30 December 2009Who knows well about Burma? Anyone ever heard of Burma? One might wonder where the Burma is?Well, Burma is a beautiful country rich in natural resources located in South East Asia sharing border with Thailand, Laos, China, India and Bangladesh.Burma has been...
We are drowning. And not just in credit card bills and tuition payments. We are drowning in false choices. We are told that we must choose between making money and making a difference, that it is not possible to...
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BY RANA ROSEN [this story appeared originally on Immigration Here & There, a project of the Medill School of Journalism] [to lead story Go west young Indian nurses] Purushotan Jangir prays every morning before...
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" Simpsons characters pictured in a mob revolt with tourches. Image Credit: The SimpsonsLet The Revolution BeginIt's ironic that Barack Obama, whose friends were disciples Saul Alinsky, an ardent social...
Japan’s PM Taro Aso want to counter Climate change in spite of economic downturn. As the business daily Nikkei said citing unnamed government sources. Aso want to order a stimulus package that...
created by Paschen | 47 wks ago | updated 1 wk ago 441 views | 47 recommendations | 3 comments
There are great hopes for the Copenhagen conference. There is also relief and hope now that the US is back in the discussion. The session on Climate Justice left a lot of questions open and the answers are not...
If you ask the following question: Where do the best students sit inside a classroom? 9 out of 10 are likely to respond “in the front”. If you ask: why? The likely response is “to pay more...
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By, Uwe Paschen H. Clinton is to visit Japan for her first official overseas trip as US Secretary of State for the Obama administration, She will meet with Prime Minister Taro Aso. Wile here in Japan she will most...
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US President Barack Obama sent a trade representative to the World Economic Forum in Davos in an attempt to pacify countries who were calling the new US budget plan 'protectionist'. They argue the plan to 'buy American' will seriously hurt the global economy. Obama sent...
This piece from the Socialist Review in 1998 reads like the economic equivalent of Groundhog Day. The same massive crisis (then the Asia currency crisis), same players (Gordon Brown, Peter Mandelson), same...
What exactly is capital? Well in this case it's the outstanding mortgages (the money it has lent and expects to get back) plus the value of the business itself, all minus the debts it owes (including to savers).For example - bank "Safe & Secure" has lent out £1000 (plus...
created by Anton Howes | 48 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago 170 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
With the advent of the very popular social networking sites, privacy is often an abandoned concern, especially for many young and tech-savvy subscribers. But now Facebook is going to test the boundaries of privacy...
The steeple bells chimed in the village and things started to wind down as people began departing Davos. As we were walking past one of the hotels, two diplomats were saying their goodbyes and one said, “well...
The tension over Davos came to a boil yesterday as a demonstration turned violent, with protestors clashing with police in the streets of Geneva. Protestors were barred from actually demonstrating at the ski...
created by Jordan Yerman | 48 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago 129 views | 48 recommendations | 5 comments
As the World Economic Forum wraps its annual conference in Davos, the delegates are leaving without that traditional glow of self-satisfaction. As the free market's biggest players leave the slopes of Davos and...
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