Posted by seumasach on December 13, 2010
Jason Ditz
12th december, 2010
As a sign of growing European frustration with the lack of progress in the Mideast peace process, 26 top former leaders from European Union member states have signed a letter calling for sanctions against Israel to punish the nation for its settlement expansions.
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Posted by seumasach on December 12, 2010
12th December, 2010
DEATH rates are set to soar “scandalously” this winter as a new Arctic blast batters Britain with temperatures on a par with Siberia.
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Posted by seumasach on December 12, 2010
“America has lately been very happy for small eurozone members to endure most of the adverse publicity related to the sovereign bond crisis. But, as of last week, the Western government debt debacle has entered the big league. We’re going to hear a lot more about the US government’s borrowing costs over the coming months”
And as the mega-bankruptcy of US/UK forces its attention on the bond markets the eurozone will begin appear in correspondingly more favourable light.
Liam Halligan
12th December, 2010
Such a sharp rise in US benchmark market interest rates matters a lot – and it matters way beyond America. The US government is now servicing $13.8 trillion (£8.7 trilion) in declared liabilities – making it, by a long way, the world’s largest debtor. Around $414bn of US taxpayers’ money went on sovereign interest payments last year – around 4.5 times the budget of America’s Department of Education.
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Posted by seumasach on December 12, 2010
“Israel’s main target is the Erdoğan government. The fact that the documents include allegations aimed at discrediting the government doesn’t seem to be a coincidence,”
12th December, 2010
The content of leaked US diplomatic cables made public by whistleblower website WikiLeaks has already led to heated debates in the domestic political arena, while a considerable number of analysts and politicians warn of the danger of losing sight of the big picture as they argue it is an attempt by self-interest groups to manipulate governments and the public.
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Posted by smeddum on December 11, 2010
Sat Dec 11, 2010
* Germany‘s Schaeuble says euro currency will not fail
* Says crisis will lead Europe toward further integration
(Adds quote from Wall Street Journal interview in paras 10-11)
BERLIN, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Europe’s single currency is here to stay and those who bet against its survival are making a mistake, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on December 11, 2010
11th December, 2010
A legal commission set up by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is looking for ways to take legal action against claims made by US diplomats and released by whistleblower Internet site WikiLeaks — including claims that the prime minister, who is also the AK Party leader, owns eight secret Swiss bank accounts.
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Posted by seumasach on December 11, 2010
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Posted by seumasach on December 10, 2010
F.William Engdahl
10th December, 2010
The story on the surface makes for a script for a new Oliver Stone Hollywood thriller. A 39-year old Australian hacker holds the President of the United States and his State Department hostage to a gigantic cyber “leak,” unless the President leaves Julian Assange and his Wikileaks free to release hundreds of thousands of pages of sensitive US Government memos. A closer look at the details, so far carefully leaked by the most ultra-establishment of international media such as the New York Times, reveals a clear agenda. That agenda coincidentally serves to buttress the agenda of US geopolitics around the world from Iran to Russia to North Korea. The Wikileaks is a big and dangerous US intelligence Con Job which will likely be used to police the Internet.
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Posted by seumasach on December 10, 2010
9th December, 2010
The Brazilian finance minister Guido Mantega continues to worry about the flood of money coming from Europe and the US and has said Brazil will take more steps to defend its currency. Mr. Mantega was quoted saying “With the situation in Europe under stress, we expect to see a continuation of the currency war in coming months.” His comments echo his famous remarks from September which began the chatter about a so-called currency war.
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Posted by smeddum on December 10, 2010
December 9, 2010
Sinn Féin Dáil Leader Caoimhghin Ó Caoláin has said that the announcement that the Government has now agreed to put the IMF/EU deal to a Dáil vote, is a direct result of Sinn Féin’s threat of legal action on the issue. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on December 9, 2010
Scott Creighton
5th December, 2010
Daniel Ellsberg has been running around singing the praises of Julian Assange ever since his first big-time leak, the Collateral Damage video, which showed a U.S. gunship killing various unarmed civilians in Iraq two of whom happened to be reporters. With the recent pile of “leaked” state department memos, Ellsberg can’t hardly take a breath between interviews and round table discussions, where he is the primary focus and a staunch supporter of everything Wikileaks.
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In These New Times 