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Afghan police beat back mob of government workers at Kabul Bank branch - 8 Sep 2010 at 3:59am - KABUL -- Fears over the future of ailing Kabul Bank grew violent Wednesday as state police beat back crowds of frustrated Afghan government workers attempting to withdraw their salaries on the final day before a four-day national holiday.
Kabul Bank - Afghanistan - Asia - Kabul - Central bank
As China finds bigger place in world affairs, its wealth breeds hostility - 8 Sep 2010 at 3:11am - BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN - In a spasm of violence this spring, an angry mob toppled the Kyrgyzstan president, torched his office and ransacked other buildings associated with his hated authoritarian regime. The crowd then turned on a less obvious target: a popular Chinese-owned shopping mall stuffed ...
China - Asia - Social Sciences - Archaeology - United States
China's money can't buy love - 8 Sep 2010 at 3:11am - China confronts problem familiar to U.S.: Wealth and clout generate envy and, at times, hostility.
China - United States - Asia - Business and Economy - Travel and Tourism
Plan to burn Korans condemned - 8 Sep 2010 at 3:08am - Fla. church rejects warnings from Gen. Petraeus, others that demonstration may "endanger troops."
David Petraeus - Religion and Spirituality - Afghanistan - Islam - United States
How innovation killed the lights - 8 Sep 2010 at 3:06am - The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent bulbs in U.S. will close this month.
Incandescent light bulb - Light - Shopping - Home and Garden - Bulbs
Obama to argue against keeping tax cuts for rich - 8 Sep 2010 at 3:04am - His message Wednesday will be aimed at wavering Democrats who have been swayed by arguments that economy is too weak to raise anyone’s taxes.
Business - Democratic - Tax break - United States - Barack Obama
With Richard Daley's retirement, Rahm Emanuel could run for Chicago mayor - 8 Sep 2010 at 3:03am - White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has made no secret of his desire to run for mayor of Chicago one day, saying as recently as April that becoming chief executive of his home town had "always been an aspiration."
Rahm Emanuel - United States - Illinois - Chicago - Government
Mayor Emanuel of Chicago - 8 Sep 2010 at 3:03am - White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has made no secret of his desire to run for mayor of Chicago one day. Suddenly he has his chance.
Richard M. Daley - White House Chief of Staff - Mayor of Chicago - Rahm Emanuel - United States
Karzai's brother financed Dubai property purchases through embattled Kabul Bank - 8 Sep 2010 at 12:02am - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai made nearly $1 million on a Dubai property deal financed with money from Kabul Bank, according to a person familiar with the transaction and a property sales registry.
Dubai - United Arab Emirates - Afghanistan - Kabul - Middle East
On Leadership: The Federal Coach - 8 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - The nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and The Washington Post's On Leadership site jointly produce the Federal Coach, hosted by Tom Fox, director of the partnership's Center for Government Leadership. The goal is to "engage, inspire and learn from you, the federal worker, whether you are a...
Leadership - Business - Management - Coach - Education and Training
Archivist David Ferriero works to improve employee morale after bad poll results - 8 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - It can't be easy to acknowledge to the public and your employees that morale at your agency has hit the skids. But David S. Ferriero, the U.S. Archivist, did just that after the National Archives tied with the Department of Housing and Urban Development last week as the lowest-ranked large federal...
United States - David Ferriero - Government - World War II - Adolf Hitler
Virginia rejects work permit cards as proof of legal status to get license or ID - 8 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - Virginia said Tuesday that federal work permit cards can no longer be used to prove someone's legal status when obtaining driver's licenses or identification cards in the state after a fatal crash involving a Benedictine nun and a Bolivian man, accused of drunk driving, who immigrated here...
Virginia - Shopping - Security - Supreme Court of the United States - United States
The harsh math behind Obama's tax-cut pledge - 8 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - The former budget director makes a strong case against Obama's position on tax cuts.
Democats, on the run from Republicanines - 8 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - With Democrats cowering and Republicans growling, it's hard to get details of the "stimulus" package.
Obama vs. Boehner - 8 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - The president's attempt to explain that he's the cool one isn't working.
Will 2010 midterms be 1994 all over again? - 8 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - If John Boehner becomes House speaker, the big question becomes: Can divided government work?
Potomac River now healthier than in '50s, study shows - 7 Sep 2010 at 11:28pm - The Potomac River is cleaner now than it has been in decades, thanks largely to upgrades at Washington's sewage plant - and the proof is on the river bottom, where thickets of underwater grass are replacing mud and murk, according to a new scientific study.
United States - Science and Environment - Water Resources - Rivers - Potomac
Under the Dome: A conversation with Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers - 7 Sep 2010 at 11:07pm - Stephen Ayers, 48, became the 11th Architect of the Capitol in May with unanimous Senate confirmation. He is the man now charged with the maintenance, construction and preservation of not just the domed center of the action but also the congressional office buildings, Library of Congress, Supreme Co
Architect of the Capitol - United States - Architecture - Washington DC - Arts and Entertainment
NATO chief: Karzai must crack down on graft - 7 Sep 2010 at 10:46pm - Reports about endemic corruption in Afghanistan are undermining public support for the war among NATO allies, the military alliance's leader warned Tuesday.
Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai - United States - Warfare and Conflict - Political corruption
Enter our Congressional Election Contest - 7 Sep 2010 at 8:46pm - President Obama's Labor Day speech was touted as the opening salvo by a newly awakened White House in trying to thwart a GOP takeover of the Senate and maybe even the House. It appeared as if Obama had finally abandoned that charming, if odd, bipartisanship stuff.
United States - Elections - Government - contest - President
White House at odds with former budget chief over tax cuts - 7 Sep 2010 at 8:35pm - The Obama White House has never had much regard for the unsolicited advice it gets from the Washington pundit class.
