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June 22, 2007 |
Blair fights over national sovereignty
Financial Times
European leaders arrived in Brussels on Thursday afternoon with Tony Blair, UK prime minister, warning that prospects for a deal on a watered down version of the EU constitution were only “touch and go”. |
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June 12, 2007 |
Blackstone co-founders to reap at least $2.3B
CNNMoney
Blackstone Group issued compensation details for the first time Monday, disclosing in a filing that its co-founders will receive at least $2.33 billion after part of the firm is taken public. |
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June 04, 2007 |
Vermont seeking to sececede from U.S.?
Boston Globe
At Riverwalk Records, the all-vinyl record store just down the street from the state Capitol, the black "US Out of Vt.!" T-shirts are among the hottest sellers. |
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June 04, 2007 |
The G8 Meltdown
UPI
This week's Group of Eight summit in Germany may be the last, or almost the last of its kind. When this process began in the mid-1970s, the five founding members of the United States, Japan, Germany, France and Britain were without question the world's richest and most important industrial democracies. |
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May 31, 2007 |
President Bush has torn the conservative coalition asunder
Wall Street Journal
Peggy Noonan: What political conservatives and on-the-ground Republicans must understand at this point is that they are not breaking with the White House on immigration. They are not resisting, fighting and thereby setting down a historical marker--"At this point the break became final." |
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May 31, 2007 |
'High priests of globalization' in Istanbul
Turkish Daily News
Some call it "the multinational government", some call it the "elite club which shapes world policies" while others say it essentially "fixes" the world's fate. It literally breeds conspiracy theories all around the world with its secrecy, while participants say it is only a private gathering that should be respected. |
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May 31, 2007 |
India's CEO's are world’s most stressed
India Times
NEW DELHI: Indian business leaders are among the world’s most stressed employees as they put in more working hours (around 57 hours per week), in a bid to remain competitive in a globalised and technologically advanced world, according to a new survey. |
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May 23, 2007 |
Bush grants presidency extraordinary powers
Worldnet Daily
President Bush has signed a directive granting extraordinary powers to the office of the president in the event of a declared national emergency, apparently without congressional approval or oversight. |
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May 15, 2007 |
A Borderless Asia: Vision for Regional Integration
Miscellaneous
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the kind invitation to speak about a possible vision for regional integration in Asia. I should note at the outset that the views I will express are my own, and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF Policy. A great deal of progress has been made in integrating Asian economies. And I would like to submit today that the experience of the European Community as well as the North American Free Trade Agreement can provide valuable lessons for Asia as it continues to broaden and deepen this integration. |
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May 14, 2007 |
Thirsty world needs higher water prices: OECD
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Governments must put a higher price on water to help tackle growing shortages in a world threatened by climate change, the head of the OECD said on Monday. |
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