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The Coming Uncertain War against Iran (Ramzy Baroud)
(World News Trust) -- When Admiral William J "Fox" Fallon was chosen to replace General John Abizaid as chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in March 2007, many analysts didn't shy from reaching ...
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Goldman sees credit losses totaling $1.2 trillion (Richard Leong)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs forecasts global credit losses stemming from the current market turmoil will reach $1.2 trillion, with Wall Street accounting for nearly 40 percent of the losses.
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Open Letter to John McCain (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
(World News Trust) -- Every few days I get yet another mailing begging me for money for your campaign. There is always explicit language about my being one of your supporters. But I do not support ...
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Orders for Durable Goods in U.S. Unexpectedly Fell (Shobhana Chandra)
March 26 (Bloomberg) -- Orders for U.S. durable goods unexpectedly fell in February, led by the biggest slump ever in demand for machinery that indicates companies are becoming more reluctant to ...
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When "Oops" ISN'T Enough (Mary Lyon)
(World News Trust) -- Erich Segal, the author of "Love Story," once put the phrase "Love means never having to say you're sorry" into the official collection of favorite American catch-phrases. Up ...
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Thinking the unthinkable: what if it's not that bad? (Mike Dolan)
LONDON (Reuters) - Maybe, just maybe, the financial world is not about to implode.
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Antarctica's Wilkins Ice Shelf Risks Collapse, U.K. Group Says (Alex Morales)
March 25, 2008 (Bloomberg) -- An Antarctic ice shelf bigger than Connecticut risks collapse because of global warming after a retreat that began on Feb. 28, the British Antarctic Survey said. The ...
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Bats Perish, and No One Knows Why (Tina Kelly)
(New York Time) -- Al Hicks was standing outside an old mine in the Adirondacks, the largest bat hibernaculum, or winter resting place, in New York State.
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Tipping Elements in the Earth's Climate System (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
(Oxford Analytica) -- A recent study, "Tipping Elements in the Earth's Climate System," published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reviews 14 earth systems to assess which ...
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U.S. Consumer Confidence Falls To Lowest Since 1973 (Bob Willis)
March 25 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumer confidence fell more than forecast in March as Americans' outlook on the economy dropped to the lowest level since Richard Nixon was in the White House.
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Black Swans Everywhere (James Kunstler)
(Clusterfuck Nation) -- After a one-day reprieve from total meltdown in the financial markets, news media cheerleaders for the most reckless gang of bankers in world history declared the crisis over ...
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