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Losing in Afghanistan—on purpose
Tarp :: Germany | about 2 hours ago
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American taxpayers to Wall St. fat cats was coughed up without debate, as (it was claimed) the world economy hung in the balance. That money was given to AIG so fast, that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, didn’t even bother going to AIG’s creditors...
Tags: American, Mr. Obama, Afghanistan, North America, Germany, Tarp, Timothy Geithner, American International Group, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Bailout, Barack Obama, Luo people, Punahou School alumni, Politics
Afghanistan, the Unlearned Lesson
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 1 day ago
Credibility Unless you were born in Afghanistan and lived there all your life, you would certainly know about James Michener. After a December, 1979 invasion, by February, 1980, the Soviets were having their military adventure in Afghanistan...This was before the...
Tags: James Michener, Afghanistan, American, Daniel Johnson Salem-News, North America, Canada, Kabul, International public opinion on the war in Afghanistan, Iranian Plateau, Islamic mujahid movement
GM says improved quarter shows signs of stability
Shanghai :: China | 2 days ago
Credibility General Motors, its river of red ink stemmed by a trip through bankruptcy court, reported a narrower quarterly loss and said it would start repaying billions of dollars in government loans that helped keep it alive...The company credited a sharp reduction...
Tags: GMC Terrain, Henderson, Europe, government loans, North America, U.S, China, Shanghai
Adam Blauert:: A joyful brush with Death
Merced :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Our state's vast desert parklands provide great weather and spectacular landscapes for hiking in the cold season. All four of them -- Death Valley National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park --...
Tags: Adam Blauert, North America, Merced, Southern California, Dante's View, Dune, Stovepipe Wells California, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Death Valley, Inyo County California, San Bernardino County California, Hospitality Recreation
Burnaby's Travels Through North America
Salisbury :: MA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility We can also realize that our present situation is very similar to events of years past. Different people were involved, of course, but unfortunately we find the same violent human emotions and actions. In this book, republished now from the 3rd edition...
Tags: North America, Andrew Burnaby, Virginia, United States of America, Salisbury, Burnaby, MasterCard
Manitoba as North America's main port?
Winnipeg :: Canada | 5 days ago
Credibility But the province of Manitoba hopes a 20,000-acre area of the city, marketed as Canada's first-ever foreign trade zone, will one day become one of North America's most thriving manufacturing, processing, shipping and logistics hubs. Yet while the province...
Tags: North America, Manitoba, Canada, Winnipeg, Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport
George Kerevan: Buffett right on track as global freight set to bypass Europe
Brussels :: Belgium | 5 days ago
Credibility I know that sounds dull, but there is a lot of money to be made in moving things around, as ace investor Warren Buffett has reminded us. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway fund has just paid $34 billion (£20.3bn) for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway.
Tags: Warren Buffett, European Union, BNSF, North America, Panama Canal, global freight, rail freight, containers ship, Belgium, Brussels, Freight train, BNSF Railway, Rail transport, Intermodal container, Berkshire Hathaway, Containerization, Business Finance
India is now a supplier of 'poor man's heroin'
Mumbai :: India | 6 days ago
Credibility Many controlled drugs are being smuggled out of the country to North America and Europe, where the drugs are either abused or misused. The arrested accused, Ram Patel, 26, Venkatesh Rao, 39, and Imran Khan, 29, all claim to have had no knowledge of the...
Tags: India, poor man, North America, South American, America via Mexico, Mumbai, Illegal drug trade, Smuggling, Psychoactive drug, Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Opioids, Analgesics, German inventions, Social Issues
Mexico Indian remains returned from NY for burial
Mexico City :: Mexico | 6 days ago
Credibility Northern Mexico's Yaqui Indians buried their lost warriors after a two-year effort to rescue the remains from New York's American Museum of Natural History, where the victims of one of North America's last Indian massacres lay in storage for more than...
Tags: Mexico Indian, Northern Mexico, Yaqui Indians, North America, indians massacre, American Yaqui, New York, Mexico, Mexico City, Carlos Castaneda, Battle of Bear Valley, Cajemￃﾩ, Yaqui tribe, Yaqui, Sonora
Guess who did not come to the party?
Berlin :: Germany | 6 days ago
Credibility Symbolism, rather than action, dominated the General Assembly (GA) of the Jewish Federations of North America. Its new logo, new name and new executive and lay leader were a sure sign of hope, the harbingers of a sincere and enthusiastic attempt to revive...
Tags: North America, Israel, Germany, Berlin, United Jewish Communities, Judaism, Jew, Zionism, Jewish charities, Jewish history, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Religion Belief
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