" Vale (VALE5.SA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the world's largest iron ore miner, said on Wednesday it is laying off 1,300 workers and putting 5,500 more on paid leave, the latest sign of Brazil's...
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Ice-cold Icelanders demonstrated today outside their parliament, the Althingi, angry with the country's descent into economic crisis. Around 4,000 to 5,000 people gathered in the capital Reykjavik out of a national...
By, Uwe Paschen.In the last couple of days I have read through a lot of News papers and sound reports on the state of our World's future, as far as Jobs, economy, Politics, the Environment and freedom as well as...
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Most interesting perspective.. I would presume that George W. Bush, Jr., would have to take this stance publically... It would be interesting to see a story of what is in actuality, going on inside of him... He...
The Dow has plunged today by -679.95 or -7.70% - the Dow's fourth-worst drop ever in its history. In an interview on ABC's World News, President George W. Bush said: "I'm sorry it's happening, of course."The...
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"BEIJING, China (AP) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao warned that China has started to lose its competitive edge in trade amid the global financial crisis as he told Communist Party leaders the challenge posed a test...
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"(New York) – The Sri Lankan government should immediately lift its September order barring humanitarian agencies from the Vanni conflict area in northern Sri Lanka so they can assist thousands of persons displaced...
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India has a very elaborate history. Many wars, tensions, colonializations and differing religious views throughout the centuries, and somehow the Hindu and Muslim Indians had survived through the ages until serious...
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"This is your chance and then can we put it to bed. I am no apologist for the present President. In fact, I have a lot of problems with some ot the things he did, but I don't have a visceral hatred of the man. Almost...
While this story focuses on Houston, other large cities are mentioned to be in the same boat as Houston. Failure of city governments is an area that will effect local citizens on various levels."HOUSTON -- The...
What a team of the UN Security Council has stated at the end of its three-day visit to Afghanistan could be safely called joke of the 21st century when it said there is no security crisis in the war-ravaged country that is still burning. This has been stated by the UNSC team...
"It doesn't take long for a food crisis to scar a generation of children with long-lasting brain and physical damage. It is urgent people get access to essential proteins, and one source that can help in...
Concerns over the increasing cost of hosting the 2010 games in Vancouver include unknown security costs, a grossly overbudget convention/media centre and a $100 million bailout for the developer of athletes'...
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