President Barack Obama has said the time has come for a sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system.
He made his case at a high school in Las Vegas, Nevada, a day after a bipartisan group of senators outlined a framework for reform.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Obama ber Kongressen vedta innvandringsforlik
USAs president Barack Obama ba tirsdag Kongressen om å vedta et forslag om reform av innvandringspolitikken. Forslaget kan gi elleve millioner ulovlige innvandrere en vei til statsborgerskap.
Fra talerstolen i Las Vegas ba Obama politikerne i Senatet og Representantenes hus om å fatte beslutninger raskt og på tvers av partigrensene.
Obama Hails Bipartisan Plan to Overhaul Immigration
LAS VEGAS — Seizing on a groundswell of support for rewriting the nation’s immigration laws, President Obama challenged Congress on Tuesday to act swiftly to put 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States on a clear path to citizenship.
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President Obama delivered remarks on immigration reform on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
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He also praised a bipartisan group of senators, who proposed their own sweeping immigration overhaul a day earlier, saying their plan was very much in line with his own proposals, and suggested there was a “genuine desire to get this done soon.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Unemployment in Europe: Is there a solution?
The recession in Europe is entering its fifth year and unemployment doesn't look like it will be returning to normal levels anytime soon.
In the countries with debt problems, especially Greece and Spain, unemployment skyrocketed in the last couple of years and is now at unprecedented levels. One in two young workers is out of a job.
Christopher Pissarides
Are we losing a whole new generation of young workers? Are we wasting hard-earned skills?
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Algeria attack changes terror landscape in North Africa
Algerian security personnel watch as empty coffins are transported to collect the victims killed at the In Amenas gas facility
It was the most ambitious and the deadliest terror attack since the rampage by Pakistani militants through Mumbai five years ago. And it raises the alarming prospect that al Qaeda affiliates and other jihadist outfits could turn
Norway goat cheese fire closes tunnel
Brunost has a high concentration of fat and sugar
A road tunnel in Norway has been closed - by a lorry-load of burning cheese.
About 27 tonnes of caramelised brown goat cheese - a delicacy known as Brunost - caught light as it was being driven through the Brattli Tunnel at Tysfjord,
Monday, January 21, 2013
Martin Luther King's dream is alive
Kevin Powell is the author of "Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, and The Ghost of Dr. King: Blogs and Essays." E-mail him at kevin@kevinpowell.net, or follow him on Twitter @kevin_powell.
(CNN) -- The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would hardly recognize America in 2013, the 50th anniversary year of his world-famous "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
The efforts of King and countless others have not only made it possible for Barack Obama to become the first black president of the United States, but also created unprecedented opportunities for the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and virtually anyone who had previously been given a check that has, as King put it, "come back marked 'insufficient funds
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