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NYT (3): International News/Economy
U.S. and Britain seek global approach to economic crisis; Iceland's teetering economy finally collapses completely; and Ukraine's president disbands parliament and calls for emergency elections.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, October 10, 2008
NYT (2): Economy
If you think the U.S. stock market is suffering, Russia's S&P index has fallen 53% and some of its markets have closed completely; and the Cihcago sheriff takes an unusual, and welcome, step in preventing evictions due to foreclosure.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, October 9, 2008
NYT (3): International
Biofuel subsidies may be increasing hunger; European legislators weaken some laws re greenhouse gases; and protests in Thailand get bigger - and uglier.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, October 8, 2008
McCain’s Kremlin Ties
go to storyThese days you're on one side of the oligopoly one year (Montenegro) and the other side the next (Georgia) ... from Mark Ames & Ari Berman in The Nation - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, October 7, 2008
NYT (3): International News
Georgia's "culture of censorship"; the indigenous Yanomamis claim that religion was doing better than politics in helping them; and Muslims gain power in Indonesia.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, October 7, 2008
NYT (2): Economy
The bailouts begin in Europe; and a counterintuitive increase in the value of the dollar.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, October 6, 2008
NYT (2): International News
While those in the U.S. may laugh at any comparison of the current economic crisis to that of Weimar Germany, Germans are not laughing at all; and a female Egyptian paralympic champion returns home - to business as usual.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, October 4, 2008
NYT (2): Economy
The nexus of the economic meltdown and the U.S. electorate; and Europe considers a "coordinated response" to the financial crisis.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, October 2, 2008
NYT (3): International News
The effects of the U.S. financial meltdown are spreading through Europe; Palin and the economic meltdown increase French angst re the U.S.; and an amusing new spin by the Somali pirates: "Think of us like a coast guard."Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, October 1, 2008
NYT (2): International News
Far-right parties make gains in Austrian elections; and an attack on the home of the publisher of a soon-to-be-released book on Muhammad.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, September 29, 2008
NYT (3): International News
Putin and Chavez strengthen their alliance; a modern-day "Jack Sparrow" gets more than he bargained for; and an outspoken Croat in Bolivia is under attack.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, September 27, 2008
NYT (5): International News
Violent clashes between U.S. and Pakistani forces at Afghan border; honoring Solzhenitsyn - in Moscow; West Bank settlers escalate their defiance against ouster; Europe toughens its auto emissions plan; and extraordinary pledges to the U.N. may be affected by economic reality.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, September 26, 2008
NYT (2): Politics/Religion
In the U.S., a direct frontal assault on the separation of church and state; and in Europe, "criticizing capitalism from the pulpit."Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, September 26, 2008
NYT (3): International News (Energy/Environment)
A climate program to help poor nations gets a new home - and funds; North Korea is up to its old (nuclear) tricks again; and a French nuclear power company buys a British one.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, September 25, 2008
NYT (3): International News
As occurred in Spain, terrorism may affect elections in India; Myanmar frees thousands of political and other prisoners; and some areas of Paris are becoming mini-religious-war zones.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, September 24, 2008
NYT: Fast Food Hits Mediterranean; a Diet Succumbs
"Dr. Michalis Stagourakis has seen a transformation of his pediatric practice here over the past three years. The usual sniffles and stomachaches of childhood are now interspersed with far more serious conditions: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol. A changing diet, he says, has produced an epidemic of obesity and related maladies."Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, September 24, 2008
NYT Books in Review: “Left in Dark Times,” “The Angel of Grozny,” “Bumping Into Geniuses,” “Hitler’s Empire,” “Soldiers of Reason”
Bernard-Henri Levy "confronts French leftists"; an update on children orphaned by the Chechnyan war; an insider's look at the music biz; how inability to govern helped sink Hitler; and the political influence of the RAND Corporation.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 21, 2008
NYT (5): International News
One of the worst-ever acts of terrorism in Pakistan kills 40 and injures 150, including Americans; Sarkozy fears France is next in global economic meltdown; Chavez expels Human Rights Watch workers; a Sunni group hacks and defaces an important Shiite website in Iraq; and Mbeki may be out in political coup.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, September 20, 2008
NYT (4): International News
Rising anti-Semitism and anti-Islamism in Europe; Russia ups the ante in South Ossetia and Abkhazia; Livni becomes first woman since Meir to lead Israel; and waning global trust in U.S. court decisions.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, September 18, 2008
t r u t h o u t | America and Russia: The Same Machiavellianism
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, September 17, 2008NYT Editorial Observer: ‘Libel Tourism’: When Freedom of Speech Takes a Holiday
"Britain's troubling libel laws shouldn't be enforced here."Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, September 15, 2008
NYT: When Prague Spring Gave Way to Winter
A powerful photojournalist exhibit in NYC.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 14, 2008
AlterNet: Is CNN Getting Kicked Out of Russia?
all the major media mention Putin as KBG. Why not tag Bush I as CIA? If the reporting is straightPosted by Michael Butler, Saturday, September 13, 2008
Ossetia-Russia-Georgia : Information Clearing House - ICH
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, September 13, 2008Venezuela Throws Out US Ambassador As Tensions Soar
go to storyHey!! Did anyone know that we sent warships to the Black Sea to wag our dicks in front of Russia over the Georgian thing, and now Russia sent "two Tupolev Tu-160 bombers" to Venezuela in response?! Meanwhile Venezuela and Bolivia are expelling US ambassadors because they've been trying to support fascist military coups since the days of Pinochet and all the socialist democracies in South America are all rallying to their side (along w Russia) .. meanwhile, what was that thing about lipstick again? - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Saturday, September 13, 2008
