OREO For 11 01 08

OREO For 11 01 08

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OREO For 11 01 08
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Newsstories of interest: most are dated October 31st
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1  DISORDER
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**  UN [General Assembly] members give go-ahead on proposal
to curb arms [trade]
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Oct 31, 4:28 PM EDT
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"147 voted in favor of drafting the treaty." "the U.S....voted
against it"
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"international arms trade...contributes to the death of over a
1,000 people every day."
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THIS IS A CONFESSION READY
FOR THE WAR CRIMES TRIALS!
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_UN_ARMS_TREATY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-31-16-28-37
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Cheney aide to be deposed in lawsuit over records
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Oct 31, 4:06 PM EDT
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"group suing...Cheney to preserve a wide range of records from
his time as vice president"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHENEY_LAWSUIT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-31-16-06-16
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Analysis: Religion used divide, mock in '08
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Oct 31, 1:36 PM EDT
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"the loser in this election is religion."
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SAY THAT GOD LOVES YOU
TO MEAN GOD HATES YOU!
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/REL_RELIGION__THE_CAMPAIGN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-31-13-36-34
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**  Questioning ‘Dirty Bomb’ Plot, Judge Orders U.S. to Yield
Papers on Detainee [to his lawyers]
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October 30, 2008
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"Judge Sullivan asked why, after more than six years, the gov-
ernment...stepped away from its claims about a dirty-bomb plot.
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'That raises a question as to whether or not the allegations
were ever true,' the judge said."
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WELL, NOW!  A COMMON-SENSE BYPASS
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/us/31gitmo.html
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2  AFRICA
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THE BU$H PLAN (SOMALIA)
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CAMEROON
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Ten oil workers kidnapped off Cameroon: company
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Oct 31, 2008 5:38am EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49U2FK20081031
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3  ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (PALESTINE)
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Masked settlers assault Palestinian photographers
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Oct 31, 2008 6:55am EDT
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"near...Hebron, injuring one"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49U37Y20081031
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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[Puppet-]Iraqi, U.S. officials in economic conference in Baghdad
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"to discuss...foreign investment in Iraq"
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SUPERPOWER PROMISES?  SUPERPOWER *S*
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http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=102222
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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__THE PREPOSTEROUS IN OVERDRIVE__
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Pentagon chief: Afghan war strategy lacking
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Oct 31, 5:10 PM EDT
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"'We would be making a terrible mistake if this ends up being
called America's war,' [Gates] said, adding that it is impera-
tive that the Afghans be made to realize that the United States
is there only to help."
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NOT AMERICA, NOT THE UNITED STATES --THE SUPERPOWER!
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PETRAEUS_COMMAND?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-31-17-10-57
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Exclusive: SAS chief quits over 'negligence that killed his
troops' | The commander of Britain's SAS troops in Afghani-
stan has resigned in disgust, accusing the Government of
"gross negligence" over the deaths of four of his soldiers
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/3332417/Exclusive-SAS-chief-quits-over-negligence-that-killed-his-troops.html
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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Suicide bomber kills nine in NW Pakistan
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Oct 31, 2008 10:00am EDT
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"in...attack on [puppet] police in...Mardan."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49U1UE20081031
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Suspected US missile strikes kill 27 in [Puppet-]Pakistan
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Oct 31, 5:18 PM EDT
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"the frequency of the strikes has led some people to speculate
that Pakistani [puppet] leaders have privately agreed to the
attacks on the condition they can publicly criticize them."
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THERE IS NO CRIME THE SUPERPOWER
WILL NOT HAVE ITS PUPPETS COMMIT
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-31-17-18-19
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DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA
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Closer South-South Cooperation Called for
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"Developing countries should not forget the lesson drawn from
the fact that they have failed to gain noticeable success in
tackling the food crisis owing to the unreasonable moves of the
imperialists but make every possible effort to strengthen South-
South cooperation in the agricultural field.
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Herein lies the right way for developing countries to solve the
food problem as early as possible and achieve independent pro-
gress and prosperity."
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[>] November 1, 2008 | Item 9
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http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm
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INDIA
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India cash rate leaps; bonds look for rate cut
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Oct 31, 2008 2:21am EDT
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"India's overnight lending rate leaped above 20 percent on Friday"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49U1BU20081031?sp=true
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JAPAN

Japan defense minister sacks general [= air force chief of
staff] over WW2 views
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Oct 31, 2008 11:30am EDT
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"saying...Japan was ensnared into World War Two by the United
States and was not an aggressor in the conflict in Asia."
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THE SUPERPOWER ENCOURAGES THE WORLD'S
SCUM TO ASSERT ONE LIE AFTER ANOTHER!
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49U3JS20081031?sp=true
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REPUBLIC OF KOREA
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October 30, 2008
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South Koreans Lose Faith in President’s Business Skills
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"“Lee Myung-bak has not had a single big policy success so
far.  He needs something to show.”
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WAR
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/world/asia/31seoul.html
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4 EUROPE
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BOSNIA
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Relations in Bosnia still poisoned: Holbrooke
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Oct 31, 2008 6:37am EDT
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Holbrooke?  "architect of the Bosnian [duh] peace accords"
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WHEREVER SUPERPOWER AGENTS GO,
TROUBLE FOLLOWS & PEOPLE DIE !
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49U2U820081031
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5  LATAM
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CUBA
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Reflections of Fidel | The Worst Variant
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"The International Monetary Fund...is the same dog with a
different collar"
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http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/octubre/vier31/Reflections-30oct.html
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6  SUPERPOWER
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Banks owe billions in pay, pensions to execs: report
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Oct 31, 2008 1:54pm EDT
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"Troubled financial giants getting cash infusions from the U.S.
government owed executives more than $40 billion for deferred
pay and pensions as of the end of 2007"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49U5Y920081031
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Wall St. lobby group cuts 25 percent of staff:sources
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Oct 31, 2008 1:25pm EDT
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"Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49U67020081031
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One in five homeowners with mortgages under water
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Oct 31, 2008 4:26pm EDT
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They "owe more to lenders than their homes are worth"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49S3Q520081031?sp=true
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Meltdown 101: How we'll know we're in a recession
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Oct 31, 5:24 PM EDT
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"Q: Since the recession may be over by the time it's officially
declared, why bother setting the dates?"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MELTDOWN_101_RECESSION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-31-17-24-23
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Florida's Freedom Bank Closes, 17th U.S. Bank to Fail This Year
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=arLavNvSVej4&refer=home
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7  $$$$
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AIG's credit default swaps shows rescue skepticism: JPMorgan
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Oct 31, 2008 11:59am EDT
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Over the past month, five-year credit default swaps on AIG have
risen to 44 percent upfront from 29 percent upfront, retracing
[= reversing] much of the rally seen immediately after the gov-
ernment announced an $85 billion rescue package"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49U5GF20081031
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TIMELINE: [global] Financial crisis in October
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Oct 31, 2008 1:02pm EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49U5MX20081031?sp=true
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Stock-Fund Investors Pull Record $70.7 Billion, TrimTabs Says
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"Redemptions by individual investors and institutions jumped 26
percent from the previous high of $56 billion in September"
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ami_XEftEtKw&refer=home
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OREO For 10 31 08

OREO For 10 31 08

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OREO For 10 31 08
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Newsstories of interest: most are dated October 30th
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** = Important  [in this edition: 1 ]
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MH = Misleading Headline  [in this edition:  ]
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1  DISORDER
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Agents arrest former Agriprocessors manager
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Oct 30, 2:36 PM EDT
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"Sholom Rubashkin...is charged with conspiracy to harbor
undocumented immigrants...aiding and abetting document
fraud and aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft."
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SLAUGHTERHOUSE_MANAGER_ARREST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-30-14-36-01
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White House defends money for banks
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Oct 30, 1:17 PM EDT
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"'I'm not here to defend Wall Street,' [White House press
secretary Dana] Perino said."
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CRIMES DISAPPEAR IN A LIE-FIX
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MELTDOWN_BUSH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-30-13-17-41
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See below: EUROPE | ITALY | "Berlusconi's Would-Be Successors
Jostle for Mussolini's Mantle."
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2  AFRICA
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THE BU$H PLAN (SOMALIA)
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Q+A: Will Somalia ever enjoy peace?
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Oct 30, 2008 5:52am EDT
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"on the intractable Somali conflict"
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ACTUALLY, IT'S THE INTRACTABLE SUPERPOWER CONFLICT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49T3D620081030?sp=true
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
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Key players in the Congo crisis
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Oct 30, 11:24 AM EDT
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_CONGO_GLANCE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-30-11-24-17
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LIBYA
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Gaddafi visits Russia on arms, energy drive
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Oct 30, 2008 12:58am EDT
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This newsstory presents the State Department's line:
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EV'RYTHING'S OLRIGHT 'ERE, GOV
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49S90G20081030?sp=true
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3  ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (PALESTINE)
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Israel demolishes dozens of West Bank shacks
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Oct 30, 1:33 PM EDT
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"for the second straight day Thursday, leaving dozens of
Palestinian Bedouin homeless"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_PALESTINIANS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-30-13-33-47
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THE BU$H PLAN (SYRIA)
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Thousands of Syrians protest in Damascus at U.S. raid
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Oct 30, 2008 2:12pm EDT
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"We [will] sacrifice our blood for you, [President] Bashar.
Down with America."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49T37520081030
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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US officials' hopes for Iraq security deal fade
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Oct 30, 1:28 PM EDT
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"[puppet] Iraqis demand changes to a draft text that some U.S.
officials consider unacceptable."
