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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, left, and President Shimon Peres of Israel on Thursday at a discussion on Gaza in Davos, Switzerland. Mr. Erdogan later walked out in anger.
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Archive for January, 2009
Leaders of Turkey and Israel Clash at Davos Panel
Saturday, January 31st, 2009Exxon Mobil shatters US record for annual profit
Friday, January 30th, 2009
Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday reported a profit of $45.2 billion for 2008, breaking its own record for a U.S. company, even as its fourth-quarter earnings fell 33 percent from a year ago.
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Mayor Bloomberg’s grim doomsday budget cuts 23,000 city jobs
Friday, January 30th, 2009
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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Unions condemn delegates on crisis
Friday, January 30th, 2009
Unions condemn delegates on crisis
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U.S. GDP Shrank 3.8% Last Quarter, Most Since 1982
Friday, January 30th, 2009The U.S. economy shrank the most since 1982 in the fourth quarter of last year as consumer spending recorded the worst slide in the postwar era, a trajectory that’s likely to continue in coming months.
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The Inerrancy Of God’s Word Conference
Thursday, January 29th, 2009Lovers of the Truth
“Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.”
—Malachi 3:16
With Al Due Respect, We’re Doomed
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Al Gore questioned at hearing: ‘How long are we going to be around as a species?’…
The lawmakers gazed in awe at the figure before them. The Goracle had seen the future, and he had come to tell them about it.
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Jobless rolls hit record peak, orders plummet
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Jobless rolls jumped to a record peak in mid-January, while new orders for durable goods fell for a fifth straight month in December, data showed on Thursday, underscoring the deepening economic malaise.
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New bank bailout could cost up to $2 trillion: report
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Government officials seeking to revamp the financial bailout have discussed spending another $1 trillion to $2 trillion to help restore banks to health, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Israel’s chief rabbinate severs Vatican ties
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s chief rabbinate severed ties with the Vatican on Wednesday to protest a papal decision to reinstate a bishop who publicly denied 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.
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