As Credit Crisis Spreads, Global Approach Weighed

" WASHINGTON — The United States and Britain appear to be converging on a similar blueprint for stemming the financial chaos sweeping the world, one day before a crucial meeting of leaders begins in Washington that the White House hopes will result in a more coordinated...

Central Banks Offer Extra Funds to Calm Money Markets

As government finance ministries across the world scramble to restore confidence in the global financial system amid the banking collapse this week, the Federal Reserve announced this morning it will almost quadruple...

Fuel cell vehicles still in first gear

"As in years past, fuel cell-powered vehicles are the technology of the future, according to a report published on Thursday by the U.S. National Academies. Despite a great deal of technical progress, the study...

Nato build-up gives tribesmen the jitters in Pakistan

There is widespread panic undergoing in the borders areas of Pakistan after heavy deployment of NATO forces. Now local tribesmen are terrified for military actions against them.  "After deployment along the...

Gold and silver break above $900, $17, ready for Iran crisis? « Peter J. Coo...

" Oil prices remain very high and the Jeddah international conference will be keenly watched by observers this week. A coordinated move to dampen oil prices by increased supply is, however, unlikely to impress markets now eyeing the security implications of Israel’s dummy...

President Declares Major Disaster For Mississippi

"WASHINGTON - The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Mississippi to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms...

Al Sharpton and 216 others arrested in Sean Bell protests

UPDATE: 12:16 PM EST - May 8Al Sharpton and 216 others were arrested yesterday in the largest public protest against the acquittal of three detectives in the shooting death of Sean Bell. Carefully orchestrated...

If Kosovo, Why Not Palestine?

OPINION: The US and EU rushing to support Kosovo's unilateral independence, and the precedent it sets, compared to these same powerful nations refusal for over 40 years to support Palestinian independence is the...

Fires, Rail Sabotage Reported in France During Transit Strike

In the continuing saga that is the transit strike in France, thousands of transit workers are still away from work, forcing hundreds of thousands to walk or take over-stressed taxis and what little transit is...

Brazil to Give Away Control of its Own TV Networks?

Brazil's Ministry of Communications is championing a DRM (digital rights management) system that will effectively place control of Brazilian television content in the hands of American DRM countries....

Canada's Silent Assassins

In 1942 Canada and US formed a shock troop called the Devil's Brigade who would silently enter Nazi camps and enemy lines knife in hand during the night and silently assassinate Nazi troops with their stealth and...

Over Hill, Over Dale: The Militarization of Culture

"A very disturbing commercial is being shown on network television in the United States with alarming regularity. I have seen it frequently during the past few weeks on an NBC station that broadcasts from the...

Fitzgerald Again Points to Cheney by Dan Froomkin

"Fitzgerald Again Points to Cheney By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonpost.com Tuesday, May 29, 2007; 1:22 PM Special counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald has made it clearer than ever that he was hot on the trail of a coordinated campaign to out CIA agent Valerie Plame until that...

Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran

"Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report: Bush_authorizes_mnThe CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert "black" operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in...

One Choice in Iraq by Joe Lieberman

"Last week a series of coordinated suicide bombings killed more than 170 people. The victims were not soldiers or government officials but civilians -- innocent men, women and children indiscriminately murdered on their way home from work and school. If such an atrocity had...

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