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Archive for March, 2009
Obama seeks Muslims for White House posts
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Honda connects brain thoughts with robotics
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
TOKYO (AP) – Opening a car trunk or controlling a home air conditioner could become just a wish away with Honda’s new technology that connects thoughts inside a brain with robotics.
Russia backs return to Gold Standard to solve financial crisis
Monday, March 30th, 2009Russia has become the first major country to call for a partial restoration of the Gold Standard to uphold discipline in the world financial system.
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White House set to reverse health care conscience clause
Monday, March 30th, 2009WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Obama administration plans to reverse a regulation from late in the Bush administration allowing health-care workers to refuse to provide services based on moral objections, an official said Friday.
Russian police manual blames Jews for USSR breakup
Monday, March 30th, 2009
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A textbook on Russian history, used at a major Russian police academy, openly blames Jews for many of the troubles Russia has experienced in the course of its history, a Rusian daily has revealed.
Obama stirs anxiety in Europe before visit
Monday, March 30th, 2009BERLIN (Reuters) – The enthusiasm that greeted Barack Obama’s election last year has begun to fade in some of Europe’s major capitals, replaced by concerns about the new U.S. president’s economic policies and softer stance toward Russia.
Obama questions viability of GM, Chrysler
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Barack Obama announces that Edward Montgomery, right, will serve as the Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama refused further long-term federal bailouts for General Motors and Chrysler, saying more concessions were needed from unions, creditors and others before they could be approved. He raised the possibility Monday of controlled bankruptcy for one or both of the beleaguered auto giants.
Israel will fall in 20 years: CIA
Sunday, March 29th, 2009Hizbullah chief vows never to recognise Tel Aviv
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT: A study conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has cast doubt over Israel’s survival beyond the next 20 years.
Sudan’s wanted president welcomed at Arab summit
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
AP – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, foreground, is accompanied by Qatari Emir Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa …
DOHA, Qatar – Qatar’s leader embraced Sudan’s president in a red-carpet welcome Sunday as he arrived to attend an Arab Summit in his most brazen act of defiance against an international arrest warrant on charges of war crimes in Darfur.
Defense Ministry eyes possible lift of US ban on foreign sales of F-22 fighter
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
The F-22 stealth bomber.
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The Defense Ministry will closely follow discussions in Congress next month over the United States’ 2010 fiscal defense budget amid growing speculation that a ban on foreign sales of the stealth F-22 fighter jet may be lifted to keep the threatened production line alive.