Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 | Post a comment

Juan Berber, 37, looks for a job in sales or customer service at the Goodwill Job Center in Los Angeles, January 27, 2009.
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 | One comment

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Confidence among the world’s top company chiefs meeting in Davos has tumbled to a new low and a brewing currency row between the United States and China cast doubt on the political will to act in concert. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will both address business and political leaders in the Alpine ski resort later on Wednesday, to offer their remedies for the worst economic crisis in 80 years.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that Israel had a right to defend itself and that Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza on the Jewish state could not go unanswered.
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 | 4 comments

Former Vice President is urging Congress not to be sidetracked by the current financial crisis and to take ‘decisive action’ this year to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | One comment
George Mitchell, President Barack Obama’s special Middle East troubleshooter, was chairman of a law firm that was paid about $8 million representing Dubai’s ruler in connection with a child-trafficking lawsuit.
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | 2 comments
Come Feb. 1, tax refunds, welfare checks replaced with IOUs
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | 2 comments
During Operation Cast Lead, Israel warned Syria that it would bomb sites and facilities in Damascus if Hizbullah fires rockets on Israeli towns and communities in the North, Egyptian paper Al Ahram reported Tuesday.
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | One comment
Here is the full text of President Obama’s interview with Al-Arabiya Arab TV Network:
INTERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT BY HISHAM MELHEM, AL ARABIYA
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | Post a comment

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits a uranium enrichment facility
Iran will have enough enriched uranium to make a single nuclear weapon later this year, the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) predicts.
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | 8 comments

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview as president, delivering a message to the Muslim world that “Americans are not your enemy.”
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