Financial regulators pledged on Thursday to toughen rules for mortgage brokers, lenders, and credit agencies, to try to restore investor confidence and prevent a recurrence of credit-market problems that threaten to slow the economy. ( Reuters ) U.S. Treasury Secretary

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Hopes of even an unofficial truce between Israel and Hamas were dealt a serious blow yesterday as 22 Qassam rockets were launched from Gaza in response to the killing by Israeli forces of four Palestinian militants in Bethlehem.

Beirut / Kuwait - Prosecutors in Kuwait yesterday released five Shiite activists accused of plotting to overthrow the government and belonging to "Hezbollah Kuwait," local reports said.

ArmInfo. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan will not hold the post of the Armenian prime minister after he resigns as president, Armenian Prime Minister, newly-elected President Serzh Sargsyan said in his TV interview, replying to RA citizens' questions."Robert Kocharyan and I

ArmInfo. Prime Minister, newly-elected President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has refuted the rumors about his love for games of chance.During his TV interview today he was asked if he actually loved gambling. He said: "No, I am not a gambler."To

ArmInfo. "I am in harmony with my conscience, but my conscience is not calm as the situation in the country is tense", Armenian Prime Minister, newly-elected President Serzh Sargsyan said in a TV interview, replying to RA citizens' questions. Today

ArmInfo. The Government of Armenia has approved amendments to the law on the security of people enjoying special state protection.The amendments regulate legal relations between the national security agencies and people enjoying state protection: former president, state officials, public, political

ArmInfo. Armenian Prosecutor General of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan received a delegation headed by Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg, Thursday.Press-secretary of the prosecutor general Sona Truzyan told ArmInfo that the meeting covered the post- election situation in

ArmInfo. The Armenian authorities did their best to avoid the March 1 disorders, Prime Minister, newly elected President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said during a TV interview today.The police suggested that the protesters move from the area near the embassy

ArmInfo. The opposition electorate is not only the 350,000 people having voted for Levon Ter-Petrossyan, Prime Minister, newly elected President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said during a TV interview today.Many people gave their votes to the leader of Orinats Yerkir

ArmInfo. Changes are expected to occur in the structure of the Armenian government, only the ministers who gave a good account of themselves will keep their posts, Armenian Prime Minister, newly-elected President Serzh Sargsyan said in a TV interview, replying

ArmInfo. We have never used army for political purposes, Prime Minister, newly elected President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said during a TV interview today.It is not right to use the army for political purpose. Our army has always acted in

ArmInfo. Prime Minister, newly elected President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyna has promised to root out crime in Armenia.During a TV interview today he said that he had specific program for combating criminals. "We will root out crime in Armenia," Sargsyan

ArmInfo. The creation of the coalition government is only the beginning of the work, Armenian Prime Minister, newly-elected President Serzh Sargsyan said in a TV interview, replying to RA citizens' questions. "I am sure that the government to be formed

ArmInfo. Prime Minister, newly elected President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan does not think that the staff policy carried out in the past decade was shameful.During a TV interview today he said that in some cases the authorities were forced to

ArmInfo. Prime Minister, newly elected President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan does not think that there are too many generals in Armenia.During a TV interview today he said: "We have much fewer generals than our neighbors, Russia, NATO have. I don't

ArmInfo. In the March 13 TV interview, newly-elected President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan confirmed the information that 8 people died during the March 1 mass disorders. According to him, one of the victims was an officer, the others were civilians,

ArmInfo. Prime Minister, newly elected President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan is sure that people's confidence in the mass media and their reports will be restored.During a TV interview today he said that he was concerned that people trusted the information