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Friday, 17 December 2010

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Saudi Arabia: Government fees double from Tuesday

source: www.arabnews.com JEDDAH: Fees for various government services — including those relating to the issuing and renewal of passports, dr...
Obameter: Tracking Obama's campaign promises

PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on the Obameter. Cur...
Corruption, Amazon Paranoia and Uncritical Brazilian Media

A Wikileaks cable says that the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is ending his eight years in office with a performance marke...
Why the Rich Are Getting Richer

By Robert C. Lieberman The U.S. economy appears to be coming apart at the seams. Unemployment remains at nearly ten percent, the highest l...
Gulf CEO: Oil May Near $150 a Barrel by Summer

Crude oil’s price could soar to nearly $150 a barrel by summer, Joe Petrowski, chief executive of Gulf Oil and the Cumberland Gulf Group, to...
The messenger and the message

The final act is now under way with Mr. Assange being remanded to custody by a court in the United Kingdom. And there is talk of his extradi...
Alternatives to Austerity

by Joseph Stiglitz NEW YORK – In the aftermath of the Great Recession, countries have been left with unprecedented peacetime deficits and ...
UK: MP Mike Hancock denies assistant is Russian spy

A Russian working as a parliamentary aide to a British MP has been taken into custody to face deportation proceedings amid claims she is a s...

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