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OREO 04 22 08
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Newsstories of interest:
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** =3D Im****tant [in this edition: 1 ]
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MH =3D Misleading Headline [in this edition: ]
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1 DISORDER
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Op-Ed Columnist | Running Out of Planet to Exploit
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/opinion/21krugman.html
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"concerns about what happens when an ever-growing world
economy pushes up against the limits of a finite planet
ring truer now than they did in the 1970s."
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"Suppose...we really are running up against global limits.
What does it mean?"
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It means exactly what it meant when colonial powers had
divided up all the earth.
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RE-DIVISION
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UBS Faults Blind Ambition for Subprime Miscues
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/business/worldbusiness/22ubs.html
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Ambition?
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"blind drive for revenue"
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Revenue?
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PROFIT
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Bill Quigley | ** The U.S. Role in Haiti's Food Riots |
30 Years Ago Haiti Grew All the Rice It Needed. What
Happened? | April 21, 2008
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http://www.counterpunch.org/
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"the U.S. and other international financial bodies destroy-
ed Haitian rice farmers to create a major market for the
heavily subsidized rice from U.S. farmers." "some of it in
the form of =91food aid'"
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Few Clear Wins in U.S. Anti-Terror Cases | Moving Early on
Domestic Suspects Often Does Not Bring Convictions
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http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/20/AR2008042002=
227_pf.html
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DOJ: "few blockbuster convictions and some high-profile
hung juries or acquittals"
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Miami, Chicago, Tampa: "juries in all three cases saw
things differently than the government's...team."
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HOW ABOUT PRISON TIME FOR LOOSERS ?
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2 AFRICA
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ZIMBABWE
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US seeks to block Zimbabwe-bound Chinese arms
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080421/D906HDRG0.html
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Is it: Superpower arms for anti-Zimbabwe terrorists?
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3 ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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[puppet] Govt. making up crisis with Sadrists to pass
security deal with U.S. =96 spokesman
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http://66.111.34.180/look/english/article.tpl?IdLanguage=3D1&IdPublication=
=3D4&NrArticle=3D77019&NrIssue=3D2&NrSection=3D1
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Security deal?
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"long-term agreement to regulate the U.S. military presence
in Iraq"
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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Afghan militants kill 6 [puppet] border police at a
checkpoint
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan
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And: "abducted two road construction workers from India"
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See OREO 04 20 08 | ASIA | INDIA | "** India committed to
reconstruction works in Afghanistan"
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More convicted felons allowed to enlist in Army, Marines
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080421/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/military_felons
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JAPAN
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Japan lawmakers visit Tokyo war shrine
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080422/D906KPT01.html
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"Eight top government officials and more than 150 lawmakers"
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AFTER ALL THAT ISLAND-HOPPING...
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Yasukuni Shrine:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasukuni_Shrine
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
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POPULATION PRESSURES | Birthrates Help Keep Filipinos in
Poverty | Contraceptives, Rejected by Government, Are Un-
affordable for Many in Majority-Catholic Nation
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http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/20/AR2008042001=
930_pf.html
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"'I knew it existed, but I didn't know how it works,' said
[a lady who, with her family, lives] in a squatter's hut in
a vast, stinking garbage dump by Manila Bay."
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4 EUROPE
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GERMANY
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Pro-Kurdish demonstration in Berlin turned violence,
police said.
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http://www.kurdishglobe.net/displayArticle.jsp?id=3DDBA477EB617D4CAD4972E0E0=
DEBBC544
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"Over 500 Kurds took part in the demonstration calling
for the release of the jailed former Kurdish PKK rebel
leader Abdullah Ocalan."
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5 LATAM
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Glance at politics in Latin America
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080421/D906G5I00.html
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6 SUPERPOWER
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US announces new rules for foreign investment review
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/080422/19/16ko2.html
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"proposed regulations...will update the review process
for the secretive Committee on Foreign Investment in the
United States."
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"[Treasury Dept] is encouraging potential buyers to ap-
proach CFIUS early, before starting the official 30-day
review process, with any questions or information."
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Information? Secretive $$$$$$$$
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7 $$$$
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Oil and Gasoline Prices Continue Their Climb
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/business/21cnd-oil.html
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Bu$h Bonus: "above $3.50 a gallon for the first time"
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Some Banks Rethink Investments as Money Tightens
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/business/worldbusiness/22assets.html
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"After loading up on Asian assets, could suffering Western
banks be forced to sell out?"
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Finances Frail, Le Monde Contemplates the Unthinkable
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/business/worldbusiness/21lemonde.html
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Le Monde:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Monde
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[Royal Bank of Scotland] takes further huge credit charge,
to raise 12 billion pounds
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/080422/19/16kq6.html
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"second-biggest British bank"
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Oreo Archive:
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/O-r-e-o
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