The Globe and Mail
11/19/09
By Barrie McKenna and Andy Hoffman
Tensions over two of the world’s major currencies are escalating, playing out in economic and political circles as countries make a desperate push for crucial trade dollars.
Visiting China, President Barack Obama said he wants the country to dismantle its currency peg to the U.S. dollar. But...
Read more »
ABC News Finds the Location of a “Black Site” for Alleged Terrorists in Lithuania
ABC News
11/18/09
By BRIAN ROSS and MATTHEW COLE
The CIA built one of its secret European prisons inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, a current Lithuanian government official and a former U.S. intelligence official told ABC News this week.
Where affluent...
Read more »
WSWS
11/19/09
By John Chan
US President Obama’s visit to China this week focussed attention on the country’s rising economic power, high growth rates and large currency reserves amid the continuing global economic crisis. A closer examination, however, reveals that China’s hothouse economy rests on fragile foundations.
A Wall Street Journal poll of prominent economic analysts in early...
Read more »
WW4 Report
11/18/09
On Nov. 16, a group of Israeli soldiers disobeyed orders to assist in the dismantling of two wooden structures that Jewish settlers had built without Israeli government authorization near Hebron. A military official said two of the soldiers were sent to prison for 30 days and permanently dismissed from command or combat positions....
Read more »
WW4 Report
11/19/09
Violent clashes erupted between Palestinian residents and Israeli troops Nov. 18 as military forces razed two houses in al-Bustan neighborhood of East Jerusalem’s Silwan district. The demolitions were the second and third of the day. Seven Palestinians were injured and dozens of others assaulted as Israeli troops fired tear gas at the growing...
Read more »
Times Online
11/19/09
By Richard Beeston
President Hamid Karzai today signalled the beginning of the end of foreign military intervention in his country, when he pledged that Afghan security forces would take the lead in combating the Taleban over the next three to five years.
In a much-anticipated inauguration speech, the Afghan leader told dozens of visiting foreign...
Read more »
YouTube
11/18/09
Read more »
AP
11/18/09
BEIJING — President Barack Obama says he won’t set a new deadline for closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison, but does expect the facility to shut down sometime next year.
The administration no longer feels it can meet the January 2010 deadline Obama set for closure soon after taking office. Obama says he isn’t disappointed...
Read more »
9/11 Blogger/ Politco
11/18/09
Americans who are troubled by the decision to send alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to New York for trial will feel better about it when he’s put to death, President Barack Obama said Tuesday.
During a round of network television interviews conducted during Obama’s visit to China, the president was asked...
Read more »
Information Clearing House/AlJazeera
11/18/09
The United Nations, the United States and the European Union have all called on Israel to stop the illegal eviction of Palestinians and the demolition of their homes.
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, urged Israel to end its “provocative actions” in East Jerusalem, while calling for it to freeze all settlement activity in...
Read more »
