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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that based on feedback she received from Irish immigration activists she had met with, Republicans in the House majority are motivated by race to hamper the passing of the comprehensive US immigration law.

According to transcripts shared by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for its own probe on the awarding of the lucrative Simandou deposit to BSGR Resources Ltd, company owner Beny Steinmetz allegedly agreed to pay millions of dollars in bribe money to the wife of a former Guinea president prior to the securing of the coveted mining rights.

Documents recently released by a House panel on the General Motors Co recall indicated that the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration did not order a formal probe upon suggestion by an investigator due to inadequate evidence to launch such review, Bloomberg said.