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Iran Placing Medium-Range Missiles in Venezuela; Can Reach the U.S.

Posted by Mother Goose on December 9, 2010 at 1:25 PM Comments comments (0)

by Anna Mahjar-Barducci

December 8, 2010 at 5:00 am


Iran is planning to place medium-range missiles on Venezuelan soil, based on western information sources[1], according to an article in the German daily, Die Welt, of November 25, 2010. According to the article, an agreement between the two countries was signed during the last visit o Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Tehran...

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Fed Loaned Billions to Banks, Companies and Other Nations(17)

Posted by Mother Goose on December 1, 2010 at 1:56 PM Comments comments (0)

By: Reuters


The United States would be ready to support the extension of the European Financial Stability Facility via an extra commitment of money from the International Monetary Fund, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday.


"There are a lot of people talking about that. I think the European Commission has talked about that," said the U.S. official, commenting on enlarging the 750 billion euro ($980 billion) EU/IMF European stability fund. "It is up to...

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Climate Panel to Appoint Committee to Review Its Procedures

Posted by Mother Goose on February 28, 2010 at 6:33 PM Comments comments (0)

FEBRUARY 28, 2010, 9:44 A.M. ET

By JEFFREY BALL


The world's leading authority on climate change announced Saturday it is appointing an independent committee to investigate whether it needs to change its procedures to ensure it practices rigorous science.


The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, beset in recent months by a string of allegations of factual mistakes and improper scientific behavior in the preparation of its high-profile reports, sa...

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Head of IMF Proposes New Reserve Currency

Posted by Mother Goose on February 26, 2010 at 8:43 PM Comments comments (0)

IMF's Strauss-Kahn suggests IMF may one day provide global reserve asset


By HARRY DUNPHY Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON February 26, 2010 (AP)


Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, suggested Friday the organization might one day be called on to provide  countries with a global reserve currency that would serve as an alternative to the U.S. dollar.


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