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Will the U.S. Bail Out Kabul Bank?
The bank run at Afghanistan’s largest bank, Kabul Bank, was precipitated by the takeover of the bank by Da Afghanistan Bank, the country’s...
Venezuela’s “Good Life Card” Comes at a Great Price
According to the Miami Herald, the Venezuelan government has introduced what socialist President Hugo Chavez is calling a “Good Life Card” to be...
Read moreFood Prices Spark Riots in Mozambique
Rising food prices have led to violence as protestors clash with police in the impoverished nation of Mozambique. ...
Read moreRussian Govt Tries to Reduce Alcohol Consumption
There is no doubt that excessive consumption of alcohol was a critical health problem in the Soviet Union. Trapped in a grim purgatory...
Read moreBorder Drug Smugglers Employ Disguises
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Zapata, Texas, near the Mexican border, recently pulled over a sheriff’s vehicle from neighboring Webb County because something...
Read moreBritain’s Blair Reflects on Iraq War
Voice of America News reported on September 1 that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote in his newly published memoirs, A Journey:...
Read more“The Kangaroo Touch” Revives Australian Preemie
Called “the kangaroo touch” in Australia and also “kangaroo care,” the method used by Kate Ogg in Sydney last spring worked almost like...
Read moreChinese Central Bank Head Defection Rumor: Communist Power Struggle?
Japanese Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi confirmed that China's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan had not defected to the United States, something rumored...
Read moreU.S. Consulate Staff to Send Children Out of Monterrey
After a kidnapping attempt outside an elite private school in Monterrey, the U.S. government told consulate staff to send their children out of...
Read moreChilean Miners Pray and Sing National Anthem to Keep Up Morale
Thirty-three miners, who were trapped some 2,300 feet underground in northern Chile since August 5 when the main access tunnel collapsed where they...
Read moreMassacre in Mexico
Seventy-two people, believed to be migrants heading for Texas were gunned down in San Fernando in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, near the...
Read moreAmericans are “Simple-Minded” Says Japanese Politician Ichiro Ozawa
An influential Japanese politician is taking a few pokes at the American and British people. Ichiro Ozawa, who some think may be well-positioned...
Read moreU.S. Concerned About Iran’s Assault Boats and Drone
AFP news reported on August 25 that Iran's recent unveiling of new missile-firing assault boats and an aerial drone is a source of...
Read moreCorn Hybrids and Big Brother
The marketplace solves so many “problems” that it is amazing how often people turn to government or resort to violence to force their...
Read moreMurder Out of Control in Venezuela
Mexico’s infamous drug war has claimed fewer lives than murderers in Venezuela, reported Maria Eugenia Diaz from Caracas for the New York Times...
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