Russia
seeks new missiles due to U.S. shield plans
Russia’s military said on Friday it had intensified efforts
to develop new ballistic missiles in response to U.S. plans to deploy
an anti-missile system in Europe and Russia’s navy test fired
a new generation rocket.
Rubin
says not to blame for Citi’s troubles: report
Former U.S. Treasury secretary Robert Rubin said the near-collapse
of Citigroup Inc, where he is a senior counselor, was due to the
buckling financial system and not his own mistakes, according to
an interview published on The Wall Street Journal’s website
on Friday.
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U.S.
Stocks Gain, Capping S&P 500’s Best Weekly Rise Since
1974
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Sarkozy
salutes Obama’s views on Afghanistan, Iran
French President Nicolas Sarkozy praised US president-elect
Barack Obama’s intention to make Afghanistan a priority and
support for talks with Iran over its nuclear programme in an interview
published Saturday.
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Efforts
to support global climate-change falls: Poll
There is both growing public reluctance to make personal
sacrifices and a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the major international
efforts now underway to battle climate change, according to findings
of a poll of 12,000 citizens in 11 countries, including Canada.
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Cops
Seize Tory MP: Uproar in Police-State Britain
The arrest and interrogation of Damian Green, one of Britain’s
leading opposition politicians, by the counter-terrorism police
(November 27, 2009) on ‘suspicion of conspiring to commit
misconduct in a public office’ is an extraordinary event.
Troops
retake Jewish centre and hotel
Commandos stormed a Jewish centre and a luxury hotel in Mumbai on
Friday to retake them from Islamist militants on the third day of
attacks on the Indian financial capital in which at least 130 people
have died.
Rubin
Clones and Other Fakers: The Obama “Dream Team”
Things are getting crazier by the day. On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary
Henry Paulson announced that the Fed would commit another $800 billion
to fight the financial crisis which has spread to the broader economy
and is causing sharp declines in consumer spending.
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Worker
dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday
stampede
