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Category: World
To Rachel Maddow: On the State of the Union
The USA’s bubble has burst (or is at best losing air fast). To further compound this, the USA continues to prosecute wars it can ill afford. Main Street is convinced that President Obama has access to some economic and other leavers which, in less than a year, should have been effectively manipulated to reinstate the…
Caribbean, Central America Recovery Lags Behind Asia’s – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has painted a more optimistic view of the global economy in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) and its Global Continue reading
Latam Region Weathers Financial Storm – IMF
The impact of the global recession on the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has been severe and wide-ranging, but the region is now better Continue reading
Worst World Trade Collapse Since World War Two
The announcement by the World Trade Organization that global trade last year was the worst since World War II must represent bad news for the Continue reading
Canada’s Governor General Cites Historic Obama Era
Canada’s head of state, Governor General Michaelle Jean, has hailed the inauguration of US President Barack Obama as “a new page in the history of Continue reading
Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address
Below is thefull text of Obama’s Inauguration speech: My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust Continue reading
An Introduction to the American Age
Imagine that you were alive in the summer of 1900, living in London, then the capital of the world. Europe ruled the Eastern Hemisphere. There Continue reading
Gates Urges Obama – Keep Commitments Despite Economic Crisis
Bill Gates, co-chair and trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has strongly urged the incoming Obama administration and new Congress to renew America’s Continue reading
The pitfalls of Africa’s aid addiction
Sorious Samura catches shop-keepers selling aid. Where I come from in West Africa, we have a saying: “A fool at 40 is a fool forever”, Continue reading
President-elect Obama’s First Interview on CBS 60 Minutes
Watch CBS Videos Online About Mark LeeMark Lee has been a long-time journalist writing, editing and producing in print, radio television and new media.Web Continue reading