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Bush to sign India nuclear legislation Wednesday (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
President George W. Bush will sign legislation opening a potentially lucrative nuclear trade with India on Wednesday, a week after the deal was ratified by Congress, the White House said on Monday.

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:32:39 GMT

Iceland introduces emergency legislation to deal with financial crisis as banks falter (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Iceland's banks face a battle for survival Tuesday after government introduced emergency legislation to give itself sweeping new powers over its collapsing financial sector.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:10:35 GMT

LEGISLATION: U.S. offers farmers money to go organic (Courier-Post)
New federal legislation, which passed earlier this year, offers farmers as much as $20,000 a year to cover the cost of converting their farms to organic agriculture.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:22:32 GMT

Bush to sign India nuclear legislation Wednesday (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush will sign legislation opening a potentially lucrative nuclear trade with India on Wednesday, a week after the deal was ratified by the U.S. Congress, the White House said on Monday.

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:42:23 GMT

Mental Health America Hails Approval Of Federal Parity Legislation (Medical News Today)
Mental Health America today hailed as "a great civil rights victory" the approval of mental health parity legislation that will broadly outlaw health insurance discrimination against Americans with mental health and substance-use conditions in employer-sponsored health plans.

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:07:01 GMT