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Is US Sole Superpower Reign at Risk?
Money – Its currency has lost a quarter of its value on global markets in three years. No country in the entire history of humankind has ever owed as much money to foreigners as the US does today, and this debt rises by about a billion dollars a day.
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(consortiumnews.com)
Voted for on July 09, 2008 03:27am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 5 votes / No sinks
China's economy to become world's biggest in 2035
Money – China's economy will overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by midcentury, a study released Tuesday by a US research organization concluded.
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(news.yahoo.com)
Voted for on July 09, 2008 03:21am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks
Alcohol returns to Baghdad
News – Alcohol is openly for sale once more in Baghdad. All over the Iraqi capital, drink stores, which closed their doors in early 2006 when sectarian strife was raging, have slowly begun to reopen. Two years ago, al-Qa'ida militants were burning down liquor stores and shooting their owners.
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(independent.co.uk)
Voted for on July 09, 2008 02:55am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 42 votes / 1 sink
Americans Don't Know
Politics – There's a Plan on the Table to Resolve the Nuclear Standoff with Iran
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(huffingtonpost.com)
Voted for on July 09, 2008 02:27am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks
McCain Jokes About Killing Iranians (Again)
Politics – Sen. John McCain hasn't had good luck joking about Iran. But he tried it again Tuesday. Responding to a question about a survey that shows increased exports to Iran, mainly from cigarettes, McCain said, "Maybe thats a way of killing them."
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(blog.washingtonpost.com)
Voted for on July 09, 2008 12:49am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 58 votes / No sinks
Lieberman: After Iran wipes out Israel and 'Arab countries' in the Middle East, 'we're next!'
Politics – When host George Stephanopoulos asked if Israel should then attack Iran, Lieberman said, "That's up to Israel," warning that Iran not only represents an "existential threat" to Israel but also the Middle East and the United States.
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(thinkprogress.org)
Voted for on July 09, 2008 12:49am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 2 votes / No sinks
Clinton aide Wolfson joins Fox News pack
Politics – Howard Wolfson, one of Hillary Clinton's senior campaign advisers, will join Fox News Channel as a contributor.
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(news.yahoo.com)
Voted for on July 09, 2008 12:36am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 3 votes / No sinks
Suzanne Goldenberg: What Hillary has done for women in politics
Politics – Suzanne Goldenberg: A woman's place: She may have lost the nomination, but Hillary Clinton has brought women to the political stage as never before
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(guardian.co.uk)
Voted for on July 09, 2008 12:25am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 2 votes / No sinks
Europe fuel protests spread wider
News – Fuel protests triggered by rising oil prices have spread to more countries across Europe, with thousands of fishermen on strike.
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(rodoc.isuisse.com)
Voted for on July 09, 2008 12:06am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 7 votes / No sinks
The Bush Administration Strikes Oil in Iraq
Politics – The Bush administration has been facilitating ties between the Iraqi government and foreign oil companies for years. The same companies now likely to nab a no-bid toehold in Iraq's oilfields are intimately tied to the Pentagon for billions of dollars annually. Most of these firms have also been closely connected to Vice President Cheney.
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(tomdispatch.com)
Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:55pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 2 votes / No sinks
Karl Rove Is NOT Immune From Testifying
Politics – Karl Rove thought he was exempt from testifying, that he was immune. Karl Rove Is NOT Immune From Testifying, and will be in violation of the subpoena subjecting Karl Rove to contempt proceedings, including statutory contempt under federal law. He rec'd a letter...
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(dissfunktional.wordpress.com)
Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:47pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 2 votes / No sinks
Russia's prosecutor-general has admitted that thousands...
Politics – Russia's prosecutor-general has admitted that thousands of people are wrongly charged with criminal offences in the country each year.
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(leskat.isuisse.com)
Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:41pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 6 votes / No sinks
Riding the Colombia Gravy Train: From Al Gore to John McCain
Politics – There's a slight chance that we might get a serious rethinking of Colombia policy under an Obama administration. He will have to seriously clean house however to make sure Big Oil loses its political influence in the White House and Congress.
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(counterpunch.com)
Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:29pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 3 votes / No sinks
Ex-lawmaker in Colombia bribery scandal poses nude
News – A disgraced ex-lawmaker who threw Colombian politics into turmoil by saying President Alvaro Uribe's re-election was tainted by corruption added body to the scandal on Tuesday by appearing naked on the cover of a magazine.
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(news.yahoo.com)
Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:21pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 54 votes / 3 sinks
Mrs. Obama: Wife, Mother, Intellectual
Politics – As this November's presidential election draws closer, many people want to know more about Michelle Obama. Who is this mother of two, who rose from the rough South Side of Chicago to become a force in her own right during this crucial run for the White House?
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(abcnews.go.com)
Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:10pm
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