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The New World Order is not turning out as planned. Instead of all power emanating from London and Washington, new power centres are emerging to the South and East: a new global equilibrium raises the possibility of a new post-imperial age of peace and equality between nations.

New Cold War Confrontation? Kremlin Establishes Military Cooperation Agreements in Latin America

Posted by inthesenewtimes on February 17, 2010

Robert Bridge

Global Research

17th February, 2010

As Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wraps up his tour of Latin America, Moscow is weighing its options in a turbulent region long dominated by American influence.

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Historical Facts: Orange, Rose, and Green uprisings failed to live up to their promise

Posted by inthesenewtimes on February 13, 2010

Paul Robinson

Ottawa Citizen

12th February, 2010

While many will no doubt see it as a source of consternation, the election of Viktor Yanukovych as president of Ukraine is really a cause for celebration. The defeat of the leaders of the Orange Revolution, Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, is actually good news.

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British oil dispute with Argentina escalates

Posted by inthesenewtimes on February 13, 2010

Telegraph

12th February, 2010

A row between Britain and Argentina over oil exploration off the Falkland Islands is threatening to escalate into a major diplomatic row after a ship carrying drilling equipment was blocked from leaving an Argentine port.

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Engdahl-The Gods of Money and the Death of the American Century Interview with Corbett Report

Posted by inthesenewtimes on January 28, 2010

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Please Send This Letter to Your Senators in Opposition to the Bernanke Nomination

Posted by inthesenewtimes on January 28, 2010

Webster G.Tarpley

tarpley.net

25th January, 2010

Dear Senator

I am writing to urge you to vote against the confirmation of Ben Bernanke for a second term as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Bernanke has failed in his responsibilities both as a banking regulator and in his administration of Federal Reserve lending. Bernanke presided over the final phase of the $1.5 quadrillion financial derivatives bubble which is the central cause of the present world economic depression. He was the principal advocate for the reckless and irresponsible policy of bailing out bankrupt money center institutions, allowing them to live on as zombie banks at astronomical taxpayer, but with no corresponding benefit whatsoever for the economic life of the broader society. Bernanke is responsible for the super-toxic alphabet soup of Federal Reserve lending facilities like the TAF, the TALF, and so forth. These betrayals of the public trust have offered 0% credit to predatory institutions including Wall Street banks, insurance companies, credit card companies, money market funds, and other financial institutions. Bernanke has thus used public resources to subsidize financial speculation in all of its most destructive forums, while doing almost nothing to provide cheap credit for production that would benefit factories, farms, mines, building construction, small business, exports, scientific research, energy production, and infrastructure building. Economic activity in all of these fields is now dying for lack of credit, which is being denied by the very institutions Bernanke is trying to save. Everything that Bernanke has done is diametrically opposed to the rational credit policy needed to fight an economic depression.

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China’s ‘little dollar’ spreads its wings

Posted by inthesenewtimes on January 27, 2010

Reginald Smith

Asia Times

28th January, 2010

At the beginning of 2010, it is a time to reflect not just on the economic disintegration caused by the still ongoing global financial crisis, but to also see the beginnings of new institutional frameworks rising from the rubble.

The implementation of the China-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) free-trade pact, besides the obvious wins for both sides, will prove to be a vehicle for a large transformation of the currency landscape in East Asia, accelerating the prevalence of the yuan as a regionally accepted currency alongside local currencies and the US dollar.
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Google Attacks China as Washington-Beijing Hostility Deepens

Posted by inthesenewtimes on January 26, 2010

Webster G.Tarpley

Voltairenet

21st January, 2010

In the current showdown between Google and the Chinese Government, the media is portraying Google as the champion of Internet freedom upholding the human rights of the Chinese people. This is sheer hypocrisy considering that Google is part of a cartel of Internet companies colluding with the US intelligence apparatus, including in foreign government destabilization. Is it any wonder that the Chinese authorities should perceive Google as a conduit for black propaganda? However, the current brawl is only part of a much broader geopolitical and economic tug-of-war percolating between the two countries, as Tarpley expounds in this article.

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Russia, Turkey and the Great Game: Changing teams

Posted by inthesenewtimes on January 26, 2010

Eric Walberg

Global Research

26th January, 2010

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s visit to Turkish last month shows that Turkey and Russia are rapidly developing close economic and political ties.

For all intents and purposes, Turkey has given up on the European Union, recognising it as a bastion of Islamophobia and captive to US diktat. As Switzerland bans minarets and France moves to outlaw the niqab, the popular Islamist government in Istanbul moves in the opposite direction — supporting the freedom to wear headscarfs, boldly criticising Israel and building bridges with Syria. This is nothing less than a fundamental realignment of Turkish politics towards Turkey’s natural allies — the Arabs … and the Russians.

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Latin America to meet on new currency

Posted by inthesenewtimes on January 24, 2010

PressTV

24th January, 2010

Latin American presidents have organized a meeting to take a step to ‘break’ their dependence on US dollar in regional financial transactions.

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Defeat of Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution”: Yanukovich — Man for all Seasons

Posted by inthesenewtimes on January 20, 2010

Ukraine’s new president — unless there is another Orange Revolution — has fashioned a comeback worthy of Nixon.

Eric Wallberg

Global Research

20th January, 2010

Ukraine’s presidential elections Sunday were remarkable in more ways than one. The winner of the first round and favourite to lead Ukraine at a crucial moment in its history is the one politician observers long ago dismissed as a has-been. Viktor Yanukovich is mocked by his opponents as an illiterate bumpkin, a puppet of Ukrainian business magnates, a former criminal and communist, a conspirer against the brave democrats of the legendary Orange Revolution of 2004. Have I left anything out? Does he kick dogs or beat his mother?

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Ortega warns of US deployment in Haiti

Posted by inthesenewtimes on January 17, 2010

PressTV

17th January, 2010

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says that the United States has taken advantage of the massive quake in Haiti and deployed troops in the country.

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