News Headlines - 22 November 2010

▽Irish PM To Dissolve Parliament After Budget Process - Capital.gr
http://english.capital.gr/News.asp?id=1091730
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said Monday he intends to dissolve parliament in the new year after a vital budget process is completed, but refused to bow to pressure to resign.

▽Portugal braces for market focus after Ireland - BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9JL48OG0.htm
Portugal is widely viewed as the eurozone's weakest member after Ireland and Greece because of its heavy debt burden, which threatens to keep growth weak for years. And as Ireland receives its bailout, the Portuguese are preparing for the market spotlight to focus on them.

▽Rolls-Royce wins $1.8bn engine contract - FT.com
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/53849f24-f61e-11df-a313-00144feab49a.html#axzz163qVTMWB
The British engine maker said on Monday that it had won a $1.8bn order from Air China to provide engines for 20 new aircraft.

▽Social housing: anger over two-year tenancies and applicant curbs - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/nov/22/social-housing-two-year-tenancies
New council house tenants could lose their homes within two years if they get a job, and local authorities will be able stop social housing going to those who fall behind repeatedly with their rent, under government proposals which charities said felt "like a deliberate attack" on the poor.

▽Lessons of Hate at Islamic Schools in Britain - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world/europe/23britain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A British network of more than 40 part-time Islamic schools and clubs with 5,000 students has been teaching from a Saudi Arabian government curriculum that contains anti-Semitic and homophobic views, including a textbook that asks children to list the “reprehensible” qualities of Jews, according to a BBC documentary broadcast on Monday.