By: Sudarsan Raghavan; Full Article May Be Read Here
Blogger Comment: Clubbing...Baghdad style. Drop it like its hot!
Saturday, February 28
Friday, February 27
Washington Post: Out-of-Work Financiers Reap Dividends of Seeing the World
RIO DE JANEIRO -- When Deutsche Bank determined that strategist Rod Manalo was, in the merciless language of hard times, "redundant," it was an abrupt and humbling end to a seven-year career in finance.
Guardian: Burmese regime blocked international aid to cyclone victims, report says
By: Ian MacKinnon; Full Article May Be Read Here
• First independent research into disaster details host of abuses
• Study urges junta be referred to international criminal court
• First independent research into disaster details host of abuses
• Study urges junta be referred to international criminal court
Thursday, February 26
The Washington Post: A strategy for Afghanistan
By: Henry Kissinger; Full Article May Be Read Here
Blogger comment: Kissinger proposing the Belgian model for Afghanistan. I kid you not. Not the dissolution part though, but the 19th century neutrality.
Blogger comment: Kissinger proposing the Belgian model for Afghanistan. I kid you not. Not the dissolution part though, but the 19th century neutrality.
New York Times: U.S. Is Arms Bazaar for Mexican Cartels
By: JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.; Full Article May Be Read Here
Wednesday, February 25
The New Yorker: Letters from Washington, The Gate-Keeper
By: Ryan Lizza; Full Article May Be Read Here
New York Times: Your morning pizza
By: Mark Bittman; Full Article May Be Read Here
Blogger Comment: Just to liven things up a bit and get away from balance of power and diplomacy, here's a link to Mark Bittman's most recent article on breakfast. Just consider this a helpful article on brainfood to get you going in the morning.
Blogger Comment: Just to liven things up a bit and get away from balance of power and diplomacy, here's a link to Mark Bittman's most recent article on breakfast. Just consider this a helpful article on brainfood to get you going in the morning.
Tuesday, February 24
EUobserver: EU ministers at odds over energy and eastern projects
by Valentina Pop; Full Article May Be Read Here
"The bloc's foreign ministers on Monday failed to agree on a European Commission proposal to allocate €3.75 billion to energy infrastructure projects and an extra €350 million for the EU's eastern neighbours. The commission's idea - to use unspent money from the 2008 budget for funding energy infrastructure projects - was taken out of the running after big EU donors such as Germany, France, the UK and the Netherlands opposed it."
The Guardian: Sarkozy promises "unlimited cooperation"
By: Stephen Brown. Full Article May Be Read Here. Also, Italian version May Be Read Here
Blogger Comment:
In memory of a long and painful story: In 1987 Italians voted a referendum banning nuclear energy. For years we discussed about the adequacy of the referendum nowadays. Until Berlusconi threw years of parlamentary confrontations in the garbage bin unilaterally taking decisions on the footprint of his cool friend Putin! It may even be the right thing to do.It's just not the right way...it's berlusca way!
Blogger Comment:
In memory of a long and painful story: In 1987 Italians voted a referendum banning nuclear energy. For years we discussed about the adequacy of the referendum nowadays. Until Berlusconi threw years of parlamentary confrontations in the garbage bin unilaterally taking decisions on the footprint of his cool friend Putin! It may even be the right thing to do.It's just not the right way...it's berlusca way!
Bahai World News Service: European Union expresses “deep concern” over seven Baha'i prisoners
By: Staff; Full Article Can Be Read Here
Monday, February 23
LA Times: UCLA Class Project, Find Bin-Laden
By: Thomas H. Maugh II and Karen Kaplan; Full Article May Be Read Here
Time: Berlusconi vs. Murdoch: Italy's Real Reality TV
By: Jeff Israely; Full Article May Be Read Here
Winnipeg Free Press: Ignorance aplenty during presidential TV coverage
By: Lee-Ann Goodman; Full Article May Be Read Here
"Obama Visit Spotlights US Media Ignorance About Canada"
"Obama Visit Spotlights US Media Ignorance About Canada"
Sunday, February 22
Financial Times: China's Dollar Dilemma
By: Geoff Dyer. Full article may be read here.
Blogger Comment: China’s near $2,000bn (£1,380bn, €1,560bn) in reserves, the world’s largest, are often viewed outside the country as a great strength – an insurance policy against economic turbulence. But within China, they are increasingly seen by the public and even some policymakers as something of an albatross – a huge pool of resources not being used at home that will plunge in value if the US dollar collapses. Why, people ask, should such a relatively poor country bankroll such a rich one?