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRAQ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-30-13-28-08
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Large fire at La. refinery, no injuries reported
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Oct 30, 12:16 PM EDT
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"'We don't know what caused' the fire to begin"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PLANT_FIRE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-30-12-16-10
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[puppet] MPs rule out quick signing of U.S.-Iraq security deal
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October 30, 2008 - 03:36:01
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"The Iraqi [puppet] part are negotiating pulling foreign troops
out of the country, while the Americans are look[ing] to extend
their presence."
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http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=102163
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[Puppet-]Iraq’s Kurdistan authorities lift tax from Iranian veggies
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October 30, 2008 - 07:09:46
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"due to shortage in the Kurdish enclave." [?]
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http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=102178
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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Afghan [puppet] ministry suicide blast kills 5: [puppet] govern-
ment
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Oct 30, 2008 7:26am EDT
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"in a daring attack...inside the [puppet] information [= lies]
ministry in the heart of the Afghan [puppet] capital"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49T1X520081030?sp=true
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INDIA
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Serial bombs kill at least 68 in India's Assam state
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Oct 30, 2008 1:54pm EDT
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"One of the blasts targeted a high-security zone with a court
as well as offices and the homes of senior police officials."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49T1UW20081030?sp=true
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4 EUROPE
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CAUCASIAN EMIRATE
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October 30, 2008 21:00
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**  Dmitry Medvedev accepted the resignation of [puppet] Presi-
dent of the [puppet] Republic of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov
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"Yunus-Bek Yevkurov was appointed interim [puppet] leader"
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http://kremlin.ru/eng/text/news/2008/10/208584.shtml
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GERMANY
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WITNESS: Berliners' love affair with America grows cold
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Oct 30, 2008 12:34pm EDT
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"It was hard to imagine a more pro-American city when I first
moved here in 1993, yet the wind has changed and the love affair
is over."
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HAVE ANY LESSONS EVER BEEN LEARNED BY THE SUPERPOWER ?
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49T73B20081030?sp=true
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ITALY
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Berlusconi's Would-Be Successors Jostle for Mussolini's Mantle
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"Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa...praised [fascist] Italian
soldiers who fought alongside Nazi Germany between 1943 and
1945."
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HISTORY LESSON:
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"The Axis advance had been finally halted east and west as an
Anglo-American force landed in Morocco, and the Red Army fought
the Axis to a standstill in the ruins of Staligrad: moreover,
Romania, Hungary and Italy all took very heavy casualties"
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"By February 1943, Italy's General [Vittorio] Ambrosio was cate-
gorical: 'Our enemy is the German.'"
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--Mark Mazower's *Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe*
(Penguin Press, 2008), pages 355, 356.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=ac1P6d0HpJaw&refer=home
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See above: DISORDER | "White House defends money for banks" |
CRIMES DISAPPEAR IN A LIE-FIX.
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SPAIN
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Seventeen wounded by Spanish university car bomb
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Oct 30, 2008 9:36am EDT
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"blast came just two days after Spanish police arrested four
suspected ETA guerrillas"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49T3QO20081030
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5  LATAM
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PERU
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Peru: Demonstrations Flare in Provinces
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October 29, 2008
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"demanding a larger share of the taxes generated by local [?]
mines"
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/world/americas/30briefs-DEMONSTRATIO_BRF.html
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6  SUPERPOWER ET AL
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American Express to cut 7,000 jobs, save $1.8 billion
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Oct 30, 2008 1:48pm EDT
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"10 percent of its workforce"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49T63520081030?sp=true
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Hartford shares plunge after massive loss
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Oct 30, 2008 1:36pm EDT
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"big property and life insurer posted a surprisingly large
quarterly loss"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49T60320081030?sp=true
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Economy contracts as consumers retreat
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Oct 30, 2008 2:00pm EDT
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"sharpest contraction in seven years in the third quarter"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49T7NL20081030?sp=true
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Shell halts Canadian sands development
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October 31, 2008
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"deferring indefinitely an investment decision on the second
expansion of its oil sands project...in Northern Alberta."
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http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article5051270.ece
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Europe's banks show more financial frailty
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Oct 30, 2008 12:22pm EDT
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"new EU reporting rules...relax the requirement to value assets
at current market prices, softening the blow of write-downs"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49T4E020081030?sp=true
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Cell phone shipments fall 0.4 percent in 3Q
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Oct 30, 11:27 AM EDT
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"The usual pre-holiday ramp-up in cell phone shipments didn't
happen this year"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CELL_PHONE_SHIPMENTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-30-11-27-13
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OREO For 10 30 08

OREO For 10 30 08

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OREO For 10 30 08
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Newsstories of interest: most are dated October 29th
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** = Important  [in this edition: 2 ]
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1  DISORDER
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**  Financial crisis brings huge swings to markets
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Oct 29, 3:29 PM EDT
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"unwinding of a long era of cheap credit, which started in 2003
when the U.S. Federal Reserve reduced interest rates to historic
lows of 1 percent.
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Investors saw the opportunity to borrow dollars and yen, both at
super-low rates of interest, to follow potentially more lucrative
trails elsewhere such as in oil and emerging markets in Asia,
Latin America, Russia and Eastern Europe."
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A VERY OLD STORY: TRAITORS ARE PUT TO DEATH
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MARKETS_VOLATILITY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-29-15-29-52
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U.S. Treasury Program Shuns Banks That Need Cash Most (Update2)
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"This has the unintended [?] effect of making the strong stronger
and the weak weaker."
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NOW YOU KNOW WHAT "MONOPOLY" IN
STATE MONOPOLY CAPITALISM MEANS
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aAlL4MNH7M8Q&refer=home
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Meltdown 101: Why is there a Federal Reserve?
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October 29, 2008; 6:19 PM
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/29/AR2008102903374_pf.html
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Iowa meatpacker fined nearly $10M over violations
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Oct 29, 4:42 PM EDT
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"site of one of the nation's largest immigration raids"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KOSHER_SLAUGHTERHOUSE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-29-16-42-21
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Findings Suggest ’04 Tsunami Was Biggest in 600 Years
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In 2004 "Waves more than 100 feet high struck northern Sumatra
and deposited sand more than a mile inland"
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Northern Sumatra?  Aceh.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/science/30tsunami.html
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See my December 31, 2004 essay "The Epicenter Of World Evil":
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/460
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January 9, 2005 "The Epicenter Of World Evil - Part 2":
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/463
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February 11, 2005 "The Epicenter Of World Evil - Part 3":
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/479
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May 21, 2005 "The Epicenter Of World Evil - Part 4"
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/545
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September 5, 2005 "The Epicenter Of World Evil - Part 5"
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/614
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January 30, 2006 "Aceh Autopsy," which includes "The New Zealand
Herald reported September 25, 1999: 'Top-secret wartime experi-
ments were conducted off the coast of Auckland to perfect a
tidal wave bomb....'"--
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/630
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June 25, 2007 "Aceh Autopsy - Part 2":
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/941
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Arno J Mayer, Princeton University emeritus professor of
history | The US Empire Will Survive Bush | Two Parties,
One Imperial Mission | [>] October 29, 2008
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"It is a defining characteristic of mature imperial states that
they can afford costly blunders, paid for not by the elites but
[by] the lower orders."
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http://www.counterpunch.org/
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2  AFRICA
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THE BU$H PLAN (SOMALIA)
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Suicide bombers kill at least 28 in Somalia
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Oct 29, 2008 1:29pm EDT
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"Twenty people died at Ethiopia's embassy in Hargeisa, capital
of the [duh] breakaway region of Somaliland, and at least five
others were killed in synchronized blasts at the local [puppet]
president's office and a U.N. Development Program building."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49S2XD20081029
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
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Q+A: Who are Congo's rebels and what threat do they pose?
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Oct 29, 2008 9:27am EDT
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"What is at stake for the United Nations?"
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BLUE HELMET GANGRENE
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49S59X20081029
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NIGERIA
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U.S. court told Chevron paid forces in Nigeria clash
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Oct 29, 2008 4:12am EDT
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"fed, housed and paid Nigerian military forces involved in a
deadly clash with local residents occupying an oil platform"
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WHEREVER SUPERPOWER AGENTS GO,
TROUBLE FOLLOWS & PEOPLE DIE !
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49S09J20081029
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3  ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (PALESTINE)
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Israeli troops kill armed Palestinian shepherd
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Oct 29, 2008 6:24am EDT
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"68-year-old Palestinian shepherd...carrying a shotgun as
protection against rustlers."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49S2XV20081029
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THE BU$H PLAN (SYRIA)
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U.S. embassy in Syria says may close to public
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Oct 29, 2008 10:35am EDT
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NO NEED FOR SUPERPOWER EMBASSIES
IN ANY COUNTRY --EMAIL WILL WORK
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49S3CS20081029?sp=true
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Iran Opens Naval Base Near Routes for Gulf Oil
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"The announcement from Iran came two days after American forces
in neighboring Iraq crossed into Syria in a raid"
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HAVE ANY LESSONS EVER BEEN LEARNED BY THE SUPERPOWER ?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/world/middleeast/29iran.html
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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Sheikh Dari: The Resistance is to reach its goal
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29 October 2008 01:14
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"Dr. al Dhari said in an interview with al Haq Agency: “the AMSI
has adopted a fatwa prohibiting the Status of Forces Agreement...
because...its origin is baseless, it is agreement between strong
and weak, between the occupier and the [pretended] representa-
tives of the occupied people, [who have been] destroyed by the
occupying power,
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[and] because so-called representatives do indeed not represent
legitimately the Iraqi people; in contrast they were elected [in]
fraudulent and counterfeit elections formed and supervised by the
occupation.”
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"the occupiers will leave, therefore we consider the approval of
this agreement and signature on it by any party will be consider-
ed as treason and illegal because this agreement is coercive and
humiliating.”
