Sunday, May 8, 2011
'US can't accept it created Bin Laden & Al Qaeda'
The U.S. says the operation against Bin Laden was a 'kill-or-capture mission'. But journalist Afshin Rattansi says taking him alive would have opened a floodgate to a past, the U.S. would rather keep shut.
Euro wobbles over fears of Greece ditching for drachma
Rumours that Greece was ready to ditch the Euro saw the currency drop by one per cent against the dollar. A German magazine said Greece was planning a pullout of the Eurozone and restore the drachma, as it struggles under the weight of its rescue debt. Leading Greek politicians scrambled to deny the suggestion, which forced an emergency meeting among Eurozone finance ministers.
Listening Post - Smoke and mirrors: The bin Laden death story
What do we really know about the Osama bin Laden death story, and how do we know it? Also, a before and after look at the media movement that brought down the Tunisian regime.
Pakistani groups protest against US
Following the US operation that killed Osama bin Laden, various groups in many Pakistani cities have railed against violations of the South Asian country's sovereignty.
German MP says Berlin should help Greece leave euro
(Reuters) - Germany should constructively support any efforts by Greece to abandon the euro and return to the drachma, a leading MP in Germany's junior coalition Free Democrats (FDP) said on Saturday."If Greece wants to leave the euro zone, that is its own autonomous decision," Frank Schaeffler, an FDP member in the finance committee of the Bundestag, told Reuters.
"And Germany should accompany them constructively."
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou earlier on Saturday denied there was even unofficial discussion over Greece quitting the euro zone and asked that his troubled country be "left alone to finish its task.
On Friday, influential German weekly Der Spiegel reported talks were held to discuss the possibility, raised by Athens, of Greece withdrawing from the 17-member euro zone, as well as the idea of restructuring Greece's 327 billion euro ($470 billion) sovereign debt.....read on
The Long Death of the US$
Whilst this report is from late 2007, with the near death of the $ a few weeks ago (at least until the US shot some dead Terrorist - must be a Easter thing) it is still very topical.
Also brilliant commentary from President Regans's dep. sec of the Treasury, Paul Craig Roberts, one the US's greatest thinkers.
Also brilliant commentary from President Regans's dep. sec of the Treasury, Paul Craig Roberts, one the US's greatest thinkers.
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