International Business News - GEO http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A privately run immigration lockup in Tacoma, Wash., hired security guards without required preliminary background checks and then lied about it, according to authorities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/feds-say-wash-immigration-guards-werent-checked.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:31:07 EDT Defeating the enemies of tomorrow--from rogue nations to terror networks--will require a balanced and nimble military that can coax or confound an adversary as well as it can crush one, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/gates-calls-for-a-balanced-military.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:12:20 EDT The House on Wednesday rejected a Senate-backed measure extending a multiyear program of payments to rural counties hurt by federal logging cutbacks. The House removed the provision from a huge spending bill after the White House objected to the legislation. A White House statement said the timber program should be phased out, as the Bush administration had previously proposed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/house-removes-timber-payments-from-spending-bill.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:09:02 EDT The House on Wednesday rejected a Senate-backed measure extending a multiyear program of payments to rural counties hurt by federal logging cutbacks. The House removed the provision from a huge spending bill after the White House objected to the legislation. A White House statement said the timber program should be phased out, as the Bush administration had previously proposed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/house-removes-timber-payments-from-spending-bill.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:43:02 EDT A wrongful-death lawsuit can proceed against doctors and a private prison where a schizophrenic woman collapsed and later died after weeks in the infirmary, a federal judge ruled. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/mentally-ill-inmates-family-can-sue-over-death.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:01:35 EDT Prepared remarks of Cindy McCain, wife of presidential candidate John McCain, to the Republican National Convention on Thursday: ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/prepared-remarks-of-cindy-mccains-address.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:39:39 EDT NASA's staff will study whether the space shuttle program could continue operating past its scheduled retirement in 2010, according to an internal e-mail sent this week. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147779-meltdown-wheres-the-bottom.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/report-nasa-studies-extending-shuttle-to-2015.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/report-nasa-studies-extending-shuttle-to-2015.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:53:10 EDT Prison operator GEO Group Inc. said Friday it is discontinuing its contract managing a county jail in Pennsylvania, citing litigation and poor financial performance. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/geo-group-discontinues-pa-county-jail-contract.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:40:13 EDT A look at Wednesday's speakers for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver: ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/speakers-at-the-democratic-convention-on-wednesday.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:02:56 EDT Two sisters who endured a harrowing ordeal in the Republic of Georgia were greeted with balloons and cheers at New Jersey's main airport. Seven-year-old Ashley Evans and her 3-year-old sister, Sophia, had been stranded for nearly two weeks at their grandparents' farm after Russia invaded the former Soviet state. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/116205-trapped-in-georgia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/2-sisters-who-were-trapped-in-georgia-return-to-nj.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/2-sisters-who-were-trapped-in-georgia-return-to-nj.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:41:30 EDT Two little girls who were trapped for more than two weeks in the Republic of Georgia are safely back home in New Jersey. Seven-year-old Ashley Evans and her 3-year-old sister, Sophia, arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport shortly after 10 p.m. Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/2-new-jersey-girls-trapped-in-georgia-arrive-home.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:35:27 EDT When Russian troops invaded the Republic of Georgia this month, two little girls from New Jersey visiting their grandparents there were stranded behind a series of checkpoints. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/114987-trapped-in-georgia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080824/nj-congressman-helps-kids-stranded-in-georgia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080824/nj-congressman-helps-kids-stranded-in-georgia.htm Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:57:40 EDT A look at Wednesday's speakers for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver: ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080823/speakers-at-the-democratic-convention-on-wednesday.htm Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:58:10 EDT A look at Wednesday's speakers for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver: ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/speakers-at-the-democratic-convention-on-wednesday.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:12:22 EDT Two little girls from New Jersey were reunited with their father Thursday and could be returning home within a few days after being trapped by violence in the Republic of Georgia for two weeks. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/113539-trapped-in-georgia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/congressman-trying-to-rescue-nj-girls-in-georgia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/congressman-trying-to-rescue-nj-girls-in-georgia.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:56:38 EDT Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will give the keynote address at the Republican National Convention next month and Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman also will take center stage at the GOP gathering. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112829-cvn-lieberman-gop-convention.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/giuliani-to-give-keynote-at-gop-convention.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/giuliani-to-give-keynote-at-gop-convention.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:30:27 EDT Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate in 2000 and now an independent who is one of John McCain's strongest supporters, will speak at the Republican National Convention, an official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112724-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/sen-joe-lieberman-to-speak-at-gop-convention.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/sen-joe-lieberman-to-speak-at-gop-convention.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:29:06 EDT A New Jersey congressman has arrived in the Republic of Georgia in an effort to bring home two young girls stuck overseas since the conflict with Russia began. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/nj-congressman-in-georgia-to-help-trapped-sisters.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:05:51 EDT Barack Obama's newly minted running mate will join the Democratic hopeful onstage Saturday at a rally in this capital city where Obama launched his White House bid, a campaign official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/111931-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/obama-veep-announcement-expected-in-coming-days.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/obama-veep-announcement-expected-in-coming-days.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:14:39 EDT A New Jersey congressman is on his way to the Republic of Georgia to help two girls unable to leave their grandmother's farm because of the conflict with Russia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/nj-rep-on-way-to-georgia-to-help-trapped-sisters.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:24:53 EDT