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The World Bank (WB) & The International Monetary Fund (IMF)

April 25th, 2010

A clip from the documentary “The New Rulers of The World” by film maker John Pilger. The WB and the IMF control most of the world’s cash flow. Please check…

Israel seals West Bank as security precaution (AP)

April 18th, 2010

Iran's Ghadr-1 missile, which has a range of up to 1,240 miles (2,000 kilometers), and capable of putting Israeli and US bases in the region within Iran's reach, is paraded during a ceremony marking National Army Day, in front of mausoleum of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 18, 2010. A portrait of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen at left. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Israel has barred the entry of nearly all Palestinians from the West Bank as a security measure because of observances for Memorial Day and Independence Day.


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Germany, Britain Mull a Bank Tax to Address Deficits (Time.com)

March 27th, 2010

Time.com - Both Germany and Britain are calling for a tax on banks in the wake of the economic downturn — but the countries have different ideas about what to…

Development bank forgives $479 million Haiti debt (AP)

March 22nd, 2010

Interior view of the destroyed Episcopal Cathedral Sainte-Trinite in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 18, 2010. The cathedral was destroyed in the January 12 earthquake. Former US presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will seek to reassure Haitians with a visit Monday that the world has not forgotten them after the disastrous earthquake 10 weeks ago.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)AP - The Inter-American Development Bank said Monday it has agreed to forgive $479 million in debts owed by quake-ravaged Haiti.


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Israel lifts closure of West Bank as tensions calm (AP)

March 17th, 2010

Palestinian demonstrators hurl stones at Israeli troops, not seen, in east Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Dozens of masked Palestinians hurled rocks at police and set tires ablaze across the holy city's volatile eastern sector, where thousands of officers, including reinforcements brought in from other locations, were in place for a fifth straight day. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - Israel on Wednesday lifted its tight restrictions on Palestinian access to Jerusalem’s holiest shrine and called off an extended West Bank closure after days of clashes between Palestinians…

Israel seals off West Bank to prevent unrest (AP)

March 12th, 2010

Palestinian women supporters of the Islamic Jihad movement march during a rally against Israel's decision to include two West Bank shrines on a list of national heritage sites, in the Jebaliya refugee camp, north of Gaza City, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Israel has sealed off the West Bank for 48 hours, preventing Palestinians from entering Israel because of fears of unrest.


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Biden’s West Bank tour clouded by settlement plans (AP)

March 10th, 2010

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and his wife Jill, second from left, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara, second from right, pose for photographers ahead of their joint dinner the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Israel’s new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in east Jerusalem is overshadowing Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to the West Bank.


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Iceland votes ‘no’ to debt deal for collapsed bank (AP)

March 7th, 2010

President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson prior to voting in a referendum in Reykjavik, Iceland, Saturday, March 6, 2010. Icelanders are voting in a nationwide referendum on approving the use of taxpayers' money to repay binternational/b debts. Opinion polls suggest that a majority of Icelanders will vote 'no' on Saturday to the $5.3 billion deal to compensate Britain and the Netherlands for deposits lost in a collapsed Icelandic bank. That is expected to complicate Iceland's effort to recover from a deep recession and a banking collapse. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti)AP - Voters in tiny Iceland defied their parliament and international pressure, resoundingly rejecting a $5.3 billion plan to repay Britain and the Netherlands for debts spawned by the collapse…

Iceland expected to turn down bank failure repay (AP)

March 6th, 2010

Icelanders voting in a referendum in Reykjavik, Iceland, Saturday, March 6, 2010. Icelanders are voting in a nationwide referendum on approving the use of taxpayers' money to repay binternational/b debts. Opinion polls suggest that a majority of Icelanders will vote 'no' on Saturday to the $5.3 billion deal to compensate Britain and the Netherlands for deposits lost in a collapsed Icelandic bank. That is expected to complicate Iceland's effort to recover from a deep recession and a banking collapse. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti)AP - Still smarting from the crippling aftermath of the global financial crisis, grudging Icelanders were expected Saturday to vote down a $5.3 billion plan to pay off Britain and…

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