Blogger Comment: China’s near $2,000bn (£1,380bn, €1,560bn) in reserves, the world’s largest, are often viewed outside the country as a great strength – an insurance policy against economic turbulence. But within China, they are increasingly seen by the public and even some policymakers as something of an albatross – a huge pool of resources not being used at home that will plunge in value if the US dollar collapses. Why, people ask, should such a relatively poor country bankroll such a rich one?
Bloomberg: Clinton Urges China to Keep Buying U.S. Treasury Securities
By: Indira A.R. Lakshmanan; Full Article May Be Read Here
Blogger Commetn: Hu? Hey, its Hill. If you could go ahead and keep purchasing our irresponsible debt, that would be great. See ya at the G-20, give my love to Wen Jaibao. Kisses, Hill
Blogger Commetn: Hu? Hey, its Hill. If you could go ahead and keep purchasing our irresponsible debt, that would be great. See ya at the G-20, give my love to Wen Jaibao. Kisses, Hill
Saturday, February 21
The Times UK: Iran, the friendliest people in the world
"Beaming smiles, gel and a joke about lavatory brushes and weapons of mass destruction - Iran overturns all expectations"
By: Will Hide; Full Article May Be Read Here
Blogger Comment: Thanks Jon!
By: Will Hide; Full Article May Be Read Here
Blogger Comment: Thanks Jon!
The New York Times: A Nation of Cowards?
Charles Blow; Full article can be read Here
Blogger Comment: In addition to this thought-provoking piece, there is a link to a really interesting test you can take online to see if you have subconscious racial biases toward blacks and/or whites. I DARE you to take it.
Blogger Comment: In addition to this thought-provoking piece, there is a link to a really interesting test you can take online to see if you have subconscious racial biases toward blacks and/or whites. I DARE you to take it.
Friday, February 20
BBC: Tamil Tiger Planes raid Colombo
Author: Staff: Full article may be read here.
Blogger Comment: A rebel group bombing the capital of a country, thats got to give people ideas. And it isn't even the first time they did it.
Blogger Comment: A rebel group bombing the capital of a country, thats got to give people ideas. And it isn't even the first time they did it.
New York Times: Chicago Tea Party (Video)
By: Eric Etheridge, Full Article May Be Read Here
Blogger Comment: Watch this video. You gotta love the enthusiasm. In Boston, we had unfair royal colonial taxes. Now in Chicago, mortgage moral hazards. What, you dont see the equivalence???
Blogger Comment: Watch this video. You gotta love the enthusiasm. In Boston, we had unfair royal colonial taxes. Now in Chicago, mortgage moral hazards. What, you dont see the equivalence???
Financial Times: Wanted: leaders to face demons of Europe’s past
By: Philip Stephens. Full article may be read here.
Blogger Comment: On the risks of economic nationalism
Blogger Comment: On the risks of economic nationalism
BBC: US concerned over Pakistan deal
By: Staff; Full article may be read here.
Blogger Comment: This hasn't gotten just the US worried, but also India in a major way. No one wants to see this trend spreading.
Blogger Comment: This hasn't gotten just the US worried, but also India in a major way. No one wants to see this trend spreading.
Washington Post: U.S. Has Dual Task On Climate Change
By: Juliet Eilperin, Full article may be read here.
The New York Times: Despite Kyrgyz Vote to Close U.S. Base, Gates Explores Options to Keep It Open
By: Thom Shanker and Ellen Barry; Full article may be read HERE
Thursday, February 19
Chicago Tribune: Blame for Burris mess isn't Blagojevich's alone
By: John Kass; Full Article May Be Read Here
Blogger Comment: A little Chicago "inside baseball" but I love this Op-Ed contributor.
Blogger Comment: A little Chicago "inside baseball" but I love this Op-Ed contributor.
The National: Israeli tennis player to compete in UAE
By: William Johnson; Full Article May Be Read Here
New York Times: 3 Men Acquitted in Murder of Russian Journalist
By Ellen Barry and Michael Schwirtz; Full Article May Be Read Here
Haaretz: Is Israel assassinating Iran nuclear scientists?
Financial Times: Can slumdogs become millionaires in India?
By: David Pilling; Full Article May Be Read Here
Financial Times: A Death Retold
"A verdict is due in a high-profile Moscow trail that has has shed unexpected light on the close links of current and former security and law enforcement officers with organize crime"
By: Charles Clover; Full Article May Be Read Here
By: Charles Clover; Full Article May Be Read Here
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