Mr Bush's energy secretary, Spencer Abraham, is heading a joint investigation into the power cut with his Canadian counterpart.
Announcing they were writing to the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, the lawyers said that a single super-inquiry into two of the worst rail disasters in British history would provide the investigation with the power it needs to force through major changes in safety.
Most relevant to today, Congress has investigated the causes behind economic downturns, using the power of investigation to raise public concern and improve knowledge of the economy.
Power shortages have become a major issue in Pakistan, with the government ordering an investigation into a nation-wide power cut on Sunday blamed on a technical fault in a plant in south-western Balochistan province.
Criminal investigators are looking into whether Bloch destroyed evidence to obstruct an inspector general investigation of whether he abused his power.
Several groups of New Orleans Police Department employees are under federal investigation, accused of abuse of power -- including murder charges.
Mr Faisal had been helping lead the investigation into alleged bribes paid by power firms when Mr Ashraf was minister for water and power in 2010.
The Federal Trade Commission's absolution of Google after a lengthy investigation into alleged abuse of market power induced expected reactions from the principle players.
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Haaretz used its considerable power to discredit the investigation of Kamm and Blau by falsely telling foreign reporters that the story was an issue of press freedom and that Kamm was being persecuted as a journalist rather than investigated for treason she committed while serving in the military.
Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS has the power to issue a search warrant.
When the opposition came to power, it ordered an investigation.
USADA, which has no subpoena power, went ahead with its investigation anyway, using the threat of sports sanctions to ultimately uncover the doping conspiracy.
Milosevic was arrested in April and has been detained in Belgrade pending an investigation into allegations of corruption and abuse of power during his 13-year rule.
It was only after their loss of immunity that Putin acquired the power to temporarily remove and replace those under investigation.
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That joint investigation will have every tool it needs, including subpoena power, to get to the bottom of what went wrong.
Republican chairman John Warner--wary of offending Jenkins, who is backed by the Christian Coalition--pledged to continue the investigation, although without the Democrats he will have no power to issue subpoenas.
"We call upon the Lao government to pursue a transparent investigation of this incident and to do everything in its power to bring about an immediate and safe return home to his family, " Hillary Clinton urged in a statement.
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"The decision of the World Council was presided over by the FIA president, who was well-known to be in conflict with Briatore, with Mr Mosley having played a leading role in launching the inquiry and its investigation in violation of the principle of separation of the power of the bodies, " its judgment said.
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The Security Council could, moreover, have the power to insist that the court should suspend an investigation temporarily.
La Repubblica, citing unnamed sources familiar with the investigation, alleged that the investigation revealed a series of scandals involving sex, money and power that touch cardinals, priests and lay people that work in the Vatican.
Last September, the European Union also initiated an investigation into Chinese solar imports in what is seen as the largest anti-dumping probe ever carried out by the Union. (See: Suntech Power Faces The Heat From EU Anti-Dumping Investigation) The investigation is likely to be completed by the end of this year.
Ofgem initially launched a formal investigation in September 2010 into the sales techniques of four firms - Scottish Power, SSE, Npower and EDF.
Even so, analysis presented in the Microsoft trial, and to the Italian investigation of Coca-Cola, suggest that both do enjoy a degree of market power.
Some of the Japanese reactors will not be restarted such as at the stricken No. 1 unit at the Fukushima nuclear power plant and others will begin operation only after months or years of investigation and retrofitting.
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However, the NASA official, Mike Suffredini, said no decisions can be made until a commission appointed by Russia completes its investigation of the August 24 crash involving a Soyuz rocket -- the same kind used to power the flights of crew members to the space station.
The evidence suggests that the eight months included false statements under oath, false statements to the American people, false statements to the president's cabinet and his aides, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, and the use of presidential authority and power in an effort to conceal the truth of the relationship and to delay the investigation.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said the aircraft, by modern standards, had "low stability and power margins and poor flight instrumentation".
Power and other senior officials said the number of suspicious activity reports they review for potential investigation skyrocketed from 3, 000 in fiscal year 2003 to about 35, 000 in 2006, to 48, 000 in 2007.
Indeed, as an investigation of Central European alcoholic despair in temporary accommodation in Tasmanian rain forests it has a considerable, hypnotic power.
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