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Ravi Batra, Truthout: 'The Iraq invasion turned out to be a colossal mistake in terms of lost lives and heavy expenditures that sharply raised the federal budget deficit. However, few realize that the Bush administration made a far bigger mistake in using what may be called Weapons of Mass Exploitation or WMEs, which have all but decimated the US economy and continue to do so. A WME is a short-term financial palliative that makes the rich richer but postpones economic troubles, while seeming to cure the problems of unemployment and dwindling family incomes.'

http://www.truthout.org/weapons-mass-exploitation/1304696645

Is Growth Incomplete Without Social Progress?

Ejaz Ghani, Project Syndicate: 'The geography of poverty and social deprivation has changed dramatically over the last two decades. More than 70% of the world's poor now live in middle-income countries. This pattern, likely to continue into the next decade, raises important questions. Have poverty reduction and human development kept up with income growth? Is growth incomplete without social progress and gender-inclusiveness?... Deeper social disparities should never be viewed as the inevitable price of rapid growth, and more egalitarian outcomes in education, health, and gender should not be considered 'second-stage' reforms.'

http://www.truthout.org/growth-incomplete-without-social-progress/1304830306

Streets of Latin America Offer US a Roadmap for Social Change

Michael Fox, Truthout: 'As the signs read in Wisconsin, the 'sleeping giant has awoken.' We realized that Obama can t do it for us. We awoke to the fact that even with a 'leftist' in power, we must stay in the streets and continue to organize. We awoke to the essential thing that movements across Latin America learned years ago when faced with progressive governments who were supposed to represent their interests and didn t always follow through... 'Dancing with Dynamite' is a roadmap, a call to action to break the simplistic dualities imposed by society and place our destinies into our own hands.'

http://www.truthout.org/streets-latin-america-offer-us-roadmap-social-change/1304535744

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Starmail - 8. Mai, 21:59

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China pushes U.S. on debt ahead of high-level talks

China, wielding its huge dollar holdings, on Friday pressed Washington to tackle its huge fiscal deficit and said it would raise the issue of discrimination against Chinese investors at high-level talks next week.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/06/china-usa-trade-idUSL3E7G60IW20110506

Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Jump

Applications for jobless benefits jumped by 43,000 to 474,000 in the week ended April 30, the most since August, Labor Department figures showed today.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-05/jobless-claims-in-u-s-unexpectedly-jump-due-to-special-factors.html

Fannie Mae seeks $8.5 billion from taxpayers

Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae (FNMA.OB) on Friday said it would ask for an additional $8.5 billion from taxpayers as it continues to suffer losses on loans made prior to 2009.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/06/us-usa-treasury-fannie-mae-idUSTRE7456IJ20110506

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Starmail - 8. Mai, 08:48

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Exxon Makes $30.5 Billion, So GOP Votes Unanimously To Give Them Tax Breaks

By Think Progress

Today, the Republicans in the House of Representatives celebrated this massive redistribution of wealth from American families to oil executives.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28047.htm

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Starmail - 8. Mai, 08:30

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The Assassination Of bin Laden: Its Use and Abuse

Starmail - 8. Mai, 08:11

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Samstag, 7. Mai 2011

Beyond Foreclosuregate: It Gets Uglier

Michael Collins, Daily Censored: 'The ForeclosureGate scandal poses a threat to Wall Street, the big banks, and the political establishment. If the public ever gets a complete picture of the personal, financial, and legal assault on citizens at their most vulnerable, the outrage will be endless. Foreclosure practices lift the veil on a broader set of interlocking efforts to exploit those hardest hit by the endless economic hard times, citizens who become financially desperate due medical conditions... There is no underground conspiracy. The facts are in plain sight.'

http://www.truthout.org/beyond-foreclosuregate-it-gets-uglier/1304731308

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Starmail - 7. Mai, 22:34

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US Military Support of Foreign Governments Increases Terror Attacks on US Citizens: Study

By LSE

Terrorist attacks on Americans are more likely to come from countries where the US provides military aid, stations troops and sells arms finds the study - the first to show a statistical correlation between American foreign policy and terrorism against its citizens.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28035.htm

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Starmail - 7. Mai, 09:48

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'The Greatest Purveyor of Violence'

By Mike Whitney

The greatest threat to Libyan sovereignty and independence is the United States of America. Nothing else comes close.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28037.htm

Gaddafi Gold-for-oil, Dollar-doom Plans Behind Libya 'Mission'?

By RT

More speculation has been raised on the reasons for NATO s intervention in Libya. As RT's Laura Emmett reports, the organisation may have been trying to prevent Gaddafi from burying the American buck.

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Osama bin Laden killing 'should serve as warning to Gaddafi' says UK s head of Armed Forces

Gen Sir David Richards, the Chief of the Defence Staff, said the death of the al-Qaeda leader should have a 'psychological impact' on the Libyan dictator and others because 'one day their deeds will catch up with them'.

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66% Pakistanis believe person killed in US raid was not Osama

Less than 25 per cent believe bin Laden had authorised the 9/11 terror attacks in the US and 74 per cent believe the US government considers that it is at war with the Muslim world and did not respect Islam.

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Fallujah, Iraq 2004 - Misrata, Libya 2011

By Media Lens

In November 2004, the UN's Integrated Regional Information Network reported the impact of Operation Phantom Fury, a combined US-UK offensive, on Iraq s third city, Fallujah: 'Approximately 70 per cent of the houses and shops were destroyed in the city and those still standing are riddled with bullets.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28046.htm

Russia slams Libya contact group

Russia yesterday criticised a Western-led grouping that has pledged aid to the Libyan rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi s forces, warning that it must not seek to usurp the authority of the UN Security Council.

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Starmail - 7. Mai, 09:44

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