U.S. House Prices Keep Climbing with a 1.2% Rise in June

Integrated Asset Services(www.iasreo.com) today released its IAS360 House Price Index (HPI). Based upon the timeliest and most granular data available in the industry, the index for national house prices moved ahead another 1.2% in June.   With June’s gains--the...

Thai ruling party re-nominates leader as PM

After the Thai government found that the country's prime minister violated the constitution by appearing on a cookng show, his party has renominated him." Thailand's ruling party has re-nominated ousted leader...

Last Minute Serbian Appeal to the UN Security Council

    Today Serbian foreign minister Jeremić will bring Serbia's case for a halt to Kosovo's rush to independence before the UN Security Council. " The foreign minister will ask the Security Council...

Chad's President Faces Opposition, Wants Darfur Refugees Gone

A dusk to dawn curfew is in effect in N'Djamena and six other provinces after reports of rebels regrouping. The Chad government has been fighting back rebels who got as close as the city gates last week after a failed coup. Ironically, this is the same manner that current...

Bomb blast Kills Lebanese Army General, 3 Others

This really isn't good, as this guy was head of military operations in the army command. Can't do much for peace of mind when even a high ranking military officer can be killed."A bomb attack killed a senior general in Lebanon's military and at least three others Wednesday in...

Irish troops to face instability in Chad

"Irish forces will be in Chad in a few weeks, as part of a larger EU force to help secure refugee camps. The troops will be in the area of Koukou on the tense eastern border with Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, where the situation is increasingly unstable. Medecins Sans...

US - Canada War Looms over Energy, Water

"Washington's new tensions with its northern neighbor and largest trading partner appear to be over perceived Canadian reticence to support US imperial adventures in the Middle East. But the vast resources of...

Chinese Communist elder issues bold call for democracy

"BEIJING (Reuters) - In a bold jab before a key meeting of China's Communists, a 90-year-old former secretary to Mao Zedong has urged the Party to embrace democracy, saying that only political freedom can end instability and corruption. Li Rui issued his demand for...

Shifting Sands: Bush Warns Of New Holocaust

  NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation IraqiFreedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actualexperience.         In a speech to the...

"Faith-based investing" and total economic collapse

"In looking at the various instances of bad economic news over the last few days, I've been struck once again by how the supposedly rational, logical, God-forbid-we-regulate-it-because-it-works-fine-on-its-own free market is driven by the very human fears, frailties, and...

Zimbabwe: Recovering the irrecoverable

"Anti-capitalist demonstrators around the world should be celebrating. Robert Mugabe's government has taken those against free markets at their word. Over 1,300 business owners have been arrested across Zimbabwe. Their crime? Raising prices..."

Security Council backs speedy deployment of African troops to Somalia

Security Council backs speedy deployment of African troops to Somalia UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council backed the speedy deployment of African troops to Somalia and strongly supported a dialogue among all political players and humanitarian aid for the...

Fiji interim government plan offered

PRAGMATISM: The leader of the opposition argues that accepting the military coup and moving on is better than the instability that would otherwise reign "Fiji's opposition leader said yesterday he has offered to form an interim government that would grant immunity to...

Thousands of Somalis reach Kenya

"UN officials report a big rise in the number of Somali refugees crossing into Kenya to escape instability at home."

How to... avoid the traps women set

"Women aren't content just to be happy. Their brains are wired differently than ours - they crave conflict, drama and instability. They like to start fights over nothing. Because they need and want to be constantly reassured, they thrive on insecurity. They are illogical and...

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