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http://www.heyetnet.org/eng/mansetler/3360-sheikh-dari-the-resistance-is-to-reach-its-goal-.html
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Sistani stresses Iraq’s sovereignty in security pact
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October 29, 2008 - 05:57:48
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"Ayatollah Sistani stresses not to touch Iraq’s sovereignty,
and is closely following up developments until the pact’s
final draft becomes clear."
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http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=102110
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Eastern Baghdad blast kills, wounds 22
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October 29, 2008 - 07:33:32
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"targeted a [puppet] police patrol vehicle"
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"three [puppet] police personnel" were either killed or wounded
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http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=102121
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Report on Iraq Security Lists 310 Contractors
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"At least" "since 2003" and "there is still no central
database to account for all the security companies in
Iraq financed by American money."
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THE SUPERPOWER'S MERCENARY WAR
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/world/middleeast/29protect.html
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAN)
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Iran to activate border trade with Iraq’s Kurdistan - governor
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October 29, 2008 - 06:59:56
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"Iraq’s Kurdistan region imports large quantities of its food-
stuffs and agricultural products from Iran through five border
crossings.  It is expected that the rate of Iranian exported
products will rise from $1.5 billion in 2006 to $3 billion"
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http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=102118
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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[Puppet-]Pakistan summons U.S. envoy over missile strikes
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Oct 29, 2008 5:06am EDT
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"The upper house Senate adopted a resolution this week condemn-
ing cross-border missile attacks by the U.S. drones."
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DO TELL...
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49R5I120081029
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DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA
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**  DPRK's Stand on S. Korean Puppets' Anti-DPRK Confrontational
Racket Clarified
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"As for the 'preemptive strike' which the puppet warhawks offic-
ially announced as a basic mode of strike at the DPRK, we will
counter it with more powerful and advanced preemptive strike of
our own style"
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"The advanced preemptive strike of our own style is based on a
preemptive strike beyond imagination relying on striking means
more powerful than a nuclear weapon."
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"the advanced preemptive strike of our own style...will be a just
war of strike to build an independent reunified state"
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NUKES ARE NOT THE LAST WORD IN WEAPONRY
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[>] October 29. 2008 | Item 1
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http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm
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INDIA
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Migrant worker beaten to death in India
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Oct 29, 9:54 AM EDT
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"Dharamdev Rai, 25, and three other laborers from impoverished
Uttar Pradesh state were attacked Tuesday by a half dozen people
aboard a [Mumbai] local train"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDIA_MUMBAI_MIGRANTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-29-09-54-08
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KUWAIT
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Kuwait ill-equipped to deal with global crisis
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Oct 29, 2008 6:51am EDT
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"Angry investors and traders have been protesting outside the
stock market and government offices for days"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49S3JW20081029?sp=true
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MALDIVES
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FACTBOX: Key facts about the Maldives
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Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:29am EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49S17E20081029
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AND
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TIMELINE: Idyllic Maldives' rocky road to political reform
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Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:43am EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49S19Q20081029?sp=true
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AND
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FACTBOX: Key facts about [Mohamed Nasheed] winner of Maldives
presidential vote
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Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:55am EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49S1PA20081029
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REPUBLIC OF KOREA
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S.Korea plans more crisis measures, stocks fall
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Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:06am EDT
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"government said it would ease won liquidity requirements on
banks"
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WHOOPEE
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49S0UA20081029?sp=true
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SEYCHELLES
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Broke Seychelles urges civil servants to resign
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Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:02pm EDT
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"Right now there is barely enough (in [currency] reserves) to
cover a day's worth of imports."
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SOON A SIMILAR EXODUS IN WASHINGTON ?
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49S7CR20081029
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VIET NAM
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__HYPOCRISY IN OVERDRIVE__
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US gives $1M for disabled in Agent Orange hotspot
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Oct 29, 6:44 AM EDT
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"U.S. sprayed more than 20 million gallons...of highly toxic
Agent Orange and [>] other herbicides across Vietnam during
the war to strip Vietnamese guerrillas of ground cover and
[>] kill their crops."
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THE SUPERPOWER'S STARVATION WARFARE
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_VIETNAM_US_AGENT_ORANGE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-29-06-44-44
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4 EUROPE
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FRANCE
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France to Bolster Military Spending
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"France wants to maintain a strong foreign policy.  For its
voice to be heard, it must be a credible military power."
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IN TODAY'S WORLD THAT HOLDS GOOD FOR *ALL* COUNTRIES
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/29/AR2008102902589.html
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5  LATAM
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CUBA
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U.N. votes against U.S. embargo on Cuba for 17th year
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Oct 29, 2008 1:02pm EDT
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"185 votes in favor, three against and two abstentions."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSTRE49S6V020081029?sp=true
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[Reuters dropped the above quote in its 3:32pm EDT rewrite.]
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ECUADOR
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Ecuador leader welcomes loss of Wall St. "yuppies"
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Oct 29, 2008 6:13am EDT
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President Rafael Correa:
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"When I was [economy] minister, it was unbearable to have a
line of those kids asking for an appointment so that I could
do their job.
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They'd ask you for your analysis and then present it in a re-
port as if were their own."
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LIAR-STATE, LIAR-SCUM
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49S0K920081029
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VENEZUELA
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Venezuelan satellite launched from China
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Oct 29, 3:51 PM EDT
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"This [the Simon Bolivar Satellite] is a satellite for freedom."
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_VENEZUELA_SATELLITE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-29-15-51-57
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6  SUPERPOWER
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Weak economy costs Comcast basic video subscribers
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Oct 29, 2008 1:34pm EDT
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"basic video subscribers fell by 147,000 to 24.4 million in
the third quarter"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49S75020081029?sp=true
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GM's third-quarter global sales fall 11.4 percent
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Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:49am EDT
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"with sales in North America, its largest market, down 18.9
percent."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49S5GH20081029
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Churches are looking at hard times
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Oct 29, 3:10 PM EDT
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"Matthew 6:21 - "Where your treasure is, there your heart will
be."
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IT IS TO SNICKER
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MELTDOWN_CHURCHES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-29-15-10-19
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7  $$$$
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Wall Street analysts lag badly as outlook worsens
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Oct 29, 2008 12:36pm EDT
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"Wall Street banks are behaving as if we are facing the mother
of all recessions --while strangely, many of their securities
analysts seem to be living in a parallel universe."
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WHY ARE HIGH-TUITION UNIVERSITIES
UNEXPECTEDLY TURNING OUT DUNCES ?
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49S6OF20081029?sp=true
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College prices up again even as economy falters
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Oct 29, 3:50 PM EDT
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/COLLEGE_COSTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-29-15-50-49
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U.S. Stocks Decline as Fed Fails to Ease Concern About Economy
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"erased a 3.1 percent rally in the final 12 minutes of trading"
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5zPevVHt23c&refer=home
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Credit `Tsunami' Swamps Trade as Banks Curtail Loans (Update2)
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"Coupled with declining demand, the credit squeeze is threaten-
ing international trade, one of the lone bright spots [?] in the
global economy."
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aPA4NMYtDIS4&refer=home
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OREO For 10 29 08

OREO For 10 29 08

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OREO For 10 29 08
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Newsstories of interest: most are dated October 28th
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** = Important  [in this edition: 1 ]
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MH = Misleading Headline  [in this edition:  ]
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1  DISORDER
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Al Qaeda media man waged "jihad by pen," U.S. says
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Oct 28, 2008 12:08pm EDT
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"the nine U.S. military officers on the jury will have to
decide whether creating propaganda is a war crime."
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For instance--
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THE CIA'S INVENTION OF "AL-QAEDA"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE49R5OZ20081028?sp=true
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__| MY PRINTING PRESS |__
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[Acting under secretary for domestic finance, Anthony] Ryan
says Treasury borrowing needs unprecedented
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Oct 28, 2008 12:25pm EDT
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"To the very best of our ability, we intend to stay the course."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49R5C620081028
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Hardships Past Haunt Europe’s Search for Financial Safety
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"All of them think that it is just a matter of time until
another wave of [>] inflation erodes the value of money."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/business/worldbusiness/28euro.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all
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Intel agencies spent $47.5 billion
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Oct 28, 11:59 AM EDT
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"in fiscal year 2008"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTELLIGENCE_SPENDING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-28-11-59-08
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THE CIA MUST BE ABOLISHED ROOT, BRANCH, SEED
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ROOT includes the National Security Council!
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2 NYC police officers indicted on assault charges
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Oct 27, 10:41 PM EDT
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"assaulting another driver in a traffic dispute and a witness
who tried to intervene."
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/COPS_ARRESTED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-27-22-41-56
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**  Gates Expands U.S. Right to Defend Against Plots
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"if terrorists tried to acquire or use biological, chemical or
nuclear weapons, the United States would have the right to move
against any nation or group that assisted them in any way."
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Correspondingly--
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THE SUPERPOWER BEING TODAY THE MAIN MASS-MURDER TERRORIST,
ALL OTHERS IN THE WORLD HAVE THE RIGHT TO MOVE AGAINST IT!
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/washington/29gates.html
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AND IN CHORUS
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Rate of Nuclear Thefts ‘Disturbingly High,’ Monitoring Chief
[ElBaradei] Says
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But "If all the stolen material were lumped together, it would
not be enough to build even one nuclear device"
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Whereas--
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THE MAIN MASS-MURDER TERRORIST HAS THOUSANDS OF REAL NUKES
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/world/28nuke.html
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3  ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (PALESTINE)
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__SANITY NEVER!__
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Justice in the West Bank can take a lifetime
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Oct 28, 2008 11:39am EDT
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"around 90 percent of inmates in the prison system in the
West Bank, where [Puppet-]Palestinian President...Abbas's
Western-backed [= Superpower-backed] government is based,
have yet to receive a final sentence."
