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Crisis
Reuters: International News:
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to continue Russia's anti-crisis program as the economy moves out of one of the deepest recessions in post-Soviet history.
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Reuters: International News:
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's post-coup de facto leader said on Friday he would give up his presidential duties for a week, a step Washington welcomed as a way to help ease a five-month-old political crisis.
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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Now that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus package President Obama signed into law last February was way too small. The econo (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The European Central Bank announced its first active step to unwind the stimulus measures it has used to support the financial sector since the global crisis last year. (Read More)
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L.A. Times - Environment:
Drought, crop failure and deforestation, along with warming temperatures, have combined to create a crisis of malnutrition. Foreigners have come to Anjandobo vill (Read More)
New York Times:
A variety of economists say that economic stimulus legislation is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow again and shed fewer jobs than it otherwise would.
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New York Times:
Ben S. Bernanke’s nomination to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next month.
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Washington Post:
MAZRAQ, YEMEN -- From his tent made of blankets, Ali al-Majeshri stared at the tarpaulin tents in the refugee camp across the road. Five days before, he and his family had arrived at this wretched patch in a failing nation, d (Read More)
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WSJ.com: What's News US:
Many Democrats and Republicans praise Bernanke, but some say the financial crisis requires an overhaul of the Fed's responsibilities and tighter congressional oversight.
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Huffington Post:
The effort to impose new restrictions on the financial system falls short of true reform if there's a gigantic loophole for foreign exchange derivatives, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said Thursday."Most people who write abou (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Giles Foden is carried along by a holistic view of the salmon's lifecycleWhen Richard Shelton's first book The Longshoreman: A Life at the Water's Edge was published in 2004 it was acclaimed by Telegraph and Guardian readers (Read More)
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www.guardian.co.uk:
Jenny Uglow follows the careers of five artists whose lives were defined by the first world warThe friendships made in early youth, writes David Boyd Haycock, are more open and intense than any others. In the heady student da (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
As a Belgian, I am shocked by the disinformation around the candidacy and person of Mr Van Rompuy, especially by the British tabloids (The great EU stitch-up, 20 November). Their comments are an insult. Van Rompuy is not to b (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The president says he understands the urgency of our fiscal crisis, but his policies are the equivalent of steering the economy toward an iceberg. (Read More)
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias:
At the top of Friday’s Hardball on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews discovered the reason for President Obama’s political difficulties in recent months: “President Obama has his chin out on just about every hot issue out there....H (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Film:
C4 documentary drama to portray the monarch in key moments since the 1950sPlaying the Queen brought Helen Mirren international fame and enough awards to fill a trophy room. Now five more British actors are taking on the role (Read More)
The Guardian:
The newly appointed Channel 4 chairman, Lord Burns, is making the search for a chief executive his number one priorityThe newly appointed Channel 4 chairman, Lord Burns, is understood to be keen to appoint a chief executive w (Read More)
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