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The Great Game persists
Hanging on the lips of nearly every small developing country in the world is the question: does it have any future as a sovereign nation state? Pakistan is a prime example. "The Great Game persists" Measuring poverty differently
"What comes to mind when one hears the word poverty? Scarcity, shortage, paucity, deficiency, dearth are words that are in the Thesaurus. Yet, the word confuses me in the way it is commonly used. I live in Sri Lanka, a developing country with GDP of about US $1,000 per...Ballmer Sees Global Crisis Hitting Microsoft
" Ballmer Sees Global Crisis Hitting Microsoft Topics:Technology | Information Technology Sectors:Software and Computer Services | Software | Technology Microsoft [MSFT 26.14 1.13 (+4.52%) ] Chief Executive Steve... Russian Troops Seize Georgian Port
The Georgian port of Poti, an extreemly strategic and economically important city on the Black Sea, has been seized by Russian forces, according to reports. Although Moscow had said it was pulling its forces out... DNC Attacks, "the Real McCain", with new ad Today
DNC Attacks, "the Real McCain", with new ad Today"Expose the Real McCainJohn McCain thinks we are better off economically than we were eight years ago. The American people know that is just not true. In... The Olympic torch's shadowy past
" The Olympic torch's shadowy past By Chris Bowlby ...Tehran warns US against attacks
"Iran will strike against US interests worldwide if it is attacked, the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned. "The enemies know well that any aggression will lead to a reaction from all sides," he said. Washington accuses Tehran of secretly trying to...The North American Union *matrix*
MEX-CAN-USA or Mexcanusa.Hastert Ready to Head to Border, Says Immigration Act Must Solve Entry Problem
"Rep. Dennis Hastert, the top lawmaker in the House of Representatives, said Thursday as he prepared for a two-state tour of the Mexican border that immigration legislation must first "solve the problem" of illegal entry into the United States." Copy & Click this...How Unskilled Immigrants Hurt Our Economy
A handful of industries get low-cost labor, and the taxpayers foot the bill.Freeing India for take off
"Pankaj Mishra is always entertaining. His elegant tirade against the "neo-oriental discourse" of the "business lounge class", however, doesn't help very much to further one's understanding of the great puzzle of our times - why, in fact, are China and India rising...Ending The Dishonesty -- The Way Forward On Border Control And Patriotic Immi...
The views of Newt Gingrich on Illegal Immigration.Cold War 2.0
" Russia's historical interest in its "near abroad" -- i.e., the former inner empire of Soviet republics -- is comparable in many ways to America's much more recent interest in its own near abroad, namely Canada and Mexico. Both these countries can recite dozens of examples...Long on Terrorism -- Short on Osama bin Laden
In this post 9/11 world, the Bush Administration uses terrorism as a pretext to do whatever they like, both at home and abroad. But there's a deafening silence from the White House on the topic of the terrorist mastermind, and leader of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden.
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