting in a reduction of firefighters. Rep. Greg Walden (OR) understands the plight of ...

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Peshawar, Apr 1: Two tribal women candidates, each from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA), on Sunday filed their nomination papers to participate in the general elections in Pakistan slated ...

Worldwide Cloud Services Market To Surpass $109 Billion In 2012 Some stock-market observers believe this is good news because it indicates the country's economy is doing well: Look, the real-estate market is also booming, as Bloomberg News has noted ...

Federal investigators on Saturday searched for the cause of a rush-hour train crash in Connecticut that injured dozens of people commuting home from New York City, three of them critically. More than 60 people were hospitalized Friday night after an ...

Connecticut and federal authorities told commuters to make alternate plans while asking for patience as investigators pore over the site of a Metro-North rush-hour train derailment that left three people critically injured. The damage is absolutely ...