U.S. sponsors postpone push for Armenian genocide bill
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Backers of a resolution to formally name the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a genocide said on Thursday they would postpone efforts to bring it to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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ANKARA, Oct 16 (IPS) - The decision last week by the U.S. House Committee  on Foreign Relations to adopt a resolution recognising as  genocide the massive killings of Armenians in 1915 and 1916 by  Ottoman military forces in eastern Anatolia has marked a decisive  turn in the relationship between the legislative of the United  States and the Turkish government.
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WASHINGTON - NASA could be forced to delay its selection of a new contender for space station resupply contracts if the $516 billion domestic spending measure approved Dec. 17 by the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law.
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An ethics panel admonished U.S.  House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Thursday,  saying he improperly offered to endorse a lawmaker's son in  return for a vote on a Medicare prescription drug bill.
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Democratic and Republican lawmakers have introduced a resolution urging the government to recognize as genocide the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians at the end of World War I.
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WASHINGTON - The House ethics committee Thursday said Majority Leader Tom DeLay acted improperly when he tried to convince Rep. Nick Smith, R-Mich., to change his vote from "no" to "yes" on a bill to provide a Medicare prescription drug benefit...
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The plans of Finland's Social Democratic Party (SDP) to postpone naming its presidential candidate until autumn are giving a headache to parties close to it.
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Representatives of losing presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych said Wednesday it may be days before they file a new appeal of the election results, a delay that would prolong the tensions that have plagued Ukraine for months.
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House Republican leaders blocked and appeared to kill a bill Saturday that would have enacted the major recommendations of the Sept.
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Republican congressional leaders struggled Wednesday to sidetrack legislation allowing prescription drugs to be imported, a pre-election controversy threatening to delay billion of dollars for homeland security.
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College football coaches delayed a vote Wednesday on whether to release the ballots for their weekly poll, though some made it clear they strongly oppose the idea.
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The Turkish parliament recessed until October 1, leaving a penal code reform vital to Turkey's European aspirations in limbo as the EU warned that failure to pass the bill by October 6 &quot;will have an impact&quot; on a key EU report on whether to start accession talks with Ankara.
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The debate is delaying a decision about whether to use a strategy of diplomacy or isolation in dealing with Iran.
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The White House has postponed the unveiling of a new Iraq policy until after the holidays. Here's why.
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INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey, Oct. 6 -- An unexpected travel delay has forced the United States and its diplomatic partners to postpone until early next week a decision about what punitive actions to take against Iran over its nuclear program, a senior State Department official announced Friday.
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Leading Iraqi political parties, including the two main Kurdish groups closely allied to the United States, called on Friday for elections scheduled for Jan. 30 to be delayed because of Iraq &#39;s widening violence.
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Senator John Kerry's presidential team accused the Bush administration of delaying major US offensives in Iraq until after November's election.