WEB NEWS - USA: federal websites shut down with the government

Today on the net: US federal websites shut down as the government enters budgetary deadlock; two Canadians held in Egypt describe their prison conditions; and a search engine that help plant trees in the Amazon. <br />USA: federal websites shut down with the government<br />The Department of Agriculture, the "E-verify" Employment Eligibility program, and also the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General… These federal services’ websites have shut down as 800,000 federal government workers were sent home on unpaid leave this Tuesday after Republicans and Democrats in the US congress failed to reach an agreement on a spending bill.<br />The US administration’s partial shutdown has impacted numerous websites, some of which are now hardly functioning at all. A message on the U.S. Department of Defense’s welcome page for example explains that updates will be limited due to the federal “shutdown”.<br />The budgetary deadlock has rendered unavailable several popular online services in the US. NASA’s online television channel for example, and also the webcam live streaming from the giant panda’s enclosure at Washington’s National Zoological Park.<br /><br />The healthcare system’s website remains intact however; Obamacare has just come into effect, and is the main source of disagreement between Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Americans can visit the site to compare the different healthcare packages and select the one best adapted to their needs. <br />Canadians detained in Egypt prison describe conditions<br />Canadian nationals Tarek Loubani and John Greyson were arrested in Cairo mid-August after th... Go on reading on our web site.<br />http://www.france24.com/en/taxonomy/emission/18008<br /><br />Visit our website:<br />http://www.france24.com<br /><br />Like us on Facebook:<br />https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter:<br />https://twitter.com/France24_en