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August 29, 2007 |
Some say border to open to Mexican trucks Saturday
Miscellaneous
According to media reports, officials within the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration told members of the Teamsters union the border would open Saturday, Sept. 1. |
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August 29, 2007 |
EU could give up right to nominate IMF chief
EUobserver.com
The EU's nominee to be the next head of the International Monetary Fund may be the last European in the job, the eurozone's chief Jean-Claude Juncker has suggested. |
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August 29, 2007 |
EU resumes treaty wrangling as political issues remain
EUobserver.com
As the deadline for political agreement on the new European treaty draws closer, EU officials believe that while the treaty outline is relatively tight, up to seven remaining issues are political rather than purely technical.
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August 28, 2007 |
U.S. under U.N. law in health emergency
Worldnet Daily
The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America summit in Canada released a plan that established U.N. law along with regulations by the World Trade Organization and World Health Organization as supreme over U.S. law and set the stage for militarizing the management of continental health emergencies. |
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August 28, 2007 |
The politics of corporate party crashing
Miscellaneous
The North American global justice movement just exposed the “Security and Prosperity Partnership” (SPP), the latest corporate assault on our democracy, environment and human rights. |
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August 24, 2007 |
Big Brother Democracy
The Nation
Recently, as protesters gathered outside the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit in Montebello, Quebec, to confront US President George W. Bush, Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the Associated Press reported this surreal detail: "Leaders were not able to see the protesters in person, but they could watch the protesters on TV monitors inside the hotel.... |
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August 24, 2007 |
Mortgage crisis 'will drag the US into recession'
Telegraph (UK)
The chief executive of Countrywide Financial, the mortgage lender handed a $2bn (£1bn) lifeline by Bank of America, said the housing market showed no signs of improvement and would push the US into a recession. |
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August 24, 2007 |
Brzezinski Embraces Obama Over Clinton for President
Miscellaneous
Zbigniew Brzezinski, one of the most influential foreign-policy experts in the Democratic Party, threw his support behind Barack Obama's presidential candidacy, saying the Illinois senator has a better global grasp than his chief rival, Hillary Clinton. |
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August 23, 2007 |
Iran threatens German banks over pull-out
Breitbnart.com
Tehran has threatened to bar major German banks that are pulling out of Iran due to US pressure and steep administration costs from returning to the country. |
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August 23, 2007 |
NAFTA “three amigos” agree agenda remains undisturbed
MercoPress
The two days “Three Amigos Summit”, as the Montebello Castle, Quebec meeting was described tried to refresh links among North American Free Trade Association members which critics say the US neglected after the September 11 attacks. |
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