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Crafty China praised for African links

" Rwandan President Paul Kagame has praised the way China does business in Africa, criticising the West for basing relations with the continent on aid. Huge Chinese investment in African companies and...

AUSTRALIA: Immigration not only way to counter ageing population

Australia is struggling to manage increased immigration.  For a start, we don't have sufficient infrastructure (transport, housing, energy, health and education, and especially water), in place for the current 22 million citizens. Limited supplies of water top the list,...

Stupid property owners

The taxes that property owners hate most are the ones that hurt them least and are most likely to be spent for their benefit, writes Gavin R. Putland.–April, 2009–"Land and taxes In any tax jurisdiction, the supply of land is fixed. From the viewpoint of the...

Switzerland resists the crisis, expects “only soft growth"

In the “Stress test for competitiveness,” written by the IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland ranked 4th. A highly skilled labor force, high educational standards, and advancing entrepreneurship have contributed to the ability of the Swiss to withstand the economic downturn...

Australia Announces National Broadband Plan

Canberra has announced the creation of a publicly-owned company that would build an Australia-wide broadband network. Several private firms from around the world were bidding for a similar (but less-ambitious)...

INDIA: feed the hungry - tackle corruption!

"We have poured money out.  The people have got nothing back; no irrigation, no water, no increase in production, and no help in their daily life'.  Rajiv...

Mussoorie-Queen of Hills becoming ‘Queen of Ills’

MUSSOORIE, 19 Feb:  Mussoorie is known as queen of hills and it came into existince during british raaj around 1823.But nowthe cndition under he independent india is disgusting as the corruption rules and the...

Letters From the Jobless in America

From a citizen in New York: To revive the economy, I think that both smart infrastructure programs and a bottom-up stimulus package are what is most needed. I'm also in favor of allowing bankruptcy judges to...

Schwarzenegger's P3 schemes rapped by California treasurer

In an op-ed published in today's Sacramento Bee, California's state treasurer takes on proponents of public-private partnerships and makes the case for funding public infrastructure projects by issuing municipal...

EU---Israel caused abominable destruction--Hamas is terrorist

The EU is being fair. There is enough blame for Hamasand for Israel for this war which was unnecessary. "Speaking of the Israeli bombardment, he criticised the destruction of factories and other economic...

Obama Pledges 3 Million New Jobs, but How?

.This sounds good but thequestion becomes wherethe money will come from.If it just adds to the deficitand national debt it couldbe counter preoductive. " Obama will meet with Democratic as well as Republican...

Greek riots, France fears to be the next victim of "Left-wings"

The economic crisis; causing violence in FrancePower lines of the High speed train TGV have been cut by SabotageThe fear concerns also kidnapping of major business leadersIn reality the things lay deep in the...

In a Broadening Offensive, Israel Steps Up Diplomacy

They need, both sides, a cease fire and talksbut a quick cease fire without an agreementon non aggression both sides would donothing to end the cycles of violence. "With Israeli troops and tanks massing along the...

Hansen, Baird Continue to Push p3s Despite Global Warnings

The federal minister in charge of transportation and infrastructure, John Baird, will be meeting today with B.C. finance minister Colin Hansen to talk about fast-tracking infrastructure investments to offset the slowdown in the economy. Both the B.C. and federal...

B.C. bridge banker short on cash for U.K highway project

A British newspaper is reporting that Dexia, the Franco-Belgian bank involved in financing B.C.'s Golden Ears Bridge project through a so-called public-private partnership (P3) deal, has failed to come up with the...

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