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Yet "Abbas's [puppet] government has stepped up arrests in
major West Bank cities...in a bid to bolster [duh] state-
hood talks with Israel."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49R5PT20081028
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Hamas says W. Bank arrests could harm [duh] unity talks
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Oct 28, 2008 11:39am EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49R4IF20081028
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THE BU$H PLAN (LEBANON)
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Rival Lebanese factions meet to defuse tensions
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Oct 27, 11:16 PM EDT
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"statement issued after the meeting said the two [Saad Hariri
and Hassan Nasrallah] stressed the need to 'strengthen dialogue
...in order to ward off strife, regardless of political differ-
ences' between them."
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CIA SOB
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_LEBANON?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-27-23-16-58
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THE BU$H PLAN (SYRIA)
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Syria orders US school, cultural center closed
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Oct 28, 2:16 PM EDT
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"in response to a deadly U.S. attack on a [Syrian] village"
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"'This brutal crime represents a climax of state terrorism
exercised by the U.S. administration,' said a Cabinet state-
ment."
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THE CORE ISSUE IS THE NATURE OF THE SUPERPOWER,
NOT THE WANTON ACTS OF THIS OR THAT GOVERNMENT!
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA_US_RAID?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-28-14-16-29
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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[Puppet-]Iraq denounces U.S. raid on Syria
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Oct 28, 2008 10:38am EDT
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"in an unexpected [!] rebuke of Washington." "after a cabinet
meeting to discuss a security pact to allow U.S. forces to
stay in Iraq."
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VIA PUPPET-IRAQ, THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM IRAN
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49R3G820081028
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Iraqi cabinet agrees [on puppet] changes to U.S. security deal
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Oct 28, 2008 9:16am EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49R2GQ20081028?sp=true
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Military families feel financial crisis
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Oct 28, 2008 3:00am EDT
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"Financial strain is an added burden, on top of long deploy-
ments in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49R1LM20081028?sp=true
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4 [puppet] policemen, 3 civilians killed in Iraq violence
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Oct 28, 6:04 AM EDT
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plus 4 puppet cops wounded
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-28-06-04-26
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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U.S. troops recover chopper downed by Afghan Taliban
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Oct 28, 2008 1:39pm EDT
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"There was [?] no casualties"
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SUPERPOWER *S*
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49R48J20081028
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Sexual trauma afflicts 15 percent of U.S. veterans: study
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Oct 28, 2008 12:53am EDT
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"from harassment to rape"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49R0O020081028
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REPUBLIC OF KOREA
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South Korean banks go to Federal Reserve for dollars
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Oct 28, 2008 5:01am EDT
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"South Korean banks, viewed by investors as among the weakest
in Asia, turned for the first time to the U.S. Federal Reserve
for dollars"
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THE PUPPET HAD BEST OBEY ITS MASTER
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49R2D420081028?sp=true
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4 EUROPE
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GMAC Unit Ends Auto Loans in Seven European Countries (Update1)
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"will stop originating loans in the Czech Republic, Finland,
Greece, Norway, Portugal, Slovak Republic and Spain"
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awcFEBMObTCM&refer=home
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IRELAND
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Poles Flee Ailing Irish Economy, Emptying Bars as Jobs Vanish
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"seizure in credit markets has plunged the country of 4.4 mil-
lion people into its first recession in two decades, pushing
unemployment to an 11-year high."
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=appDj0vq857U&refer=home
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[Note the racist headline.]
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6  SUPERPOWER
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U.S. welcomes sovereign fund buys in crisis: Kimmitt
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Oct 28, 2008 6:39am EDT
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"[Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert] Kimmitt is on a
five-country swing through the Gulf Arab region to drum up
investment in the ailing U.S. economy."
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THE SUPERPOWER IS NOW ON
SALE AT DISCOUNT PRICES!
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49R30O20081028
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BUT
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Stung on Wall St, Asian wealth funds eye home turf
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Oct 28, 2008 6:39am EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49R30P20081028?sp=true
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Home prices see record plunge
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Oct 28, 2008 11:30am EDT
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"single-family homes plunged a record 16.6 percent in August
from a year earlier"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49M5Q320081028?sp=true
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Whirlpool job cuts at a glance
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Oct 28, 1:14 PM EDT
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"5,000 jobs"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WHIRLPOOL_CUTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-28-13-14-36
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Insurers and pensions seen piling into long US swaps
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Oct 28, 2008 10:01am GMT
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"a number of pension funds and insurers rushed to replace
their depleted stock exposure with long-dated fixed-income
assets"
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"insurers and pensions have preferred swaps and futures over
cash bonds because they do [>] not require an outlay of cash."
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/fundsNews/idUKLNE49R02N20081028?feedType=RSS&feedName=fundsNews
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Swap (finance):
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaps
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Time Inc. Plans About 600 Layoffs
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About?  "more than"
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/business/media/29mag.html
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The [duh: Chritian Science] Monitor Ends Daily Print Edition
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/business/media/29paper.html
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7  $$$$
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Industry bailouts risk unfair trade challenge
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Oct 28, 2008 10:30am EDT
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"there are strict rules at the World Trade Organization (WTO)
limiting the use of subsidies."
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"countries often turn a blind eye to other nations' subsidies,
especially if they are doing the same thing."
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AH, WHAT SLY DOGS THEY ARE!
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49R51Z20081028?sp=true
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Corporate bond rates keep rising, portend defaults
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Oct 28, 2:10 PM EDT
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"rates in the market for existing bonds determine how much
companies would have to pay if they needed to issue [new
ones] to raise cash"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CREDIT_MARKETS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-28-14-10-25
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Investors shun Greek debt as shipping crisis deepens |
Freight rates for shipping are crashing at the fastest
pace ever recorded as banks shut off credit lines to the
industry, precipitating a sudden crunch in world trade
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"Freight rates have never fallen this steeply before."
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OREO For 10 28 08
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Newsstories of interest: most are dated October 27th
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** = Important  [in this edition: 2 ]
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MH = Misleading Headline  [in this edition:  ]
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1  DISORDER
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Farm-Credit Squeeze May Shrink Crops, Spur Prices, [and spur]
Food Crisis
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In general:
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"For the financially weak, credit has dried up completely.  For
the strong, credit has been delayed and interest rates are high-
er."
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Specifically, in Brazil:
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"Processors usually cover half the financing needs of farmers
by accepting part of the future crop as payment.  'No one is
doing it...It's stopped.'"
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a.YrOnFi9aJM&refer=home
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Unions see global rise in illegal workers due to crisis
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Oct 27, 2008 9:58am EDT
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"In California, the economy will collapse before breakfast if
the undocumented workers stop their labor.  In London, it would
collapse before lunch and sometime before dinner in Europe."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49Q30W20081027?sp=true
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Judge defines enemy combatant status for detainees
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Oct 27, 2:44 PM EDT
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"Al-Qaida or Taliban supporters who directly assisted in
hostile acts against the United States or its allies can
be held without charges as enemy combatants"
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THE SUPERPOWER HATES ALL WHO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GUANTANAMO_DETAINEES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-27-14-44-11
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2nd prisoner and [appointed military] lawyer boycott Guan-
tanamo trial
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Oct 27, 2:02 PM EDT
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"'I will be joining Mr. [Ali Hamza] Al-Bahlul's boycott, sit-
ting silently at the table,' said [Air Force Maj. David] Frakt,
who then refused to respond to several questions from the judge."
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WELL, NOW!  A COMMON-SENSE BYPASS
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_GUANTANAMO_MILITARY_TRIAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-27-14-02-08
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Public Pension Funds Lose Billions in Wall St. Turmoil
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"many state and local governments [are] seeing more than 20
percent of their retirement pools swept away in the turmoil."
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FOOLS AND MONEY ARE SOON PARTED
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102701751_pf.html
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3  ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (SYRIA)
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__SUPERPOWER DECLARES WAR ON SYRIA__
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US special forces launch rare [?] attack inside Syria
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Oct 26, 10:06 PM EDT
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"'We are taking matters into our own hands,' the [Superpower
military] official told The Associated Press in Washington"
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"A resident of the nearby village of Hwijeh said some of the
helicopters landed [near the town of Abu Kamal, five miles
inside the Syrian border] and troops exited the aircraft and
fired on a building."
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The Liar-State claims AQs are entering Iraq from Syria.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA_US_RAID?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-26-22-06-29
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[Oct 27, 5:43 AM EDT: AP drops the special-forces headline,
substituting: "Syrians hold funerals for people killed in US
raid." ]
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AND
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France expresses concerns over U.S. raid
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Oct 27, 2008 3:44pm EDT
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"After an American helicopter raid against a Syrian village
near the Iraqi border, France expresses its serious concerns
and deplores the loss of Syrian [>] civilian lives."
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HAVE ANY LESSONS EVER BEEN LEARNED BY THE SUPERPOWER ?
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49Q78320081027
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U.S. raid aims to reassure Syria's enemies: minister
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Oct 27, 2008 3:32pm EDT
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"the aggression is the essence of the question."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49Q74U20081027?sp=true
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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AMSI Evaluates so-called Security Agreement
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"Official spokesperson of the AMSI Dr. Mohammed Bashar al-Faidhi
told  to the United Press International that this agreement not
only constitute a danger to Iraq, but also to the neighboring
countries, saying 'we do not believe that any of our neighboring
countries accept the presence of U.S. troops on its borders.'
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Dr. Faydi evaluated that rejection [by] Maliki's government [of]
some articles of the agreement...does not stem from a sense of
national position but of pressure from Iraq's neighboring coun-
tries for the rejection of such items as [regards] the internal
security of these countries."
