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By Chelsea Schilling Pandemic bill allows health authorities to enter homes, detain without warrant. …the following states have implemented legal actions in response to the

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Japans’s tax revenues have collapsed by 27pc over the last year, leaving it unclear how the incoming Democrats can pay for their

By Eadie Chen and Chen Aizhu A report that Chinese state-owned companies will be allowed to walk away from loss-making commodity derivative trades provoked anger

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Beijing is drawing up plans to prohibit or restrict exports of rare earth metals that are produced only in China and play

The real US unemployment rate is 16 percent if persons who have dropped out of the labor pool and those working less than they would

Undercover armed Americans are swarming the Pakistani capital in the latest sign that the elected government has allowed Washington to dispatch what is believed to

Are you planning to get vaccinated against the H1N1 virus (also known as swine flu) this fall? Response    Percent        Votes Yes               23%     

By Linda Sieg Japan’s next leader Yukio Hatoyama, fresh from a historic election win, faced the task on Monday of forming a government to tackle

Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) may unilaterally terminate derivative contracts with six foreign banks that provide over-the-counter commodity hedging services, a leading financial magazine said. China’s

The electromagnetic waves emitted by mobile phone towers and cellphones can pose a threat to honey bees, a study  published in India has concluded. An