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November 11, 2008 |
Bailout in the desert
CNNMoney
As soaring oil prices enriched the Persian Gulf region in recent years, the United Arab Emirate of Dubai became the embodiment of global exuberance. Now even this boomtown has fallen prey to the credit crisis. |
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November 11, 2008 |
Hamas: We met Obama advisers
Worldnet Daily
Hamas held a meeting in the Gaza Strip several months ago with aides to President-elect Barack Obama, but the terror group was asked to keep the contacts secret until after last week's elections, according to a senior Hamas official. |
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November 11, 2008 |
No. 2 mall operator warns of bankruptcy
CNNMoney
General Growth Properties Inc., the No. 2 mall operator in the United States, has warned that an ongoing slump in retail sales, combined with the credit market lockdown, has pushed the company to the brink of bankruptcy. |
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November 11, 2008 |
Lesbians, condoms go wild in attack on Christian church
Worldnet Daily
Worshippers at a Bible-teaching church in Lansing, Mich., were stunned Sunday when members of a pro-homosexual, pro-anarchy organization named Bash Back interrupted their service to fling propaganda and condoms around the sanctuary, drape a profane banner from the balcony and feature two lesbians making out at the pulpit. |
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November 11, 2008 |
Why veins could replace fingerprints
TimesOnline (UK)
Forget fingerprinting. Companies in Europe have begun to roll out an advanced biometric system from Japan that identifies people from the unique patterns of veins inside their fingers. |
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November 11, 2008 |
S&P warns of a debt financing crisis in Europe
Telegraph (UK)
For those of us who want to believe we are nearing the bottom of this crisis, a report from Standard & Poor's today offers a nasty reminder why there many be more violent pulses to come. |
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November 10, 2008 |
Fed refuses to identify $2 trillion in bank loans
Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve is refusing to identify the recipients of almost $2 trillion of emergency loans from American taxpayers or the troubled assets the central bank is accepting as collateral. |
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November 10, 2008 |
Obama to use executive orders for immediate impact
MyWay.com
President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas. |
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November 10, 2008 |
Gore to Obama: Emergency rescue of human civilization
New York Times
THE inspiring and transformative choice by the American people to elect Barack Obama as our 44th president lays the foundation for another fateful choice that he — and we — must make this January to begin an emergency rescue of human civilization from the imminent and rapidly growing threat posed by the climate crisis. |
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November 10, 2008 |
Georgia congressman warns of Obama dictatorship
Associated Press
A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist dictatorship. |
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