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Rethinking Afghanistan

Stanley Kutler | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, Domino Effect, John McCain, Gordon Johndroe, War on Terror, H.Con.Res 362, Terrorist Insurgency, Taliban, War on Terrorism, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Bush Administration, Middle East, Niall Ferguson, Mark Carleton-Smith, Vietnam, Taliban Afghanistan, Soviet Union, Politics News
Stanley Kutler

What in the world is Barack Obama thinking? Mercifully, he plans to scale down and end the Iraq misadventure, yet he insists he will expand the effort in Afghanistan.

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HSBC Sees Dive In Profits, Jump In Negative-Equity Loans

Daily Mail | Becky Barrow | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Negative-Equity, Domino Effect, Lending Crisis, Hsbc, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Negative-Equity Loans, Business News

More than one in 10 mortgages are in negative equity or close to being plunged into it, one of the world's biggest banks admitted today. HSBC said it...

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Middle East Inflation Agitates Lower Classes

New York Times | Robert F. Worth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Jordan, Domino Effect, Gas Prices, Persian Gulf, Middle East, Arabs, Saudi Arabia, Gasoline Prices, Gasoline, