March 30, 2009
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Global Recession: Protectionism and Diversification in the U.S. and South America
As the economic crisis continues to globalize, South American nations are pursuing various trade deals, implementing economic stimulus packages, and imposing new tariffs in response. All of these individual national efforts seek to soften the blow delivered by the downturn, but it is unlikely that they alone will solve the problem. Continue reading
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Israeli settlement building threat in West Bank
Just a day after promising to be a partner for peace with the Palestinians, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister-designate, appears to be preparing to build Israeli settlements on more West Bank land http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.2295581 Posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Media Lens: Children Of Darkness – Killing ‘Them’ – Part 1
As we have noted before, journalists are highly evolved intellectual herd animals. They possess sophisticated sense organs capable of detecting minute changes in the propaganda environment. Continue reading
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Shame on us!
Last week, a few innocent kids from the Jenin refugee camp were surreptiously taken to Tel Aviv to “cheer up and take part in peace-promoting activities. Continue reading
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Aftermath (6) “The only BMW shop in Gaza.”
This predominantly fishing community has sustained many Israeli incursions over the years but the scars of the latest one are all pervasive and have made the area almost unrecognisable to its residents. Even the cemetery with its cracked gravestones and deep tank tracks, was not spared. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 