Citigroup Gets $20 Billion Bailout from Bush & Paulson.

The Bush administration come to the rescue of Citigroup, throwing the banking giant an additional $20 billion lifeline to help it clear a mountain of bad debt and boost confidence amid a sagging share price( $4.00 today).Congressman Frank expressed his outrage over the refusal from Paulson to help Americans affected by the foreclosure crisis.

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Baghdad bomb attacks kill 19, mostly women

By Aseel Kami BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb blast killed 13 female government employees on a bus on their way to work in eastern Baghdad on Monday, and a female suicide bomber killed five people outside Baghdad's Green Zone compound, police said. A...

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Obama News Conference Focus On Economy

President-Elect Obama is set to introduce his new economic leadership team at a Chicago press conference at noon EST Monday, a key step toward enacting a huge new economic recovery plan that aims to save or create 2.5 million jobs over the next two years.

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Iraq: The (Bombing) Surge is Working.

AP/NPR reports that two suicide bombers exploded their devises killing more than 20 people. This is link to the vote by the Iraqi Congress of the US/Iraqi pact that would let, if passed, US troops stay in Iraq until 2011.

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Russia Says U.S. Mercenaries, others Fought for Georgia

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia has evidence that citizens from NATO member states including the United States and Turkey fought for Georgia in the five-day August war, Russia's top investigator said on Monday. A senior security official in...

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Undisclosed Location: 57 Days is a Long Time for W & Dick.

In their twilight, the lame duck administration did the unthinkable: They started World War III by a nuclear attack on Iran.....

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Disgraced pastor Haggard returns, as Christian businessman

Ted Haggard was involved,two years ago in a drug and sex scandal. Yet, the bible snake oil salesman is back peddling the " good word " again.

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Obama tells Karzai Afghan Security will be Priority.

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama told Afghan President Hamid Karzai he would make it a priority to fight terrorism and bring security to Afghanistan and the region, the Afghan presidential palace said Sunday. Obama has pledged a...

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Blackwater In New Orleans, Post Katrina

A repost, the original had a description of a different vid. Check out Scahill interviewed by Bill Moyers, discussing the rise of this mercenary army, and how it got sent to New Orleans to maintain 'order". Your tax dollars paying for thugs, as opposed to our own National Guard.Which do you trust?

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