Tag: states
Celebrating 10 years of the euro?
"When the euro was launched there were plenty of people who thought it would crash and burn.Ten years on, its role as a global currency is secure, even if it hasn't achieved everything its founders hoped.Wednesday is...
Sarkozy Says 'non' to Blair EU Presidency
It seems Tony Blair's participation in the Iraq war has come back to bite him, as he attempts to become President of the European Union."Nicolas Sarkozy has withdrawn his backing of Tony Blair to become the first...
Europe: Film production is up but audiences fall
"A total of 921 feature films were produced in the 27 member states of the European Union in 2007, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory after a provisional data collection. Indians must be laughing at...
Clinton To Put Gravity Under Scrutiny
It was a matter of time before someone called Hillary on her ridiculous statements about OPEC and who better than Josh Marshall:"What is Hillary talking about? She's going to break up the OPEC oil cartel? Because...
Iraq War Morphs into Iran War
"It is 1939 all over again. The world waits helplessly for the next act of naked aggression by rogue states. Only this time the rogue states are not the Third Reich and Fascist Italy. They are the United States and...
News Focus: Extension of RI-US cooperation on Nam...
"Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said on Thursday that the Indonesian government is persisting in its preparedness to grant diplomatic immunity to only two US Namru-2 staff members."We are sticking to our stance that not all of Namru-2 officers will be granted...
Are Democrats concidering John McCain for President?
With the infighting getting hotter each day, some democratic voters may be taking president Truman's words to heart. The Democratic Kitchen is like working for Gordon Ramsay's hells kitchen and its causing life...
Analysis: Time, delegate math working against Cli...
" By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent Fri Apr 18, 6:35 PM ET ...
Florida Budget Cuts - The Grim Facts
" The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, nation’s premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals has just published a report on the State of State...
US health minister in Jakarta to strengthen bilat...
"On Monday morning, Leavitt and his entourage visited the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the office of Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Aburizal Bakrie where he also met Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari...
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Asian states feel rice pinch
The cost of rice has reached an all-time high, and Asian contries are struggling to keep up."The price of the staple crop has risen by as much as 70% during the last year, according to the UN Food and Agriculture...
'Ex-slave' takes Niger to court
"Ex-slave' takes Niger to courtA former slave is suing Niger's government, accusing it of failing to implement laws against slavery introduced in 2003.Hadijatou Mani took the case to the Community Court of Justice of Ecowas, the Economic Community of West African States,...
America's Death Penalty method, Banned for Animals
The Drugs used in America's Lethal Injections wouldn't even be used on a Dog42 States have banned the drug Pancuronium bromide used to Paralyze a criminal receiving the death penalty in animal euthanasa."WASHINGTON...
Comcast Major Internet Outage in 7 states
Comcast Major Internet Outage in 7 statesPolitisite did a quick background check on other major internet Comcast outages. What we found were outages in 2005, 2007 and today. All happened in the month of April,...
Women Face Bias Worldwide, UN Report Says
Women's struggle for gender equality and justice continues on a global scale. Today's UN report shockingly indicates that the disparity between women and men's rights is all too common and prevalent.In 2008, it is...
