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Pakistan facing bankruptcy as world financial crisis deepens »
Posted by: Grancher 1 year, 1 month ago in News
Wracked by political instability and hard hit by the global
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economic crisis, Pakistan is teetering on the brink of default.
The country’ s foreign reserves ...Read (69) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at wsws.org
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Republicans target ACORN: the great "voter fraud" fraud »
Posted by: Grancher 1 year, 1 month ago in Political News
A community activist group called ACORN (Association of Community
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Organizations for Reform Now) has become a lighting rod for Republican
attacks as the US presidential ...Read (68) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at wsws.org
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McCain-Obama Debate Firsts 10-15-08 »
Posted by: velahan 1 year, 1 month ago in Political News
You might have dozed off a bit during the multitude of Democratic primary debates, but presidential debates are different, and this last of three has ...
(read more)Read (3269) | Share | Discuss (17) | Read Full Story at garlinggauge.com
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Chinese Economists warn of the biggest adjustment in 30 years »
Posted by: Grancher 1 year, 2 months ago in News
While last weekend’ s bailout of Freddie Mac and Fannie
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Mae received plaudits from Wall Street, it was also warmly welcomed
by the Chinese government ...Read (96) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at wsws.org
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Will India Be Tortoise to China's Hare? »
Posted by: _kam0_ 1 year, 2 months ago in Business & Finance
The startling growth in China and India has been the global economic story of the last decade. So far, the Chinese gains have been stronger ...
(read more)Read (171) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at blogs.wsj.com
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They Can Only Go So Far »
Posted by: dexlovex2 1 year, 3 months ago in News
Are we entering the age of the autocrat? It's certainly tempting to think so after watching Russia's recent clobbering of Georgia. That invasion ...
(read more)Read (119) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at washingtonpost.com
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Bolivia split in two as the wealthy aim to defy the Morales revolution »
Posted by: berkeley 1 year, 3 months ago in News
Violent protests against President Evo Morales have shaken Bolivia and cut the Andean nation in half, with rebel provinces blocking government attempts to regain control ...
(read more)Read (72) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at guardian.co.uk
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Solar plane makes night flights »
Posted by: ameliog 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & Technology
A UK-built solar-powered plane has set an unofficial world endurance record for a flight by an unmanned aircraft.
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The Zephyr-6, as it is known, stayed ...Read (1140) | Share | Discuss (4) | Read Full Story at news.bbc.co.uk
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Russia aims to keep control of Georgian port city »
Posted by: lexfooter 1 year, 3 months ago in News
AP GORI, Georgia: A top Russian general on Saturday said his country?s forces will continue to patrol a main Georgian Black Sea port city ...
(read more)Read (65) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at iht.com
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China's All-Seeing Eye : Rolling Stone »
Posted by: Fedquip 1 year, 6 months ago in News
Sometimes called "market Stalinism," it is a potent hybrid of the most powerful political tools of authoritarian communism" central planning, merciless repression, constant surveillance" harnessed ...
(read more)Read (147) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at rollingstone.com
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Schwarzenegger calls for 'rebranding' GOP »
Posted by: MyWayOnNow 1 year, 6 months ago in News
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger created shock and awe in the Republican Party when he warned years ago that the GOP was in danger of "dying ...
(read more)Read (303) | Share | Discuss (41) | Read Full Story at sfgate.com
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D.C. madam a suicide, police in Florida say »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 6 months ago in News
Deborah Palfrey, convicted of running a high-end Washington prostitution ring that snagged Sen. David Vitter (R), killed herself Thursday, weeks after her trial ended on ...
(read more)Read (188) | Share | Discuss (47) | Read Full Story at miamiherald.com
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James Reynolds' China »
Posted by: Alexia 1 year, 6 months ago in News
The Chinese Communist Party has taken away my opening line. A month or two ago, when I thought about how I'd start this blog ...
(read more)Read (143) | Share | Discuss (5) | Read Full Story at bbc.co.uk
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The 100 Year Lie »
Posted by: catstevens 1 year, 7 months ago in News
WASHINGTON -- Asked at a New Hampshire campaign stop about possibly staying in Iraq 50 years, John McCain interrupted -- "Make it a hundred" -- then offered a ...
(read more)Read (8) | Share | Discuss (25) | Read Full Story at realclearpolitics.com
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Out of Print, Death & Life Of The American Newspaper »
Posted by: lenseview 1 year, 8 months ago in Business & Finance
"...who will have the dubious distinction of publishing America's last genuine newspaper. Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive. Newspaper ...
(read more)Read (90) | Share | Discuss (10) | Read Full Story at newyorker.com
