Colin Powell backs Barack Obama
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US President George W Bush’s first Secretary of State, Colin Powell, has endorsed Democratic election candidate Barack Obama for the White House. Read more
WTO chief calls meeting to discuss crisis impact on trade finance (AFP)
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GENEVA (AFP) – The World Trade Organisation chief on Friday invited heads of development and commercial banks to a meeting in Geneva next month to discuss the impact of the economic crisis on trade finance. Read more
Shiite bloc holds off OK to US-Iraq pact (AP)
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BAGHDAD – Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s ruling Shiite coalition withheld support Sunday for the proposed security pact that would keep U.S. troops here for three more years, dealing a setback to American hopes of a speedy approval of the agreement. Read more
9/11 overdone — ex-MI5 boss
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THE former head of Britain‘s security services said the response to the 9/11 terror attacks was a huge overreaction. Stella Rimington, who retired 12 years ago from Britain’s domestic security service, MI5, said the attacks of September 11, 2001, were not that different from other terrorist attacks. Read more
Israel Considering Saudi Peace Deal
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JERUSALEM (Oct. 19) – Israeli leaders are seriously considering a dormant Saudi plan offering a comprehensive peace between Israel and the Arab world in exchange for lands captured during the 1967 war, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday. Read more
Two million set to enter negative equity as Docklands development has 82 of its 84 flats repossessed
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Up to 2 million households will enter negative equity by 2010, outstripping the 1.8 million affected in the last housing slump, it has been claimed. Read more
$65b Olympic Games bribery
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A former Beijing vice-mayor in charge of overseeing Olympic construction projects has been given a death sentence for corruption. Read more
France's Worst Serial Killers?
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
Abdullah's Interfaith Effort
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Saudi Arabia’s king called for greater dialogue and openness between the world’s monotheistic religions on March 24, 2008. In the face of rising tensions over Mohammed cartoons, al-Qaida claiming Pope Benedict XVI is leading a crusade, and a stalled Middle East peace process, King Abdullah‘s outreach took on extra weight. From the International Herald Tribune: [...]
Desperately seeking Gloria
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For our 10th annual “Songs of Good Cheer” holiday caroling program (see  details here), Mary Schmich and I are reviving our favorite reader contest, “Gloria For a Day.” Read more
World Summit To Fight Cash Crisis
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Hello—- Is there anyone there???????? Posted By :Tony Lewis Report This Joke, Joke and a big joke!Is it not a big laugh that the architect of the present economic turmoil in the world wishes to host the meeting to resolve the crisis?He has [...]
McGowan announces Rodriguez engagement
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Rex Features Hollywood star Rose McGowan has announced her engagement to director Robert Rodriguez. The actress, who was recently linked to a biopic of porn star Linda Lovelace, met the director on the set of Planet Terror and got engaged in September. McGowan commented that she has the perfect wedding in mind, but doesn’t want [...]
Agricultural land accusation is a conspiracy against farmers in india: Vivek ji – Topix
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India is the country of farmers , where 70% people work on the farmland and a great amount of the land is devoted for farming.’ These are some words what we used to study in our primary school, but now it is … Read more
IMF BOSS IN SEX SCANDAL
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By TIM PERONE Loading new images… Last updated: 5:59 amOctober 18, 2008 Posted: 3:15 amOctober 18, 2008 The global economy may be cooling down these days, but things are white hot at the International Monetary Fund. The financial watchdog’s French chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being [...]
Biden in Bay Area: ”Going to Get Uglier”
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Biden in Bay Area: ”Going to Get Uglier” Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden was in the Bay Area today. Our colleague Mary Anne Ostrum of the San Jose Mercury News has filed this pool report, which is the story straight from the reporter’s notebook: ”Sen. Joe Biden arrived at the Atherton home of former [...]
Despite violence, some say this is “no time to go wobbly” in Afghanistan
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Yesterday, an air strike by the NATO-led International Security Force (ISAF) against Taliban militants in the Nad Ali district of Helmand, a province in southern Afghanistan, apparently ended up killing at least 17 civilians. In Helmand, the provincial police chief told Xinhua, China’s government-controlled news service, that the ISAF and the Afghan National Army had [...]
Hora de rescatar al medio ambiente
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Uno de mis recuerdos preferidos de la secundaria es la caminata de dos dÃas por las majestuosas laderas del Nevado del Ruiz en los Andes colombianos. Fue mi primer contacto con la nieve. Read more
Requiem for a Terrier
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My wife belongs to the school of thought that counsels against watching politicians debate on television. “It only encourages them,” she fears. So for company during the final McCain-Obama face-off, I turned to Coco, who nestled with me on the family sofa. Read more
France’s ‘Omni-President’ Wins Praise for Take-Charge Approach
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PARIS, Oct. 17 — The satirical French newspaper Canard Enchaine has baptized President Nicolas Sarkozy the “omni-president,” mocking him as a political whirling dervish who tries to take charge wherever he goes. As Sarkozy prepares to meet President Bush on Saturday evening at Camp David to discuss the world financial crisis, the joke has never [...]
In Rich Japan, Crisis Inspires A Grand Plan
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TOKYO — Kotaro Tamura, an investment banker turned Japanese lawmaker, has an immodest proposal for healing the sick global economy, making all Japanese richer and compelling the United States to be more deferential toward Japan. Read more