Underwear Bomb Informant Worked for Saudi Intel–Not CIA, FBI, or MI6
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Underwear bomber number 2 (still unnamed) isn't the only one with his shorts in a twist over the latest attempt to bring terror to the sky over the Atlantic. The CIA, FBI, and MI6 are all scrambling to explain (or unexplain) their accounts of who did...
Battle for Dien Bien Phu (1986)
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Hell in a Very Small Place. That was the name of a book by Bernard Fall about the siege of Dien Bien Phu. The 1954 battle was a turning point in Indochina, where the French made a last ditch effort to maintain control in Vietnam. It also is the point...
JPMorgan, a Fitch ratings harpooning [update: now S&P]
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Fitch Ratings-New York-11 May 2012: Fitch Ratings has downgraded JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s (JPM) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘A+’ from ‘AA-’...
The Spews and the Scum
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Pisses all over the culture, and then complains of the stench. Nicked from Impossible Songs.
The Spews and the Scum
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Pisses all over the culture, and then complains of the stench. Nicked from Impossible Songs.
Why Europe needs Greece | Costas Lapavitsas
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Syriza's electoral success marks the start of the first major battle against austerity. The whole continent should will them to winThe clear winner of the recent Greek elections is Syriza, a coalition of leftwing organisations active for several year...
This wasn’t Chesapeake’s week, really
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As part of our asset monetization planning and capital expenditure budgeting process, we closely monitor the resulting effects on the amounts and timing of our sources and uses of funds,...
Statistics on Cohesion Policy in Lithuania
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Data for 11 May 2012Funds allocated Allocations for Lithuania in 2007-2013 in OPs and Complements thereof Total: 7.431.671.432,73 € 100,00% EU funds: 6.775.492.669,92 € 91,17% Number of applications registered 10086 Fu...
OCA Theory – Asymmetric shocks in the Euro-Zone, Long Term Structural Problems & the need for EU Fiscal Union
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As growth has found its way back on the discourse of the Euro-Zone sovereign debt crisis, I take the opportunity to briefly describe the simple model in the back of most (decent) economists discussing the long term structural problems underlying R...
European Tapestries As a Popular Wall Art
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Many people come back from their European travels bringing a very special souvenir: a copy of an old European Tapestry. They see a number of them in museums and old palaces and cannot resist their ageless beauty. Of course, museum gift shops make thi...
The conversation: Can Europe survive the current crisis?
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Greek film-maker Constantine Giannaris and German novelist Juli Zeh compare their two nations' vastly different perspectives on the eurozone crisisAs elections across Europe this week threaten to deepen the Eurozone crisis still further, Athens-...
Absorption rates Bulgaria: 21,89% in April 2012
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Source: www.eufunds.bgTags: BulgariaAbsorption ratesAttachment: Bulgaria April 2012.pdfCountries_2: BulgariaTopics_2: Absorption Rates...
Bal du bac.
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I cannot quite believe it. This evening we joined a throng of proud parents for N° 1 sprog’s bal du bac. Only yesterday, it seems, she was knee high to a grasshopper. Now, like all of her contemporaries, she’s a few weeks away from the e...
Wuthering UK master trust assets
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Aire Valley is in what’s called Brontë Country in the UK’s Pennine hills, home to the towns of Bradford and Bingley.Bucolic.Whereas – in case you missed it –...
As justice in Turkey sinks lower… A university student to 11 years in poshu scarf case #CihanKirmizigul EFD Rights Watch
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TweetShare via email Turkish student sentenced to 11 years in poshu scarf case from Hurriyet Daily News A Turkish court sentenced university student Cihan Kırmızıgül to 11 years in jail. ************** Turkey tired of ‘governm...
Asia-Pacific cannot afford to grow without addressing environmental concerns
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“Countries in the Asia-Pacific region must find ways to continue to grow economically and lift millions out of poverty while also responding to climate change and environmental concerns, according to a United Nations report released today, which st...
Greenpeace boss Naidoo wants to enlist the Pope as his ally
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Even Kumi Naidoo, the boss of Greenpeace, has to admit that the environmental movement is fast losing momentum. Both governments and ordinary citizens all over are ignoring the doomsday scenarios of the eco-loonies. But Naidoo has not given up.
Hollande Wins French Elections
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17975660 http://socialjusticefirst.com/2012/05/05/french-elections-missing-the-big-picture/On Sunday May 6th, 2012, French voters chose François Hollande as their president for the coming five years. Voters res...
ECFR this week: 11th May 2012
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Europe is changing. While hopes are high that Francois Hollande can change the politics of the eurozone, the election in Greece radically transformed the Greek political landscape. However, asRead more…...
Seven Days in Europe
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Eurozone officials on Wednesday night agreed to pay only €4.2 billion as first bail-out tranche for Greece, with an outstanding 1 billion being blocked until June, amid growing political uncertainty in Athens and another failed attempt to form a go...
Fin du mythe : la petite souris friande de dents de lait
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Avec un enfant de 7 ans en 1ère année de primaire, il faut s’attendre à ce que certains mythes, comme celui du père Noël ou de la petite souris, soient [...]...