White House - United States - President - Government - Executive Branch
Judge denies request to lift injunction on stem cell research - 7 Sep 2010 at 6:57pm - A federal judge on Tuesday denied a motion to lift an injunction he issued two weeks ago barring the government from funding research involving human embryonic stem cells.
Injunction - Biotechnology - Biology - Stem cell - Embryonic stem cell
Iraqi soldier kills 2 U.S. troops - 7 Sep 2010 at 6:32pm - BAGHDAD - Two U.S. service members were killed and nine others were wounded when a Kurdish Iraqi soldier sprayed them with gunfire inside an Iraqi army commando base north of Baghdad on Tuesday afternoon, Iraqi and U.S. military officials said.
Iraq - United States - Middle East - Iraqi Army - United States armed forces
Sharpton's organization still paying back taxes - 7 Sep 2010 at 3:33pm - The Rev. Al Sharpton's organization is putting its deep financial difficulties behind it, a spokesperson said.
Al Sharpton - United States - Glenn Beck - Government - National Action Network
Petraeus condemns Fla. church's plan to burn Korans - 7 Sep 2010 at 3:16pm - KABUL - Gen. David H. Petraeus on Tuesday denounced plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Koran this weekend, saying the demonstration could "endanger troops" and damage the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan - Religion and Spirituality - David Petraeus - United States - Islam
Tibetans wait for Dalai Lama, cling to culture - 7 Sep 2010 at 12:37pm - TONGREN, CHINA - In China, the Dalai Lama is officially a dangerous separatist and a "criminal," and his supporters are prohibited from discussing him or even displaying his picture. But here in the ethnic Tibetan areas of Qinghai province, nominally autonomous while under strict Chinese control...
Dalai Lama - Tibet - China - Government - Asia
New lawsuit to challenge laptop searches at U.S. border - 7 Sep 2010 at 4:18am - A group of plaintiffs is challenging the government's policy allowing laptops and other devices to be held and searched at borders, even when the traveler is not suspected of any wrongdoing.
Hardware - Notebooks and Laptops - Cases and Accessories - Laptop - US-Mexico Border
As U.S. officials begin visit to Beijing, relations are 'sound,' China says - 7 Sep 2010 at 4:14am - "Sound" and "stable" was how a top Communist Party official described the two countries' relationship while receiving the U.S. delegation.
Beijing - Asia - China - Business and Economy - Government
Republicans making gains against Democrats ahead of midterm elections - 7 Sep 2010 at 12:04am - Republicans are heading into the final weeks of the midterm campaign with the political climate highly in their favor, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Democratic - Politics - United States - Parties - Republican
Federal Faces: Till Rosenband - 7 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - Till Rosenband Physicist, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Government - United States - Employment - Roger Federer - Grand Slam
WASHINGTONPOST.COM - 7 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - Q. So your agency didn't do so well in the "Best Places to Work" rankings, announced last week. What's the problem? If you were in charge, what would you do to improve things?
Arts - Washington Post - Sport - United States - Sarah Palin
Federal Diary will return - 7 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - Joe Davidson is away. The Federal Diary will resume when he returns.
United States - Government - Personalities - World War I - History
Quick Study: Fibromyalgia: - 7 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - THE QUESTION Might the pain and fatigue of fibromyalgia be relieved by tai chi, the mind-body exercise of Chinese origin that combines gentle, graceful, continuous movements with deep breathing and relaxation techniques?
Fibromyalgia - Health - Musculoskeletal Disorders - Conditions and Diseases - Connective Tissue
U.S. government officials share a few of their favorite books on leadership - 7 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - The nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and The Washington Post's On Leadership site jointly produce the Federal Coach, hosted by Tom Fox, director of the partnership's Center for Government Leadership. The goal is to "engage, inspire and learn from you, the federal worker, whether you are a...
Federal government of the United States - Shopping - Books - United States - US government
'Train geeks' give railroad agency high marks - 7 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - On the top three floors of an office building wedged between the railroad tracks and the Southwest Freeway in Washington, a tight-knit staff of lawyers, economists and analysts churns out reviews and decisions in one of the most obscure corners of the federal government.
Recreation - United States - Trains and Railroads - Organizations - Standard Gauge
27 horses killed in fire near Charles Town Races in W.Va. - 7 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - At least 27 thoroughbred racehorses died Monday near West Virginia's Charles Town Races after a fire broke out at a group of privately owned stables, local and race officials said.
Sports - United States - Recreation and Sports - Texas - Cocktail
Science News: When it comes to reducing energy use, every quadrillion BTUs co... - 7 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - A bright spot in the nation's flickering economy is that Americans used less energy last year than in 2008, according to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , which recently published its findings online .
British thermal unit - Energy - Technology - United States - Conservation
Rather than creating 'death panels,' new law adds to end-of-life options - 7 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - About this time last year, voters and politicians were consumed by the rumor, fanned by health-care overhaul opponents, that the legislation would include "death panels" of government bureaucrats who could "pull the plug on Grandma" if she needed costly care.
Law - Death Penalty - Crime and Justice - Capital punishment - Business
Volunteers at Walter Reed endure mosquito bites to help find a malaria vaccine - 7 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - Jesse Bolton is a pretty buff guy. He's in the Navy, and a few mosquitoes don't scare him much. But he has seen what the bite of a malaria-carrying insect can do. One of his squadmates picked it up in Africa a few years ago.
Malaria - Health - Infectious disease - Conditions and Diseases - Parasitic
Finding a way out of Afghanistan - 7 Sep 2010 at 12:00am - Study group says it's time to reconceptualize the conflict.
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