AFP, 30 Dec 2008 News link GAZA CITY — ISRAEL rejected world appeals for a truce on Tuesday and warned its deadly assault on Gaza could last for weeks as warplanes pummelled Hamas positions for a fourth day and tanks massed on the border. Despite the devastating aerial pounding that has now killed at least 363 people, Hamas militants continued to fight back, firing deadly rockets deep inside Israeli territory. Children again fell victim to Israel’s ‘all-out war’ on the Islamist Hamas moveme
CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY: Dodd’s Dealmaking Skills Tested by Financial Crisis. His diminished popularity in his home state will complicate his work as he seeks a sixth term in 2010. A Hartford Courant/University of Connecticut poll in October 2008 found 48 percent of residents disapproved and 42 percent approved of his performance, a dip Dodd said did not surprise him. “People are angry,” he told the newspaper. “This is the most difficult time economically in my political life.” . . . Another
Everybody wants predictions. The following article does a little better than that, in that I wrote it back in November of 1997, outlining several theories of history ... The article is unaltered in its text from the original, though I have added some current commentary in bold italics. Doug Casey December 16, 2008
A last look at 2008 - the best images With the end of the year upon us, it's time for the majority of news outlets and photo agencies to offer a look back at the photos that marked 2008. Here is a selection of these selections. The New York Times has eight slideshows from the election to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with a section on arts and entertainment and another on the economy. I particularly enjoyed the shot of Mitt Romney while he campaigned in Palm Beach in front of a Tex
Ok, 2008 is almost over so it’s time to sum up what we’ve seen, enjoyed, got crazy or furious at during the year. Think making another list of mine, the last one this year. TEEN OF THE YEAR Let’s begin with teens. The Teen of the Year is definitely Miley Cyrus. She’s made a way from a Disney Channel star to one of the most influential women in entertainment. She’s been different, shocking and amusing. She made a stir with her Vanity Fair shoot and she’s celebrated her sweet 16 in Disney L
This column is an attempt to aid in the understanding of the current financial crisis, using classic texts by Robert Anton Wilson that explain the difference between wealth (real wealth or real capital), illth, and money (money wealth or money capital). anarchism libertarianism activism capitalism socialism agorism
So here is day two of the Convent MUN, the part where the “Actual” thing starts so to speak. I went in at 9 am because that is when the committee sessions were supposed to start. There were a total of five committees in all which were 1) DISEC ( Disarmament International Security) 2) UNHCR( The United Nations High Commissioner for refugees) 3) MEMS( The Middle East Multi-lateral summit) 4) WTO( World Trade Organization) 5) UNSC( United Nations Security Council) Initially I planned to sit
There’s a real massacre going on right now in the Congo that the world is ignoring: A Ugandan rebel group known for its horrific cruelties has massacred 189 people and kidnapped at least 20 children over three days in northeastern Congo, U.N. officials reported Monday. The cultlike Lord’s Resistance Army carried out the attacks on three villages between Thursday and Saturday, according to Ivo Brandau, a spokesman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Congoles
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GENEVA, (Reuters) -- International airlines saw a huge 13.5% fall in cargo traffic in November and a drop of 4.6% in passengers as business shrank across the industry, the carriers' grouping IATA said on Tuesday. The figures, reflecting what IATA has dubbed a "chronic crisis" with revenues tumbling and hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk, marked the sharpest declines since the months after the September 2001 attacks in the United States. "The 13.5% drop in international cargo is shocking,"
Israel's military onslaught against the militant Hamas movement will probably make it harder for President-elect Barack Obama to fulfill a campaign pledge of early and vigorous Mideast peacemaking, and the pre-inauguration timing may frustrate any effort he plans to establish new footing among Arab partners. read more
Ukraine plans to become OEDC steel committee permanent member ... Kyiv Post, Ukraine - 1 hour ago ... representatives dedicated to steel and raw materials production and made a report entitled a World economic crisis and steel sector of Ukraine in 2009a . ...
