Archive for December, 2009
Update: NRH device did contain explosives, authorities said
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NFAA'TV, by CHRIS HAWES / WFAA'TV Posted By: FreedomForAll- Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:02:42 GMT NORTH RICHLAND HILLS ― Authorities tell News 8 a suspicious device found in a North Texas neighborhood did contain explosives. It was found near a copy of the Koran.
Mayo Says: Hold The Medicare
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Investor's Business Daily, by Ed Carson Posted By: slyscribe- Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:33:47 GMT The Mayo Clinic will stop accepting Medicare patients at one of its primary care clinics in Arizona. Why? The government doesnt pay enough: More than 3,000 patients eligible for Medicare, the governments largest health'insurance program, will be forced to pay cash if they want to continue seeing their doctors at a Mayo family clinic in Glendale, northwest of Phoenix, said Michael Yardley, a Mayo spokesman.
U.S. to Lose $400 Billion on Fannie, Freddie, Wallison Says
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Bloomberg, by Betty Liu and Matthew Leising Posted By: gandolphxx- Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:28:32 GMT Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) '' Taxpayer losses from supporting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will top $400 billion, according to Peter Wallison, a former general counsel at the Treasury who is now a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The situation is they are losing gobs of money, up to $400 billion in mortgages,
200 gather to cheer Honduras’ ousted president
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Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: PageTurner- Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:14:22 GMT TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras '' About 200 people gathered outside the Brazilian Embassy to show support for ousted President Manuel Zelaya inside while they celebrated New Year's Eve with food and music. Supporters of the deposed leader, who has been in the embassy since late September, began arriving at dusk Thursday and were allowed on one of the streets next to the compound,
U.S. church group briefly held in Cuba
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CNN, by Mariano Castillo Posted By: PageTurner- Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:08:27 GMT The brief detention in Havana, Cuba, last week of a Portland, Oregon, church group comes on the heels of the detention of an American contractor and could indicate an increasingly chilly reception for some American visitors, according to the church travelers. The December 26 trip for 14 members of the First Unitarian Church of Portland is a reminder of the entrenched tensions between Cuba and the United States despite the Obama administration's loosening of previous restrictions.
Hugo Chavez Lashes Out at Newsweek
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Fox News, by Jim Angle Posted By: PageTurner- Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:58:50 GMT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had some choice words in response to Newsweek magazine's prediction that he would be ousted in a military coup in 2010. Chavez called the publication "the empire's magazine," saying in a televised address that: "They feed on hatred and the wishes of the imperialism that they represent big money, big newspapers, the TV stations of the global bourgeoisie." The magazine also forecasted the death of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Riled Scott Brown: Martha Coakley on vacation
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Boston Herald, by Jessica Van Sack Posted By: John C- Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:58:10 GMT GOP Senate hopeful Scott Brown ripped Democratic front'runner Martha Coakley yesterday for taking six days off the campaign trail as he sweats it out with daily public events in a bid to raise his statewide profile. Martha is on vacation, the Wrentham state senator said. She thinks she already won this race. Browns comments came as Coakley, the states attorney general, returned to the daily grind,
Argentine Peso Posts Biggest Yearly Drop Since 2002 Devaluation
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Bloomberg News, by Drew Benson Posted By: PageTurner- Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:55:57 GMT Argentinas peso posted its biggest annual drop since the government ended a one'to'one peg against the dollar in 2002 after the central bank bought dollars to pad reserves in the second half. The peso lost 9.1 percent this year, the worst performance among 26 emerging'market currencies tracked by Bloomberg. It rose less than 0.1 percent today to 3.799 per dollar as of 1:05 p.m. New York time, from 3.8011 yesterday.
U.S., others mourn Indonesia’s ex’leader, Abdurrahman Wahid
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Guardian [Lagos, Nigeria], by Staff Posted By: PageTurner- Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:50:16 GMT THOUSANDS of mourners have gathered in Indonesia to pay their respects to the former president, Abdurrahman Wahid, as his funeral was held in East Java, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) stated yesterday. Often referred to by his nickname, Gus Dur, Wahid led the country from 1999 to 2001. He died on Wednesday aged 69. He was the first elected president after the fall of the Suharto regime.
Indonesia farewells its boldest president Abdurrahman Wahid
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The Australian, by Rowan Callick Posted By: PageTurner- Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:42:05 GMT INDONESIA's fourth president, Abdurrahman Wahid, was one of the boldest and most eccentric leaders the Asia'Pacific region has seen ' and one of the most supportive of Australia. He died on Wednesday after finally succumbing to his many longstanding illnesses, including kidney failure and diabetes, and was buried yesterday in his family's graveyard in Jombang, East Java, which was surrounded by 10,000 praying followers.