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• U.S. Home Prices Stabilize

  
  Loan News — Authority: 118
  Charleston, W.Va., had the biggest year-over-year rise in median home value in October, according to Zillow. The Zillow Home Value Index measures the median value of all homes in an area. New Orleans and Wilmington, Del., saw the next biggest price appreciation. The list is comprised of cities with… quity loans ...
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• IANS Top Stories At 6

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  NATIONALRussian consul protests Goa MP’s rape remarks, rising crimes - Lead moved at 1542, Roundup to move by 1900PM goes to Copenhagen Thursday to push for equitable outcome - Moved at 1352Sonia will not go back on Telangana, say MPs - Moved at 1541, Lead to move by 1900Lok Sabha adjourned for the day [...]
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• Bhutan: With its fragile ecosystem, Bhutan tackles climate change

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 444
  BY NEDUP TSHERING* Kind permission of IDN-InDepthNews ServiceBhutan Pledges Carbon NeutralityTHIMPHU (IDN) – The under-reported Bhutan’s National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) to combat climate change recognizes that the landlocked South Asian nation is highly vulnerable to climate change.With its fragile ...
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• Copenhagen 5: Supping with the World Bank

  
  frogblog — Authority: 541
  Well I didn’t have dinner but I did have an hour with the World Bank President just before eating.  And an intriguing pre- prandial exchange it was. Jeanette and I are at the Copenhagen Conference as part of GLOBE – Global Legislators for a Balanced Environment.  Today (Tuesday) I was part of a delegation ...
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• Touted best among G8, Canadian economy on rebound

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Toronto, Dec 15 (IANS) Touted as the best among all the G8 economies during the current global slowdown, the Canadian economy is set for a rebound, according to the country’s top bank.In a report Monday, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) said the economy will return to positive growth in 2010 after contracting at an ...
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• Liberia: British High Court rules Liberia must pay a 30-year-old debt to two “vulture funds”

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 444
  By John Newham - World Socialist Web SiteBritish High Court rules that Liberia must pay debt14 December 2009The British High Court has ruled that Liberia, one of the poorest countries in the world, must pay a 30-year-old debt now amounting to £12 million ($20 million) to two “vulture funds”. Liberia had claimed ...
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• World Bank, International Monetary Fund to Fast Track Formation of African Central Bank

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 448
  Nigerian Finance Minister, Mansur Muhtar, has said a team from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would meet in April next year to fast track the actualization of the proposed African Central Bank. Muhtar told journalists that, “Nigeria is very happy to be championing the course and we are ...
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• President Obama’s Afghanistan Policy Speech

  
  Newsroom Magazine — Authority: 128
  As President, I have signed a letter of condolence to the family of each American who gives their life in these wars. I have read the letters from the parents and spouses of those who deployed. I visited our courageous wounded warriors at Walter Reed. I’ve traveled to Dover to meet the flag-draped caskets of [...]
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• Nuclear Weapons Used On Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza Have Worldwide Effects

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 583
  Peter Eyre, Middle East ConsultantUK, December 12, 2009, (Pal Telegraph) – We have seen the terrible consequences to human life and the environment that has been caused by weapons that contain uranium components. Genetically speaking the US and UK have destroyed the DNA of the Iraqi people as well as causing ...
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• Halliburton and the ‘Resource Curse’

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 666
  Part I of an interview with David Ugolor, head of the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice . Sojourners: Nigeria is sometimes cited as an example of the “resource curse,” where a country’s natural resources — oil, in the case of…
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• Obituary: Francis Blanchard, former ILO head, dies

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 590
  Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Francis Blanchard, a French citizen who was director-general of the ILO (International Labour Office) from 1974 to 1989, died Wednesday 9 December 2009, at the age of 93. He joined the ILO in 1951, where his first assignment was as deputy chief of the manpower division. He was ...
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• Obey’s “Share our Sacrifice Act”: “Let those who worship the god of war, tithe to that god out of their own pockets”.

  
  The Proud Political Junkie's Gazette — Authority: 138
  By: Marti Oakley  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (c) copyright 2009“Maybe congress and most especially Rep. Obey should submit a “get a conscience; honor your oath of office; honor the Constitution and serve the people who elected your sorry behind ” bill.”SHARE OUR SACRIFICE?  HR 4130I would start here by asking who ...
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• Cap-n-Trade: Now 10% Fraud-Free!

  
  Big Government — Authority: 820
  Here’s something to consider for those who wondered why the usual suspects flew up in arms earlier this week over reports that ‘Circle of Commitment’, countries including the U.S., were seeking to wrest control of the Kyoto revenue mechanism to the World Bank (there’s no such move afoot, incidentally; that was ...
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• Government of Southern Sudan has officially launched its website at www.goss.org

  
  Sudan Watch — Authority: 527
  From SRS - Sudan Radio Service , Thursday, 10 December 2009: (Juba) The Government of Southern Sudan has officially launched its website at www.goss.org . Speaking during the launch ceremony, the GOSS Minister of Information, Paul Mayom, outlined the importance of the website: [Paul Mayom] “This website puts ...
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• Follow the Sun: World Bank Collects $5.5 Billion for Solar Projects in Middle-East and North-Africa

  
  A Green Zone — Authority: 149
  Photo: Sandia National Laboratory, Public domain Why Should Germany Have All The Solar Power Fun? The World Bank is announcing that 5.5 billion dollars will be invested in concentrated solar energy projects in five countries of the Middle-East and North-Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia), which ...
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• Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council Approves $500m Loan From the International Development Association

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 448
  Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, said on Wednesday that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a loan of $500 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to finance the 2009 Supplementary Budget. Speaking after the FEC meeting chaired by ...
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• What worries the BRICs

  
  MacroScope — Authority: 417
  Some fascinating data about the growing power of emerging markets, particularly the BRICs, was on display at the OECD s annual investment conference in Paris this week. Not the least of it came from MIGA, the World Banks Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, which tries to help protect foreign direct investors ...
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• What worries the BRICs

  
  Global Investing — Authority: 120
  Some fascinating data about the growing power of emerging markets, particularly the BRICs, was on display at the OECD ’s annual investment conference in Paris this week. Not the least of it came from MIGA, the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, which tries to help protect foreign direct ...
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• The New American Dream: Default On Your Mortgage, Then Rent

  
  Mortgage online — Authority: 160
  happyiraqifamily2.png It sounds as if we are finally moving beyond the hysteria that initially accompanied the mortgage meltdown. People are finally acknowledging that defaulting on your mortgage may be the sensible thing to do. ...
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• World Bank / Over $5.5 billion in New Investment for Clean Energy Technology in the Middle East and North Africa Region

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 493
  World Bank / Over $5.5 billion in New Investment for Clean Energy Technology in the Middle East and North Africa Region  WASHINGTON, December 10, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Clean Technology Fund (CTF) approved financing of $750 million on December 2, 2009, which will mobilize an additional $4.85 ...
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