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Epidemic? Half of US Teens ‘Meet Criteria for Mental Disorder’ (Agence France-Presse)
Oct. 16, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Around half of U.S. teens meet the criteria for a mental disorder and nearly one in four report having a mood, behavior or anxiety disorder that interferes with ...
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Why the U.S. has Launched a New Financial World War, And How the the Rest of the World Will Fight Back (Michael Hudson)
“Coming events cast their shadows forward.” – Goethe Oct. 12, 2010 (Counterpunch) -- What is to stop U.S. banks and their customers from creating $1 trillion, $10 trillion or even $50 trillion on ...
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Currency wars are necessary if all else fails (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard)
The overwhelming fact of the global currency system is that America needs a much weaker dollar to bring its economy back into kilter and avoid slow ruin, yet the rest of the world cannot easily ...
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US Healthcare 'to Blame' for Poor Life Expectancy Rates (BBC)
Oct. 10, 2010 (BBC) -- The U.S. healthcare system is to blame for declines in the country's life expectancy ranking, a study suggests. The Columbia University report rejects claims that factors such ...
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Over 60 percent of Afghans suffer mental health problems (Agence France-Presse)
Oct. 10, 2010 -- KABUL (Agence France-Presse) -- Scarred by decades of war, social problems and poverty, more than 60 percent of Afghans suffer from stress disorders and mental health problems, a ...
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World Job Crisis is a Threat to Democracy, Says IMF Head (Larry Elliott)
International Monetary Fund meeting dominated by fears that US job crisis will add to currency tensions with China Oct. 10, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (The Guardian) -- The International Monetary Fund was ...
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Global Unemployment to Trigger Further Social Unrest, UN Agency Forecasts (Julia Kollewe)
International Labour Organisation (ILO) notes that social unrest has already been reported in at least 25 countries Oct. 1, 2010 (The Guardian) -- The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has ...
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US Top Court Refuses to Hear Guantanamo Wiretap Case (Agence France Presse)
A member of the US military mans the guard post before sunrise at Camp Delta. (AFP) Oct. 4, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (Agence France Presse) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a plea by 23 ...
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War (on drugs) is over (John Sinclair)
Sept. 29, 2010 -- AMSTERDAM (Detroit Metro Times) -- Highest greetings from Amsterdam. My name is John Sinclair and I've been a marijuana legalization activist ever since I founded Detroit LEMAR ...
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Towards a very serious breakdown of the world economic and financial system (LEAP-E2020)
GEAB N°47 is available! The Global systemic crisis – Spring 2011: Welcome to the United States of Austerity / Towards a very serious breakdown of the world economic and financial system Sept. 16, ...
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German Military Report: Peak Oil Could Lead to Collapse of Democracy (Daniel Tencer)
The sun sets over an oil platform waiting to be towed out into the Gulf of Mexico at Port Fourchon in Louisiana in May. According to Der Spiegel, the report from a think-tank inside the German ...
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