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74,000 Layoffs Announced In One Day
By Tom Eley
www.countercurrents.org/eley270109.htm
On Monday, employers in the US and internationally announced tens of thousands of layoffs in an indication that the economic crisis is accelerating and spreading throughout the American and world economy—and far outpacing governmental measures to respond

Global Recession Triggers Sharp Downturn In Australia
By Mike Head
www.countercurrents.org/head270109.htm
The onset of recession in nearly all Australia’s major trading partners has produced warnings that the country has entered a “vicious cycle” of contraction that could last at least five years

Global Warming Effects To Last 1,000 Years
By Agence France Presse
www.countercurrents.org/afp270109.htm
Global warming may create “dead zones” in the ocean that would be devoid of fish and seafood and endure for up to two millennia, according to a study published on Sunday

Fuelling The Cycle Of Hate
By Neve Gordon & Yigal Bronner
www.countercurrents.org/gordon270109.htm
War is teaching the children of Israel and Gaza that the other side is a bloodthirsty monster, and destroying any desire for peace

Gaza: The Indian Example
By Radhika Sainath
www.countercurrents.org/sainath270109.htm
In Gaza, Palestinians have once again been blamed for their own deaths. The British made a similar argument 151 years ago when they killed thousands of Indian civilians — 1,200 in a single village — in response to the largest anti-colonial uprising of the 19th century. If Israel truly desires peace with the Palestinians and safety for its citizens, it should look back to one of the greatest, and misunderstood, independence movements in history

How To Kill A Palestinian
By Dr. Elias Akleh
www.countercurrents.org/akleh271009.htm
This onslaught is a holocaust since the many tons of phosphorous bombs, dropped on Gaza cities, had burnt civilians to the bones, burnt their homes and buildings, and burnt their fields and crops. This is the holocaust that the Israeli Deputy Defense Minister, Matan Vilnai, had threatened Palestinians

The Uncultured Wars — Arabs, Muslims,
And The Poverty Of Liberal Thought
By Jim Miles
www.countercurrents.org/miles270109.htm
Book Review: The Uncultured Wars – Arabs, Muslims, and the Poverty of Liberal Thought By Steven Salaita

Creeping Talibanization In Pakistan’s ‘Paradise’ Valley
By Rahil Yasin
www.countercurrents.org/yasin270109.htm
People in Swat – once called the ‘paradise’ on earth or Switzerland of Pakistan – are living in tense times. The Pakistani Taliban have stoked fear in parts of the valley, and their control is growing. They have demolished schools and bombed bridges; political workers are assassinated, journalists are tortured, girls are forbidden from going to school. Even dead bodies have been exhumed from their graves and put on gallows. The power of the government has shrunk to a limited area in the district

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