Bank of America Chief "Told to Buy Merrill or Face Sack".

The bank boss claims that US Treasury ( Henry Paulson at the time) told him to seal the $50 Billion deal and keep quiet about Merrill Lynch huge losses. This took place in December 2008....

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Scientists:Cut Carbon Emissions or Face a Disaster.

Nicholas Stern is an economist put in charged by UK's Gordon Brown to analyze the impact of climate change.In Copenhagen,he vehemently attacked politicians for failing to act on cutting carbon emissions.Last nights,scientists issued a desperate plea to curb greenhouse gas emission or face an ecological and social disaster....

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General Petraeus warns of long struggle ahead for US in Iraq

Listening to Bush, McCain and the " surge is working " slogan, one would think that " victory" is right around the corner in Iraq. Not so fast, said General Petraeus. With things getting worse in Afghanistan/Pakistan, may be Americans will realized, sooner than later, that handling two wars at the same time is almost an impossible task.

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The global food crisis: Stop putting corn in your gas tank.

According to The Guardian, the World Bank reveals , in a secret report, that the use of biofuel ( mainly ethanol from corn) forced global food prices up by 75 %, instead of the 3 % previously indicated by the Bush Administration.
The report was not released to avoid " embarrassing President Bush " said a World Bank senior official. If you want 200 million people to starve keep putting corn in your gas tank.

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World Bank secret report: biofuel caused food crisis

At least according to The Guardian. The use of biofuel forced global food prices up by 75 %, instead of the 3 % previously indicated by the Bush Administration. The report was not released to avoid " embarrassing President Bush " said a World Bank senior official. If you want 200 million people to starve keep putting corn in your gas tank.

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Obituary: Jesse Helms by The Guardian, a bigot or a patriot?

Jesse Helms died on the fourth of July at the age of 86. For the ultra Christian right he was a patriot.However, for moderate Republicans and of course Democrats Helms symbolized the old South. He was a bigots and a racist against civil rights. He put a great deal of efforts in cutting funding for social programs, international help and the UN.

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