MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Oleg Mityatyev) - On November 19, Central Bank governor Sergei Ignatyev and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin came to parliament to answer questions regarding options for weathering the financial crisis. Reserves and policy Some time ago,

S. and Brazilian producers on the Latin American market. According to the Russian Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), many Russian defense producers have been affected by the slow movement of money through banks, shortage of loans and

Local Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate, Richard Burt has welcomed plans announced by Leader, Nick Clegg to suspend regional housing targets and replace them with locally determined housing needs assessments.

Commenting today on the latest recorded crime figures for Wychavon and Malvern Hill districts published by the Home Office, local parliamentary candidate Richard Burt praised police for an overall reduction in crime, but raised concerns over a steep rise in

As Ford bosses announce that Southampton's car plant will be closed for a further 17 days during the first quarter of 2009, amounting to a 4% pay cut for the site's staff Hampshire Liberal Democrat MPs Sandra Gidley and Chris

The Tories say the PM's promise to end boom and bust had proved "one of the greatest deceits ever told to the British public".

Chancellor Alistair Darling cuts VAT but signals future tax rises, with UK borrowing set to soar to record levels.

Paul Burstow, MP for Sutton and Cheam, is urging Royal Mail to re-open the Sutton Common Road Post Office without delay.

Paul Burstow MP has expressed his disgust at figures which reveal how victims of violent crime are not receiving the compensation they deserve from the government.

MP for Sutton and Cheam, Paul Burstow accompanied Kitty Dadds, a 10 year old constituent, to Downing Street last week to deliver a letter calling on Gordon Brown to improve care for children with diabetes.

It is a quadrennial Beltway ritual: an incoming administration's selection of cabinet secretaries, top department officials and senior White House staff. The Obama presidency-in-waiting is cranking at full throttle on this essential assignment, and the sniping already has begun.

Americans who have such chronic illnesses as heart disease, diabetes and depression are less likely to get the care and treatment they need than people in seven other advanced countries. And when Americans do get medical care, they pay substantially

Newly elected Democrat Marcia Fudge was sword into Congress Wednesday as Ohio's 11th District representative. She promised to carry on the legacy of the late Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones. Sara Sciammacco reports.

Ohio's senators are still fighting to get money for the auto industry, even though the Senate will go home without passing legislation. Peter Granitz reports.

Police shootings are rare, And when they do occur, they usually involve a criminal. But this summer, Akron police shot a 42 year-old Akron man who was protecting his home from a criminal. Rather than making them feel safer, community

Senior Cambridge academics and community leaders have strongly criticised plans for "ID cards for Foreigners".

A national dance team feared it would have to pull out of the world championships after the Home Office dragged its feet renewing a Cambridge student's visa.

PLANS to cut VAT expected in Chancellor Alistair Darling's Pre-Budget Report add to the deflation risk facing the UK, an expert warned today.

FOR Alistair Darling, it is the challenge of a lifetime. Even his friends admit his downbeat style and monotone delivery are unlikely to make this afternoon's Pre-Budget R

Twenty-eight people, including a leader of the ruling PPP, a woman councillor and 25 militants, were killed in separate incidents of violence in Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province and nearby tribal belt.