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http://www.heyetnet.org/eng/amsi-news/3358-amsi-evaluates-so-called-security-agreement-.html
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Report Finds Iraq Water Treatment Project to Be Late, Faulty
and Over Budget
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Photo caption: "A wastewater treatment project in Falluja...
has tripled in cost to $100 million and is about three years
behind schedule."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/world/middleeast/27reconstruct.html
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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Afghan [puppet] official: Suicide bomber kills US soldier
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Oct 27, 4:27 AM EDT
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"The bomber entered a [puppet] police station...while Afghan
[puppet] officials were meeting with U.S. troops advising a
[puppet] police training program"
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One Superpower soldier killed in a packed meeting?  Come on.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-27-04-27-44
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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Suspected U.S. strike in Pakistan kills 20: militant
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Oct 27, 2008 10:20am EDT
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SUSPECTED!  AFTER THE SUPERPOWER DECLARED WAR ON PAKISTAN?
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"Deteriorating Afghan security has frustrated the United States
and led to a string of U.S. strikes on [duh] militant targets
in Pakistan"
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THERE IS NO LIE THE EVIL PEOPLE WILL NOT BELIEVE
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49Q2Q520081027?sp=true
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DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA
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DPRK's View on Information and Communication Expressed
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DPRK delegate spoke at meeting of Fourth Committee of
63rd UN General Assembly on October 21st:
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"He accused some specified countries of
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spreading their 'view on value' [= their ideology] and
lifestyle among other countries [>] after monopolizing
information and communication media
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and [accused them of]
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floating misinformation to create social confusion.
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He went on to say: The U.S. 'Radio Free Asia' targeting
...the DPRK and many other Asian countries...is a wanton
violation of the UN Charter and the principle of inter-
national law.  If such phenomena are allowed to go on,
the world will plunge into disorder and confusion.
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He stressed the need to regard it as a primary task
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to establish a new and fair order in the international
information activities
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and [to]
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pay special attention to increasing the capacity of in-
formation and communication in developing countries."
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[>] October 27. 2008 | Item 12
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http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm
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KASHMIR
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Protest [general strike] against Indian rule shuts down Kashmir
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Oct 27, 4:25 AM EDT
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"India says it sent troops to the region in 1947 at the request
of Kashmir's Hindu king, who decided to join India when the
subcontinent was [>] partitioned by British colonialists into
India and Pakistan.
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However, separatists say the Hindu king decided to join India
only after Indian troops had landed in the region [= Kashmir]."
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IMPERIAL INDIA
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_KASHMIR_PROTEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-27-04-25-05
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4 EUROPE
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BALTICS
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S&P cuts Lithuania, Latvia, affirms Estonia ratings
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Oct 27, 2008 12:55pm EDT
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"The outlook on all three Baltic sovereign [debt] is negative."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2732076220081027?sp=true
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BELARUS
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Beginning of the Meeting with President of Belarus...
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October 25, 2008
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PRESIDENT OF BELARUS ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO:
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"Over the past two years we have consciously transferred to
the Russian currency, abandoning the dollar when we started
being pressured on all fronts."
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HAVE ANY LESSONS EVER BEEN LEARNED BY THE SUPERPOWER ?
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http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/text/speeches/2008/10/25/1708_type82914_208354.shtml
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POLAND
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Credit Crisis Slows Economy in Once-Hot Poland
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"go-go...stilled to...wait-and-see."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/business/worldbusiness/27poland.html
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UKRAINE
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WRAPUP 1-Ukraine PM risks losing IMF credit: president's aide
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Oct 27, 2008 1:35pm EDT
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"Markets were unimpressed by news of the credit.  The hryvnia
currency sank to a record low"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSLR56637020081027?sp=true
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5  LATAM
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Reflections of Fidel | **  Economic illiteracy
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"'No region in the world has any lesson to teach others.'  This
is a clear reference [by Sarkozy] to the United States."
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http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/octubre/lun27/reflexiones.html
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6  SUPERPOWER
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FACTBOX: U.S. banks announce cash infusions
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Oct 27, 2008 1:04pm EDT
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"list of the additional 16 banks that have announced they will
use the government funds" [16 + 9 = 25]
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49Q5XQ20081027?sp=true
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**  Banks to use gov't funds for lending, dealmaking
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Oct 27, 3:22 PM EDT
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"what started as an effort...to spur lending has transfigured
...to a much more grandiose undertaking that will essentially
weed out the weak banks from the strong."
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NOW YOU KNOW WHAT "MONOPOLY" IN
STATE MONOPOLY CAPITALISM MEANS
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MELTDOWN_BANKS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-27-15-22-13
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PBS Coal shares rise as Severstal takeover revised
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Oct 27, 2008 1:12pm EDT
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"Severstal bid...to acquire PBS in order to give it cheaper
access to metallurgical coal for its [>] growing network of
U.S. steel mills."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2732137620081027
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Meltdown 101: Electronic cash flows to 9 big banks
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Oct 27, 4:59 PM EDT
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"how exactly does the money get from point A to point B?"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MELTDOWN_101_BAILOUT_MONEY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-27-16-59-04
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Businesses Go to Source Of Fast Cash [factoring companies]
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"Even businesses with government contracts --generally
considered solid lending risks in the past-- are finding
banks much more skittish."
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THEREFORE...
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/26/AR2008102601833.html
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Crisis Mode: Less Ventured | Investors Stick With Start-Ups
They Know
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"The problem is, the vast majority of what we see today is
just another widget, and that's not going to be that home run."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/26/AR2008102601650_pf.html
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Asian stocks slide to 4-year low
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Oct 27, 2008 3:26am EDT
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"Japanese stocks tumbled to 26-year lows on Monday"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49M8GE20081027?sp=true
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G7 warns on yen rise as Japan tries to shield banks
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Oct 27, 2008 4:21am EDT
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"The yen's rapid 12 percent ascent against the U.S. dollar
in the last month has threatened Japanese exports."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49N5VU20081027?sp=true
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HSBC dives more than 10 percent in stock sell-off
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Oct 27, 2008 3:05am EDT
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"to a six-year low"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49Q1A220081027
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US STOCKS-Wall St ends lower on global economic worries
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Oct 27, 2008 4:07pm EDT
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"Dow Jones industrial average...down 203.18 points"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2734207920081027
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OREO For 10 27 08
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Newsstories of interest: most are dated October 26th
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** = Important  [in this edition:  ]
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MH = Misleading Headline  [in this edition:  ]
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1  DISORDER
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US considering implications of nuclear [duh] decline
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Oct 26, 10:08 AM EDT
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"The mighty U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons...is declining
in power and purpose"
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I BELIEVE EVERYTHING THEY TELL ME
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NUCLEAR_DECLINE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-26-10-08-34
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US nuclear warhead estimates throughout years
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Oct 26, 10:09 AM EDT
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I BELIEVE EVERYTHING THEY TELL ME
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NUCLEAR_DECLINE_NUMBERS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-26-10-09-34
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NOTE.  There were only 2 usable nukes in 1945.  Both were
used.  AMERICA DIED WHILE GIVING BIRTH TO THE SUPERPOWER.
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Air Force Probes General For Actions at Guantanamo
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"Two judges previously barred Hartmann from acting as legal
adviser for a lack of impartiality."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/25/AR2008102502510.html
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The AP Is Breaking More Than News
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"If there's no one to set the standard, how will we know when
we've crossed the line?"
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THE SUPERPOWER'S INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
DICTATORSHIP WILL TELL YOU SOONEST !
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/24/AR2008102402757_pf.html
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U.S. threatens to halt [duh] services to Iraq without troop
accord
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"I didn’t know the Americans are rendering such wide-scale
services."
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IT IS TO JEST
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or in words few:
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GET LOST!
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/54795.html
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2  AFRICA
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THE BU$H PLAN (SOMALIA)
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AP IMPACT: Security firms join Somali piracy fight
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Oct 26, 1:21 PM EDT
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THE SUPERPOWER BOUGHT A PUPPET GOV
SO WHY NOT BUY CORPORATE KILLERS ?
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_SOMALIA_PIRACY_PROTECTION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-26-13-21-44
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EGYPT
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Egyptian news agency [Cairo News Company] fined for protest
footage
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Oct 26, 10:14 AM EDT
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"of protesters tearing down a portrait of...president [Mubarak]"
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THE PEOPLE HAVE NO ENEMIES, U-N-D-E-R-S-T-A-N-D ?
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_MEDIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-26-10-14-45
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3  ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (PALESTINE)
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FACTBOX: Key facts about Israel's Tzipi Livni
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Oct 26, 2008 3:43am EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49P0SR20081026
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FACTBOX: Timeline to Israeli election
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Oct 26, 2008 3:21am EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49P0P420081026
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THE BU$H PLAN (SYRIA)
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__SHALL LOONIES GO FREE?
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Witnesses: US helicopters attack Syrian village
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Oct 26, 2:38 PM EDT
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"along Syria's border with Iraq...causing casualties"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA_US_RAID?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-26-14-38-33
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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__SHALL LOONIES GO FREE?__
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Afghans check killing of 20 in U.S. air strike
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Oct 26, 2008 9:27am EDT
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"20 private security guards" "of the local security company
that guards a road construction project"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49P15K20081026?sp=true
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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Pakistan [collaborator] militias thwart leader's kidnapping
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Oct 26, 1:57 PM EDT
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THEN...
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"hundreds of Taliban later returned, seized three members of
the [collaorator] militia and beheaded one of them on a road
before a large crowd."
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A VERY OLD STORY: TRAITORS ARE PUT TO DEATH
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-26-13-57-05
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THE BU$H PLAN (PHILIPPINES)
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Philippine rebels free 7 comrades in jail attack
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Oct 26, 6:04 AM EDT
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"disguised as anti-narcotics agents"
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THERE YA GO!
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PHILIPPINES_COMMUNIST_REBELS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-26-06-04-18
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AUSTRALIA
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FACTBOX: Which Australian firms are big carbon emitters?
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Oct 26, 2008 2:28am EDT
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"Australia's biggest polluters"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49P0JM20081026?sp=true
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JAPAN
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Japan's burgeoning class: Working Poor
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Oct 26, 11:23 AM EDT
`
"The number of Japanese earning [>] less than $19,610 a year
surged 40 percent from 2002 to 2006"  "They now number more
than 10 million."
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"a round of [duh] free market reforms...widened the disparity
between haves and have-nots."
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PUPPET-JAPAN NEEDS TO KICK OUT THE SUPERPOWER
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_WORKING_POOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-26-11-23-55
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KASHMIR
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Indian troops fire on Kashmir protesters; 1 dead
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Oct 26, 6:04 AM EDT
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"Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Kashmir, where most people
favor independence"
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IMPERIAL INDIA
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_KASHMIR_PROTESTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-26-06-04-36
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MALAYSIA
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Ex-leader [Mahathir Mohamad] uses blog to needle Malaysian
government
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"Earlier this year, like many other inconvenient critics, he
joined what seems to be a political wave of the future, creat-
ing his own acerbic blog --www.chedet.com-- an online journal
where he vents in both English and Malay several times a week."
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http://www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=17249588
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6  SUPERPOWER
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Other woes makes foreclosure crisis hard to break
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Oct 26, 2:18 PM EDT
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"Each day from July through September, more than 2,700 Ameri-
cans lost their homes in foreclosure." "up from 1,200 a day a
year ago"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MELTDOWN_STUBBORN_FORECLOSURES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-26-14-18-13
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At service, activists decry Texas dragging death
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Oct 26, 4:24 AM EDT
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"What this case shows is that if a white person wants to lynch
a black man, all they have to do is befriend him first."
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LIKE THE SUPERPOWER GIVING AID TO AFRICAN COUNTRIES...
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DRAGGING_DEATH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-26-04-24-09
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Ethanol's Use Outstrips Plans to Deal With Its Risks
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The flammable liquid is being transported through residential
neighborhoods, catching off guard many communities that are
unprepared to fight potential fires."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/25/AR2008102502095_pf.html
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7  $$$$
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Blaming banks like anti-Semitism: German economist
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Oct 26, 2008 12:18pm EDT
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"Even in the global economic crisis of 1929, no one wanted
to believe in an anonymous system failure."
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Anonymous system failure?
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DID YOU SAY C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-M ?
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49P1X020081026
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OREO For 10 26 08
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Newsstories of interest: most are dated October 25th
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** = Important  [in this edition: 1 ]
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MH = Misleading Headline  [in this edition:  ]
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1  DISORDER
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Ordinary Joes have mixed feelings on wealth
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Oct 25, 12:22 PM EDT
`
Mixed feelings?
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BLAB AWAY ABOUT DISTRIBUTION; AVOID TALKING
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION OF WHAT IS DISTRIBUTED
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SHARING_THE_WEALTH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-25-12-22-18
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Uses for $700 billion bailout money ever shifting
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Oct 25, 10:53 AM EDT
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"Lawmakers in both parties [= The One Party pigs] are starting
to gripe that the bailout is turning out to be far different
from what the Bush administration sold to Congress."
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MELTDOWN_EVOLVING_BAILOUT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-25-10-53-20
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Simon Jenkins | My farewell plea to MPs: defend liberty
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"In all my years of writing this column, from which I am
standing down, I have been amazed at the spinelessness of
Britain’s elected representatives in defending liberty and
protesting against state arrogance.  They appear as parties
to the conspiracy of power.  There have been outspoken judges,
outspoken peers, even outspoken journalists.  There have been
few outspoken MPs.  Those supposedly defending freedom are
whipped into obedience. I find this ominous."
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/simon_jenkins/article5014720.ece
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NOTE:
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Donald J Savoie
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*Court Government and the Collapse of Accountability
in Canada and the United Kingdom*
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University of Toronto Press
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2008
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441+ pages
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Paperback ISBN: 978 0 8020 9579 4
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3  ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (LEBANON)
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U.S. Resupplies Lebanon Military to Stabilize Ally [?]
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"So far, none of the deliveries of heavier weapons have been
large enough to require a formal notification to Congress."
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WHEREVER SUPERPOWER AGENTS GO,
TROUBLE FOLLOWS & PEOPLE DIE !
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/world/middleeast/26lebanon.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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**  His Eminence: Iraqi Resistance to regain its strength
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"the Iraqi resistance [will] regain its strength, its activity
continues to increase, and [is] expected to arrive within a
few months to the level [of] what it was"
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"al Sahwa Councils helped the occupation...and contributed to
obstruct the resistance by 50% to 60%, but eventually the [col-
laborator] fighters were...abandoned by the U.S. occupation
army, and neglected by the [puppet] government in Iraq."
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"the sectarian conflict will not return to Iraq, and it was not
in fact 'sectarian conflict' between Sunnis and Shiites, 'but
it was in reality political fighting and strife behind...which
there are the ruling [puppet] political parties.'"
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"The opposition [to] the occupation and sectarian government in
Iraq includes all Iraqis; Sunni, Shia and others.  The [puppet]
government does not represent anybody only political parties
and groups associated with the presence...of the occupation and
foreign enterprises."
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"[F]oreign enterprises" may encompass Iran.
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http://www.heyetnet.org/eng/mansetler/3334-his-eminence-iraqi-resistance-to-regain-its-strength.html
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Iraqi [puppet] party suspends ties with U.S. over raid
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Oct 25, 2008 3:15pm EDT
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"until it [gets] 'a convincing explanation of what happened,
accompanied by an official apology stressing that those who
committed these attacks are turned over to justice.'"
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A convincing explanation?  FROM THE LIAR-STATE?
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Official apology?  WILL "REGRETS" DO?
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To justice?  FROM THE LIAR-STATE'S PUPPET REGIME?
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49O1V020081025
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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Afghan [puppet] police: 2 foreigners shot to death in Kabul
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Oct 25, 11:56 AM EDT
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"security guard working for the international shipping
company DHL opened fire Saturday, killing the company's
country director and his deputy"
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OUR COUNTRY, NOT YOURS
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-25-11-56-15
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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__These 2 newsstories should be read with circumspection__
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Myriad militant groups operate on Pakistan border
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Oct 25, 12:00 PM EDT
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"While all are anti-U.S., only some are anti-Pakistan."
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN_WHOS_WHO_IN_MILITANCY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-25-12-00-53
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Al-Qaida influence apparent in groups in Pakistan
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Oct 25, 12:00 PM EDT
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"Al-Qaida's influence runs like a thread through the myriad
of militant groups on the Pakistani border --it ties the
groups together, yet is often hard to discern."
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Hard to discern?
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AQ IS A CIA BUZZ-WORD GAUARANTEED
TO KEEP THE EVIL PEOPLE DROOLING!
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN_AL_QAIDA_MILITANTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-25-12-00-15
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THE BU$H PLAN (PHILIPPINES)
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6 Philippine [puppet] soldiers killed in rebel ambush
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Oct 25, 4:41 AM EDT
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"rebels manually triggered the [>] U.S.-made claymore mine"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PHILIPPINES_COMMUNIST_REBELS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-25-04-41-22
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JAPAN
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US airman injured in Japan plane accident
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Oct 25, 4:41 AM EDT
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"small plane carrying four U.S. airmen burst into flames
after an emergency landing on the southern Japanese island
of Okinawa"
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IT IS TO WONDER...
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_PLANE_FIRE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-25-04-41-37
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4 EUROPE
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DENMARK
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Danish police...[fired tear gas and arrested at least 20 acti-
vists]...at asylum camp protest
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Oct 25, 12:28 PM EDT
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"camps...[demonstrate] 'brutal and concrete manifestations of
racism' by isolating refugees from society." "unacceptable for
asylum-seekers to [have to] wait for years for their cases to
be processed."
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EUSKAL HERRIA
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Bombs hit train stations in Spain's [?] Basque region
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Oct 25, 12:52 AM EDT
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"The attacks took place on the date the Basque regional
government was to hold a referendum before it was banned
last month by Spain's Constitutional Court."
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SPAIN_BOMBS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-25-00-52-24
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5  LATAM
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CUBA
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Statement on the renewal of cooperation between the European
Commission and the Republic of Cuba | October 23, 2008
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"on the basis of reciprocal and non-discriminatory treatment
of the parties and strict adherence to and respect for the
sovereignty of the States, non-intervention in their internal
affairs, respect for their political independence [?], mutual
convenience and in function of [?] the priorities established
by the recipient country."
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Translated by Granma International
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http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/octubre/vier24/Statement.html
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BOLIVIA
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Bolivia alleges US role in violent jungle clash
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Oct 25, 1:18 AM EDT
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"Presidential Minister Juan Ramon Quintana said that Bolivia
would 'denounce before the entire world' that the U.S. had
'participated in the massacare' on Sept. 11 in...Pando."
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THERE IS NO CRIME THE SUPERPOWER WILL NOT COMMIT
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_BOLIVIA_US_VIOLENCE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-25-01-18-34
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6  SUPERPOWER
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State closes failed [>] suburban Atlanta bank
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Oct 24, 8:42 PM EDT
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"Alpha Bank and Trust"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BANK_CLOSES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-24-20-42-45
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Spending Stalls and Businesses Slash U.S. Jobs
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Workers are "losing their jobs by the tens of thousands."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/business/26layoffs.html
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7  $$$$
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Statement of the Seventh Asia-Europe Meeting on the Inter-
national Financial Situation | Beijing, 24 October 2008
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"Leaders supported the convening of an international summit
on 15 November in Washington D.C. to address the
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current crisis...
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principles of reform of the international financial system...
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long-term stability and development of the world economy."
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http://www.asem7.cn/download/engfulltext.pdf
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Asia, Europe Leaders Urge More Finance Rules Before Bush Summit
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"amid growing concern that governments, central banks and
finance ministers are powerless to counter eroding corporate
earnings and a global recession."
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5B.ffRG4SDc&refer=home
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | Europe on the brink of currency
crisis meltdown | The crisis in Hungary recalls the heady
days of the UK’s expulsion from the [Exchange Rate Mechanism
in 1992]
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"Amazingly, Spanish banks alone have lent $316bn to Latin
America, almost twice the lending by all US banks combined
($172bn) to what was once the US backyard."
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/3260052/Europe-on-the-brink-of-currency-crisis-meltdown.html
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European Exchange Rate Mechanism:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Rate_Mechanism
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OREO For 10 25 08

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OREO For 10 25 08
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Newsstories of interest: most are dated October 24th
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** = Important  [in this edition: 1 ]
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MH = Misleading Headline  [in this edition:  ]
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1  DISORDER
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__| MY PRINTING PRESS |__
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AIG borrows $90.3 billion from Federal Reserve
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Oct 24, 2008 11:55am EDT
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Only 90.3?
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"In total, the government has put about $123 billion at AIG's
disposal."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49N5YS20081024
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Crisis could trigger big public transit payments
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Oct 24, 3:49 PM EDT
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"The problems stem from the collapse of insurance giant Ameri-
can International Group"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MELTDOWN_TRANSIT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-24-15-49-03
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American International Group:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIG
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U.S. has plundered world wealth with dollar: China paper
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Oct 24, 2008 6:14am EDT
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"and the world urgently needs other currencies to take its
place"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49N1XX20081024?sp=true
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Guantanamo guards struggle with hunger striker [Ahmed Zaid
Zuhair]
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Oct 24, 3:16 PM EDT
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"guards have struggled with him repeatedly, at least once
using pepper spray, shackles and brute force to drag him
to a restraint chair for his twice-daily dose of a liquid
nutrition mix force-fed through his nose."
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THIS IS HOT EVIDENCE READY
FOR THE WAR CRIMES TRIALS!
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_GUANTANAMO_HUNGER_STRIKER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-24-15-16-52
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Guantanamo trial for Canadian [Omar Khadr] delayed
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October 25, 2008, 10:11 am
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"throwing the entire proceeding into doubt because the new
start date comes after the next US president takes office."
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5101978/guantanamo-trial-canadian-delayed/
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**  Pentagon builds new 65,000-strong special ops force
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October 25, 2008, 9:00 am
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""This is the largest growth in special operations force
history."
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OH, HIMMLER!
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5102032/pentagon-builds-new-65000strong-special-ops-force/
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3  ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (PALESTINE)
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Riots in Israel city highlight Arab-Jewish tension
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Oct 24, 2:36 PM EDT
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"Arabs make up about 20 percent of Israel's population, but
own only 3 percent of its land, mainly due to confiscation."
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Confiscation?
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"the Israeli government is continuing the political and
security jihad of its racist positions."
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_ETHNIC_STRIFE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-24-14-36-49
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Mo. students face punishment for `Hit a Jew Day'
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Oct 24, 5:18 AM EDT
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"a suburban St. Louis middle school"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JEWISH_STUDENTS_HIT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-24-05-18-17
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4 EUROPE
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CAUCASIAN EMIRATE
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1 Russian soldier killed, 10 wounded in Chechnya
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Oct 24, 10:10 AM EDT
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"the soldier died in a landmine explosion triggered by rebels
in the southern Chechen village of Serzhen-Yurt.  Two other
soldiers were badly wounded"
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And: "Two other landmine explosions in the village of Goi-Chu
wounded eight police officers"
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OUR COUNTRY, NOT YOURS
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_CAUCASUS_VIOLENCE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-24-10-10-59
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6  SUPERPOWER
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Chrysler to cut 25 percent of white-collar jobs
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Oct 24, 2008 1:38pm EDT
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"about 5,000"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49N5FA20081024
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Starving cattle amid high prices for feed in Neb.
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Oct 24, 10:50 AM EDT
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"In recent months the per-ton cost of hay has risen by about
80 percent"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FARM_SCENE_STARVING_CATTLE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-24-10-50-58
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7  $$$$
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OPEC agrees sharp output cut, oil slide goes on
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Oct 24, 2008 1:02pm EDT
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"There was no dispute or fight,...we were all in agreement."
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SWEET
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49L50I20081024?sp=true
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FACTBOX: How far have emerging markets fallen?
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Oct 24, 2008 11:55am EDT
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"Once thought 'decoupled' from economic crisis in the West"
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BITTER
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49N5YG20081024?sp=true
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Russia stocks tumble as oil falls
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Oct 24, 2008 8:40am EDT
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"There is a global liquidation.  But our Russian liquidity
situation is much worse."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49N3YZ20081024?sp=true
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Company debt costs may rise as popular trade sours
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Oct 24, 2008 12:17pm EDT
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"Purchasing bonds and simultaneously buying protection on
a company with credit default swaps has been popular, as in
some cases it allows investors to generate premiums while
taking no risk."
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SWEET
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49N67S20081024?sp=true
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Credit default swap:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_default_swaps
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World stocks plunge, currencies gyrate
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Oct 24, 2008 12:13pm EDT
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"This has become much more global than it was two weeks ago.
No one or no market is immune."
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BITTER
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49M8GE20081024?sp=true
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FACTBOX: U.S. stock circuit breakers/futures limit-downs
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Oct 24, 2008 11:55am EDT
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"details of circuit-breaker levels for the New York Stock
Exchange and Nasdaq, and limit-down thresholds for U.S.
stock index futures set by the CME Group."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49N49920081024?sp=true
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OREO For 10 24 08

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OREO For 10 24 08
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Newsstories of interest: most are dated October 23d
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** = Important  [in this edition: 2 ]
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MH = Misleading Headline  [in this edition:  ]
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1  DISORDER
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**  Ivory Coast court jails 2 over toxic waste dumping
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Oct 23, 1:51 PM EDT
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"the 2006 dumping of hundreds of tons of toxic waste from
an international oil trader that killed at least 16 people
and left more than 100,000 needing treatment."
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stance":
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/811
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September 16, 2006 "Getting Rid Of The Evidence?":
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/817
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September 27, 2006 "Getting Rid Of The Evidence - Part 2":
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/824
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September 28, 2006 "Getting Rid Of The Evidence - Part 2.1":
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/825
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October 3, 2006  "Getting Rid Of The Evidence - Part 2.2":
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/828
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__WE ARE NOT, AND NEVER HAVE BEEN, CROOKS__
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Report: Kids less likely to graduate than parents
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Oct 23, 1:11 PM EDT
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"Schools must meet annual goals, but the government lets each
state set its own goal."
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HIGH_SCHOOL_DROPOUTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-23-13-11-46
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Germany presents Israel Holocaust-era directory
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Oct 23, 12:18 PM EDT
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"personal details of 600,000 Jewish residents of Nazi Germany"
"from 1933-1945."
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ALL THE PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES WOULD HAVE TO BE EMPTIED
TO MAKE ROOM FOR A LIST OF ALL THE SUPERPOWER'S VICTIMS
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_HOLOCAUST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-23-12-18-25
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Huge New [duh] Biodefense Lab Is Dedicated at Fort Detrick
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"Construction began in June 2006 on the $143 million,
160,000-square-foot facility inside the...the Army's
sprawling [duh] medical research post in Frederick."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102203082.html
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3  ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (PALESTINE)
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Police: Palestinian man fatally stabs Israeli
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Oct 23, 1:56 PM EDT
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"two police officers stopped to question an Arab man during a
patrol in the Jewish residential neighborhood of Gilo [in East
Jerusalem].  The man pulled out a knife and stabbed one of the
officers, who then managed to shoot him."
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_STABBING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-23-13-56-27
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Positions on Jerusalem | Palestinian position:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positions_on_Jerusalem#Palestinian_position
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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Suicide strike on Iraq [puppet] minister's convoy kills 11
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Oct 23, 2008 1:09pm EDT
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"The cameraman...saw a car slam into a convoy of six or seven
four-wheel-drive vehicles and explode in a ball of flame"

"[Puppet] Police and bodyguards in the convoy opened fire [duh]
after the blast.  Several vehicles crashed and others sped away."
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Cameraman?  "an Iraqi [puppet] soldier confiscated his video-
tape."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSLN16283120081023?sp=true
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[>] Pentagon office reviewing veterans' claims program
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Oct 23, 2:20 PM EDT
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"If mistakes were made we will take appropriate steps to
correct them."
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PLEASE, FOX, COME LIVE WITH US CHICKENS
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VETS_CLAIMS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-23-14-20-23
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Widows [of two officers] to testify in Iraq fragging case
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Oct 23, 7:20 AM EDT
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"first [<] soldier accused of slaying a direct superior in
Iraq."
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_SOLDIERS_KILLED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-23-07-20-25
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In Sadr City, a Repressed but Growing Rage | Limited by Cease-
Fire, Mahdi Army Fighters Increasingly Restless as Iraqi [pup-
pet] Troops Go on Offensive
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"Iraqi [puppet] army units, [>] backed by U.S. forces, are
launching pre-dawn raids and arresting dozens of suspected
militiamen, [>] despite a deal between Sadr and Iraq's [pup-
pet] government."
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WE ARE LIAR-PUPPETS OF THE LIAR-STATE.
