Welfare benefits

Welfare benefits

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  Officials: Suspect described plot before Miranda

  The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings acknowledged to the FBI his role in the attacks but did so before he was advised of his ... 

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  UK couple face jail for killing 6 children in fire

  Mick Philpott presented himself as an amiable rascal with an unorthodox lifestyle and a rambunctious brood of children — 17 in all, with five women. 

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  UK minister asked to make good on welfare pledge

  A British government minister is being asked to put his money where his mouth is. Opponents of a raft of welfare changes that took effect this week ... 

• Churches slam British government's welfare reforms

  Government welfare reforms that include a contentious cut dubbed the "bedroom tax" will cause upheaval for some of Britain's most vulnerable people, ... 

• UK to start giving food stamps, not cash, to poor

  Local governments in Britain say they will be issuing "food stamps" — vouchers for food and other essentials — to the poor to replace cash loans as ... 

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  Australian PM apologizes for forced adoptions

  Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a historic national apology in Parliament to the thousands of unwed mothers who were forced by ... 

• House passes bill forbidding welfare waivers

  Renewing a political fight from last year's presidential campaign, House Republicans passed a bill Wednesday that would prevent the Obama ... 

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  Unemployment risks creating new divide in Europe

  Record unemployment and fraying social welfare systems in southern Europe risk creating a new divide in the continent, the EU warned Tuesday, when ... 

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  India paying welfare directly, aiming to end fraud

  India will pay billions of dollars in social welfare money directly to its poor under a new program that aims to cut out the middlemen blamed for the ... 

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  Standard & Poor's hikes Greek rating by 6 notches

  Standard & Poor's ratings agency on Tuesday upgraded Greece's credit grade by 6 notches, yanking the debt-heavy country out of default but still ...