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This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B
""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...China detains 100 for riot in southwestern town
There are thousands of events like this that happen every year in China. "BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in southwest China have detained 100 people, including 39 gang members, for their roles in a riot last month that saw the torching of government buildings and...
Thousands in South Korea beef protest
Around 35,000 people took part today in the latest mass protest in South Korea against their government's decision to allow US beef imports to continue."Waving banners, flags and candles, the crowd gathered in... Brazil's new drunken driving law stirs discontent
Police have arrested hundreds of Brazilian drivers under a tough new law designed to crack down on rampant drunken driving, but bar owners are working to overturn the measure and many of their clients are flouting...600,000 Council Workers Vote to Strike - Summer of Chaos Looms
As the credit crunch bites deeper and Gordon Brown asks for wage retraint the threat of widspread disruption to life in Britain over the summer months comes a step nearer."Council workers today voted in favour of...UPDATE 1-G8 energy ministers look inward on oil, spare OPEC
I don't have time to write about this properly, having to go to work and all. Hell, I cannot even afford (time-wise) to post more than one clip from the story before my shower.Suffice it to say this story is worth a look.And only one side note here. Talked with one local...Rebels await chancellor’s offer
The simplest way to take people out of poverty is to raise the tax threshold, the point at which you start paying tax. Promises to help the low paid in a years time is a year too late..."Faced with the threat of a... Israel-Palestine Mediation Bush-style
"Mediation Bush-style
Bush's visit to Israel was preceded by the seizure of swathes of Palestinian land and the announcement that there will be no halt in settlement building. What hope for negotiations then, asks Saleh Al-Naami
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OFFICIAL VERSUS POPULAR:... A Pop Quiz: Iraq Anti-War Movement
"Questions: If you do not readily know the answers to the following questions about the Anti-Iraq War “Movement,” you probably have the TNSTAAL virus. If so, follow the clues to more “truth serum”; your... Joni Mitchell's music now belongs to Starbucks
Two things: I love Joni Mitchell. I hate Starbucks. So when a friend told me they were going to be working together, I was definitely a little put off. But it sounds like, for whatever reason, working with...
created by lickyourheart | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Strikes and Protests across Peru
What began as a strike (huelga) by teachers in protest of a new system of proficiency testing that some believe will lead to arbitrary firings has grown into a nationwide series of strikes and protests against...Yahoo's Terry Semel steps down as CEO
Yahoo Inc. Chairman Terry Semel stepped down as chief executive in a surprise move Monday, ending his increasingly ineffectual pursuit of online search leader Google Inc. — a losing battle that had demoralized Yahoo's shareholders and employees. The Sunnyvale-based...War-weary U.S. is down in the dumps
"Things are gloomy south of the border. Men and women, whites and minorities — all are feeling a war-weary pessimism about the United States seldom shared by so many people. Only 25 per cent of U.S. residents... Nigeria's president-elect faces discontent
Nigeria's president-elect Umaru Yar'Adua on Tuesday faced a growing
tide of discontent after being declared winner of a disputed poll that
even the outgoing head of state admitted was far from perfect.In
his first press briefing late on Monday, Yar'Adua issued an appeal... Dutch Voters Favor Prime Minister's Christian Democrats [a vote toward Dutch ...
"THE HAGUE, Nov. 23 -- Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's right-of-center Christian Democratic Appeal party, which has led efforts to curtail Muslim immigration at a time of growing xenophobia in the...
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