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Category: World
IMF plans to sell 403 metric tons of gold – to create endowment
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans to sell 403.3 metric tons of the Fund’s gold holdings to create an endowment with the profits, it was Continue reading
Obama Torpedoed?
Getting the Rev. Jeremiah Wright away from the microphone and spotlight last week would have been like trying to pry the hunting rifle from Charlton Continue reading
Bush to Attend Olympics – Negroponte
U.S. President George Bush plans to attend the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics despite a potential boycott, according to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Continue reading
Message to Mugabe – “Trash it Out Inna Zimbabwe”
Prime Minister Robert Mugabe and President Canaan Banana, at Zimbabwe independence ceremony, April 18,1980 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined calls for a Continue reading
US Troops to Stay in Iraq Beyond Agreed UN Date
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, testified before Congress that American troops will stay in Iraq beyond 31st December 2008. Crocker says this is to Continue reading
Emerging Economies Vulnerable to Credit Crunch, Says IMF – Hands-on Policies to Fix
Jaime Caruana, Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund, sumarizes the main points of the GFSR. The Continue reading
Peace Holey Peace – Five Years Into the 100 Years War
Signs of the Times The week in 2008 Christendom celebrates the Prince of Peace’s entry into the city of peace, the world also observes the Continue reading
Power-sharing Agreement for Kenyan Leaders – Will it last?
After a month of talks led by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan with support from the head of the African Union, Tanzanian President Jakaya Continue reading
Calm Down, Hillary!
Hillary Clinton is kvetching about too many things of late. After she saw last week’s Saturday Night Live sketch she was so livid she threw Continue reading
Ghana – First impressions: More sellers than buyers
You must all be wondering why I’m writing about lizards and not saying much about Ghana. I have been trying to pull my thoughts together Continue reading