In 2008 and 2009, the financial crises in USA was taken as precedence for the economic crises in USA and many other countries of the world. But is financial crises always precedence for economic crises? Why not economic crises as precedence for financial crises? In...
Currently, it seems that nations and peoples of the world are much more frustrated on the global economic crises and sustaining life. But I am so optimistic that the crises, dynamism, complexity and volatility of the world will bring much more global socio-economic...
Norway breaks silence, condemns war [TamilNet, Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 10:21 GMT] The Norwegian Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, in a statement issued on Tuesday said his government condemned the ongoing war...
Troops enter Mullaittivu; LTTE main garrison town falls[URL="http://defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090125_03"]http://defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090125_03[/URL]Sri Lanka Army 59 Division soldiers lead by Brigadier ...
"Friday October 31, 2:18 am ET By Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press Writer Japan's central bank cuts key interest rate to 0.3 percent in close vote; first cut in 7 years TOKYO (AP) -- The Bank of Japan voted Friday to cut its key interest rate for the first time in more...
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Pakistan, which faces shortages of oil, power, gas, irrigation water, etc, is said to be an agricultural country but currently it is facing severe food crisis and there seems no end in sight to the growing crises. "Countries suffering from food price soaring and...
With obesity amongst children and adults at an all time high in the western world scientists are now looking beyond the obvious causes such as overeating and lack of exercise to other factors. This new report...
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"NEW YORK - When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association when he fell ill months ago. And so did the mother of a soldier...
This is interesting, it's a new sevice launched by teh UK Foreign Office to track British citizens if they're abroad during an emergency, so friends and family can see if they're ok. The effort has been given new impetus as several British tourists went missing during the...
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A good Jam session, a good Jazz show implies that every participant not only plays but also takes the time to listen to the others. You need to be fast on your feet, ready for changes and quick turns, in other words, flexible.Crisis and challenges on a personal or business...
" CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii, April 6, 2008 – The top U.S. officer in the Pacific declared a command post exercise that wrapped up here yesterday a big success in ensuring U.S. Pacific Command is ready to...
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If you haven't read "The Age of Turbulence," yet, I suggest you run out to the nearest bookstore and pick-up a copy. It's a great read.
The highlighted article, written by Alan Greenspan, offers a quick look at the current housing market and at the use of statistical models...
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Forty-seven years ago, my grandfather Dwight D. Eisenhower bid farewell to a nation he had served for more than five decades. In his televised address, Ike famously coined the term "military-industrial...
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"The International Rescue Committee in late January 2008 released a new report on the mortality in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. The report caught the eye of some news agencies, who quickly whipped up trite little articles as supposed expressions of horror. "
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"“Take Afghanistan, where politics are much more dispersed. I think some of our foreign policy complications derive from our inability to locate a nomadic dynamic within contemporary political structures.”Countries like Iraq and Afghanistan may take on the trappings...
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