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How Far Will the Crash Go and What Do we Do Now?

Mick Meaney August 20, 2007 1

The “Crash of 2007-8” is underway By Richard C. Cook The immediate triggers are being described quite well: the collapse of the U.S. subprime mortgage market; the vulnerability of the rest of the economy

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Deadly New York Scraper Fire Near Twin Towers Site but no collapse

Mick Meaney August 20, 2007 0

By Ann Baker Nearly six years after the tragedy of 9/11 and two New York City firefighters have died in a blaze inside a skyscraper abandoned after the World Trade Center attacks. The fire

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Only ‘virtual protests’ allowed at North American summit

Mick Meaney August 20, 2007 0

Agence France-Presse Protesters will be “seen and heard” when North American leaders meet next week in Montebello, near Ottawa, but only virtually — via an audio-video feed set up by organizers. And the heads

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Bush rocked as another key aide resigns

Mick Meaney August 20, 2007 1

By Sarah Baxter THE White House press secretary Tony Snow has announced that he will be leaving his job before the end of President George W Bush’s term in office “for financial reasons”. Snow,

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SILENT WMDs EFFECTS OF DEPLETED URANIUM

Mick Meaney August 20, 2007 3

By Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat Former Chief of the Naval Staff, India Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot ..that it do singe yourself. - William Shakespeare This brief presentation is aimed at

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