Posted by alfied on October 25, 2008
Why has Pro-Russian Ultra-Nationalist Nikolic changed his tune? Of course he could be a political opportunist, but it is highly unlikely that he made this move without first clearing it with Russia; or maybe it was the other way around.
The Irish Times
DANIEL McLAUGHLIN
SERBIA: FORMER SERB ultra-nationalist leader Tomislav Nikolic, one of the fiercest critics of western support for Kosovo’s independence, has stunned compatriots and erstwhile enemies alike in Brussels by forming a new, EU-friendly party. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on October 25, 2008
herald.ie
22October, 2008
RESIDENTS of a West Dublin housing estate, which lies next to a phone mast, are calling on the HSE to conduct a full health assessment in the area after an apparently large number of cancer diagnoses.
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Posted by seumasach on October 25, 2008
Sharp fall in output routs pound
FT
24th October, 2008
Stocks slumped and the pound collapsed against the dollaryesterday as investors reacted to the worst decline in UK economic output since 1990 and investors around the world struggled to sell assets financed by cheap Japanese borrowing.
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Posted by alfied on October 25, 2008
Whilst this entity exists Humanity can never progress
BRITAIN : FAMILIES EVICTED from their homes on an island in the Indian Ocean lost their long-running battle to return yesterday when the law lords (the senior court of appeal court in the UK) ruled by a majority of three to two in favour of the British Foreign Office. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on October 25, 2008
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2008
UP AND DOWN WALL STREET DAILY
Taiwan Dumps Fannie, Freddie.
And Uncle Sam?
By RANDALL W. FORSYTH
Despite bailout, GSE debt is eschewed by major foreign investor, and ally.
WHO LOST TAIWAN?
After Mao drove the Nationalists off the Mainland in 1949, the cry went up among U.S. conservatives, “Who lost China?”
Now Washington might well worry about who lost Taiwan as a major investor in U.S. agency securities as the Republic of China has openly questioned their credit quality — even after the federal government has committed hundreds of billions of dollars to bail out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on October 25, 2008
U.S. has plundered world wealth with dollar: China paper
Fri Oct 24, 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States has plundered global wealth by exploiting the dollar’s dominance, and the world urgently needs other currencies to take its place, a leading Chinese state newspaper said on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on October 24, 2008
Arabs out of step Al-Ahram
While other powers around the world reassert their national interest against a United States that no longer holds universal promise, the Arabs do not, writes Azmi Bishara in the final instalment of a four-part analysis of the world after Bush
There is something symbolic in the fact that Putin’s rise to national fame in Russia was associated with the resolute stance he took against the Chechen secessionist bid in 1999 when, after Yeltsin named him prime minister, he ordered a ground offensive into the republic. His national security background reminiscent of glorious predecessors, the possible support from security forces themselves, plus his resolve to win the war against the secessionists at whatever cost and on top of the ruins of Grozny paved the way for a soaring popularity that brought him to the presidency within less than a year. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on October 24, 2008
October 24, 2008
Bailing Out Georgia
No, not our Georgia – the other one!
By Justin Raimondo Antiwar.com
The US government is sending $1 billion to “rebuild” Georgia – no, not the Georgia located in the southern United States, where home foreclosure rates are double the national average, but the one located in the Caucasus, along Russia’s southern frontier, where the President of the country launched a reckless invasion of a rebellious province, murdered thousands, and got his ass kicked by the rebels and their Russian protectors. Now we’re sending him a billion dollars – by way of a reward. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on October 24, 2008
Russia’s foreign ministry slams US sanctions
24/10/2008
MOSCOW (AFP) — Russia warned Friday that US sanctions on a Russian firm accused of defying a ban on sales of sensitive military technology to Iran will affect talks between world powers on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on October 24, 2008
Anyone for real politik?
OCTOBER 23, 2008
October 21, 2008
BY Rodric Braithwaite GeorgianDaily
The discussion between David Miliband and a number of experts in last month’s Prospect centred on concepts that have formed the core of the British and western view of international affairs for the last two decades: liberal interventionism, universal values, multilateralism, globalisation, and ethical foreign policy.
But these ideas have lost plausibility as “the west,” their main champion, continues to suffer a loss of authority, not least as a result of the financial crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on October 24, 2008
Harry Wallop
Telegraph
24th October, 2008
Though very few private investors have their money tied up in hedge funds, everyone who owns shares will be affected – including the estimated nine million people whose pensions are invested in the stock market.
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