SURELY YOU DIDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING ELSE
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102203194_pf.html
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**  Al-Attiya visits Sistani to discuss security, political
developments
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"first Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Sheikh Khaled
al-Attiya" visited "top Shiite Cleric Sayyid Ali al-Sistani
in Najaf"
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And: "Al-Sistani...visited Shiite clerics Ayatollah Mohamed
Saeedn al-Hakim and Ayatollah Sheikh Mohamed Ishaq Fayad"
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IS NOW THE TIME FOR IRAN TO TAKE OVER?
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http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=101738
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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9 dead in suspected US missile strike in [Puppet-]Pakistan
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Oct 23, 10:10 AM EDT
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"missiles struck a religious school"
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THERE IS NO CRIME THE SUPERPOWER WILL NOT COMMIT
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-23-10-10-00
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Air Force creates new pilot programs for drones
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Oct 23, 7:47 AM EDT
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"Officials quickly reject temptations to compare the drone
pilots to video gamers"
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OH, NO, WE'RE PLAYIN' THE SUPERPOWER'S REAL KILLEM' GAME
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AIR_FORCE_DRONE_PILOTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-23-07-47-15
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4 EUROPE
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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Russian default risk tops Iceland as crisis deepens |
Russia's financial crisis is escalating with lightning
speed as foreigners pull funds from the country and the
debt markets start to price a serious risk of sovereign
default
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"Spreads on credit default swaps (CDS) reached 1,123,
higher than Iceland's debt before it sought a rescue
from the International Monetary Fund."
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"The CDS spreads on Ukraine's debt have topped 2,800,
signalling total revulsion by investors."
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Abroad, commas may be used as decimal points.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/3248672/Russian-default-risk-tops-Iceland-as-crisis-deepens-financial-crisis.html
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SPAIN
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Spain's small businesses topple in crisis
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Oct 23, 2008 8:51am EDT
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"So far Spain has taken no special initiatives to help small
businesses"
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SHUT UP!
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49M01320081023?sp=true
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SWEDEN
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Financial turmoil hits Nordic banks
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Oct 23, 2008 5:54am EDT
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"Swedish banks have seen borrowing costs rise and equity
market income fall due to the market crisis."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49M2WU20081023?sp=true
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UKRAINE
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Ukrainian currency plunges to historic low
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Oct 23, 9:37 AM EDT
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"The country was already short on foreign currency, as demand
for steel, its main export commodity[,] plunged."
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THE SUPERPOWER'S ORANGE REVOLUTION
WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT!
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_UKRAINE_FINANCIAL_CRISIS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-23-09-37-23
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Foreclosures up 21 percent from year ago
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Oct 23, 2008 10:39am EDT
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"but fell by double-digits from the prior month as some state
laws slowed the foreclosure process"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49M11220081023?sp=true
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Jobless claims increase as labor market weakens
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Oct 23, 12:56 PM EDT
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"to a seasonally adjusted 478,000, [>] above analysts'
estimates of 470,000."
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WHY ARE HIGH-TUITION UNIVERSITIES
UNEXPECTEDLY TURNING OUT DUNCES ?
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ECONOMY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-23-12-56-26
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GM Suspends [its matching] Payments into 401K Plans
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October 23, 2008; 9:07 AM
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FOOLS AND MONEY ARE SOON PARTED
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/23/AR2008102300937.html
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7  $$$$
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__| MY PRINTING PRESS |__
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FACTBOX: Financial rescue plans by G7 and other countries
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Oct 23, 2008 3:54am EDT
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"Over $4 trillion has been committed to bailing out the [duh]
financial sector"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49M1UP20081023?sp=true
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Banks borrow record amount from Fed
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"commercial banks averaged a record $105.8 billion in [>] daily
borrowing over the past week."
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081023/D940EC681.html
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Investors Flee as Hedge Fund Woes Deepen
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"supposed to make money in bull and bear markets" "lost $180
billion during the last three months"
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/business/23hedge.html?em=&pagewanted=all
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8  MORE
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In yesterday's Oreo, I commented: LOOSER.  That's wrong.
It's LOSER.  A loser has only one "o," like zero.
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OREO For 10 23 08

OREO For 10 23 08

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OREO For 10 23 08
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Newsstories of interest: most are dated October 22d
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** = Important  [in this edition: 2 ]
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MH = Misleading Headline  [in this edition:  ]
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1  DISORDER
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NAZIS STRANGLED THE WARSAW GHETTO
THE SUPERPOWER NOW STRANGLES CUBA
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**  Cuban diplomat: US embargo is akin to genocide
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Oct 22, 3:11 PM EDT
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"'its intention is strangulation,' Jorge Bolanos said in an
Associated Press interview"
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"Bolanos...heads Cuba's 'interest section' in Washington out
of the embassy of Switzerland"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CUBA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-22-15-11-25
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More corruption cited in UN purchasing contracts
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"review of the U.N. pay and benefits system at U.N. headquar-
ters in New York, in the U.N. peacekeeping operation in the
Congo, and at U.N. offices in Kenya, Greece and at an undis-
closed location."
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Undisclosed location?
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MOST LIKELY A "UN" CIA BASE FOR RENDITIONS & TORTURE
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/22/news/UN-UN-Procurement-Investigations.php
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2  AFRICA
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LIBERIA
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Peace Corps returns to Liberia after long absence
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Oct 22, 3:21 PM EDT
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IT'S A BIG MISTAKE TO ALLOW ANYONE CONNECTED IN
ANY WAY TO THE SUPERPOWER TO ENTER YOUR COUNTRY
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_LIBERIA_PEACE_CORPS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-22-13-29-18
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3  ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (PALESTINE)
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Israeli air force training accident kills 2
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Oct 22, 1:14 PM EDT
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"The accident comes after a collision of two Israeli Cobra
attack helicopters killed two crew members on Sept. 10."
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IT IS TO WONDER...
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_AIR_ACCIDENT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-22-13-14-51
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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Foreign troops kill nine Afghan soldiers: ministry
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Oct 22, 2008 8:21am EDT
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"a mistaken air strike"
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Why mistaken?
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THIS TIME OUR BOOBS DIDN'T MURDER CIVILIANS
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49L0UX20081022?sp=true
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Bomb in Afghanistan kills three soldiers
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October 23, 2008, 8:40 am
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"a fourth [was] wounded"
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5097343/bomb-afghanistan-kills-soldiers/
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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Suspected U.S. drone fires into [Puppet-]Pakistan area
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"The strike targeted a village"
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http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/10/22/asia/OUKWD-UK-PAKISTAN-MISSILE.php
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INDIA
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FACTBOX: India's first mission to the moon
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Oct 22, 2008 5:27am EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49L0HK20081022?sp=true
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THAILAND
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Thai prime minister flees raucous protesters
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Oct 22, 2:40 PM EDT
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"tossing sandals and plastic bottles at his entourage."
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_THAILAND_POLITICAL_UNREST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-22-14-40-48
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5  LATAM
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U.S. crisis threatens Centam, Mexico textile sector
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Oct 22, 2008 12:45pm EDT
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"already unraveling under stiff competition in Asia."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49L61C20081022?sp=true
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CUBA
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Reflections of Fidel | The Russian Orthodox Church
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http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/octubre/mier22/Reflections-21oct.html
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6  SUPERPOWER
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Federal Pension Insurance Fund Loses Money
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October 22, 2008; 5:15 PM
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"more than $3 billion in stock investments during the last
fiscal year"
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FOOLS AND MONEY ARE SOON PARTED
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102202554.html
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Most consumers to buy less for holidays: survey
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Oct 22, 2008 9:32am EDT
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"as they worry about job security and higher prices for
necessities"
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THESE HOLIDAYS MUST BE ABOLISHED.  THAT'S THE ONLY
WAY SHOP-TILL-YOU-DROP SLAVES MIGHT LEARN TO SAVE!
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49L0PQ20081022?sp=true
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Mortgage applications sink to 8-year low
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Oct 22, 2008 10:59am EDT
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"mortgage applications...[include] both purchase and refinance
loans"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49L41G20081022?sp=true
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Ponderosa Steakhouse owner files for Chapter 11
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Oct 22, 3:06 PM EDT
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"with assets of $1 million to $10 million and debt of $100
million to $500 million"
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PONDEROSA_CHAPTER_11?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-22-15-06-28
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7  $$$$
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White House statement on Nov 15 finance summit
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Oct 22, 2008 12:00pm EDT
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"to discuss...ways to prevent it from happening again"
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IT IS TO SNICKER
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49L4VC20081022
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**  Crisis reverberates from Hungary to Wall St.
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Oct 22, 2008 2:23pm EDT
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"Stocks, currencies, oil and commodities tumbled on Wednesday
and governments from Budapest to Buenos Aires resorted to emer-
gency action to rescue their economies from the worst financial
crisis in 80 years."
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2008 - 80 = 1928
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I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.  ALL WE DID
WAS INVADE TWO LITTLE COUNTRIES...
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49E2E720081022?sp=true
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Defense contractors profits rise
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Oct 22, 2008 10:46am EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49L4WS20081022?sp=true
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Global financial crisis has one beneficiary: The dollar
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"Institutional investors, faced with losses suffered on U.S.
investments, are also liquidating overseas assets to meet
margin calls"  "That adds to the dollar's strength when the
foreign currencies are sold for dollars."
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http://www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=17174760
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Global [companies] default rates sharply higher in 2008: S&P
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Oct 22, 2008 10:56am EDT
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"on debt worth a total $226 billion in the year to Oct 15"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49L50620081022?sp=true
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Glance: Tobacco makers do well in tough economy
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Oct 22, 2:50 PM EDT
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"Philip Morris International Inc...sells Marlboros overseas"
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INHALE
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EARNS_TOBACCO_GLANCE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-22-14-50-54
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Merck Announces Big Job Cuts as Sales and Profit Fall
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"7,200 [>] more jobs, or 12 percent of its work force, its
second revamping in three years."
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EXHALE
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/business/23merck.html
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