Bush's declaration makes people in Los Angeles eligible for rehab, counseling and other programs to help them recover from Lohan-related damage.
Foreign aid is a system by which the American taxpayers are forced, in the name of national security or defense of the "free world," or charity, or whatever the politicians tell us, to subsidize US export companies and prop up client states that are often ruled by dictators.
One of the persistent myths of the post-Katrina story is the "the federal government sent all this money to New Orleans". Well, yes and, really no.
The massive federally funded program for rebuilding Louisiana homes is short nearly $3 billion, administrators told a state legislative panel here today, leaving uncertain for now how the owners of roughly 100,000 flood-wrecked houses here will be compensated.
Allies offered $854 million in cash and in oil that was to be sold for cash. But only $40 million has been used so far for disaster victims or reconstruction, according to U.S. officials and contractors. Most of the aid went uncollected, including $400 million worth of oil.
South Korea's top official on North Korea stressed Monday that delivery of promised rice aid to Pyongyang depends on whether the communist nation lives up to its commitment to start dismantling its nuclear weapons program.
Western science and traditional Eastern medicine could be combined to enhance treatment of cancer and other diseases, an oncology professor told a medical forum Sunday.
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reached a deal with North Korea on Sunday to resume massive rice aid to its impoverished neighbor, as well agreeing to the first run of trains across their heavily fortified border in 50 years.
South Korea may suspend rice aid to North Korea to ratchet up pressure on the North to comply with its nuclear disarmament pledges after it missed a deadline to shut an atomic reactor.
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Not everyone is able to rely on their parents when it comes to paying their way through college. If you are looking to go to college and can't afford it, here are 14 easy ways you can get financial aid.
Sudan and the U.N. signed an agreement Wednesday to guarantee humanitarian access to refugees in Darfur, where violence and government restrictions have prevented aid from reaching victims of a bloody conflict.
Toby, a 2-year-old golden retriever, saw his owner choking on a piece of fruit and began jumping up and down on the woman's chest.
The minority Conservative government, pressured to do more on the environment, will phase out some oil sands tax incentives, introduce rebates for hybrid vehicles, tax gas guzzlers and subsidize renewable fuels.
Israel will ask the U.S. government to significantly increase its military assistance to the country as part of a new multi-year aid agreement. A high-level Israeli economic delegation led by Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer and Finance Ministry Director General Yarom Ariav will meet with an American team in Washington this week
In light of the recent dog CPR story with a happy ending, we thought to post pet CPR instructions.
President Bush, facing criticism he has ignored Latin America, has approved new initiatives to offer better health care, expand education, spur small businesses and increase homeownership in Latin America.
The welfare state is bigger than ever despite a decade of policies designed to wean poor people from public aid.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday reversed a decision to deny aid to victims of Christmas Day tornadoes in Florida, saying the state needed more help after a series of deadly tornadoes last week.
Venezuela's foreign minister on Tuesday dismissed the U.S. government's decision to cut anti-drug aid to the South American nation, saying it does not need money from "the devil."
NEW ORLEANS - In the neighborhood President Bush visited right after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. government gave $84.5 million to more than 10,000 households. But Census figures show fewer than 8,000 homes existed there at the time
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The U.S. administration is opposed to provisions of a bill now in the hands of Congress which would link military aid for Pakistan to its efforts to tackle the Taliban, the U.S. embassy said.
The one member of Bush's war team who has mislead the public from the beginning can't seem to quit the habit. Now Dick Cheney claims he can't think of one mistake America has made in Iraq.
The largest, most challenging aid response in 50-plus years of work in disaster relief -- rebuilding hope for tens of thousands of people in four tsunami-devastated countries: Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
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Humanitarian efforts in southern Lebanon stalled for a second successive day on Wednesday as aid workers tried to reach the area, avoiding artillery and air strikes after Israel banned movement there.








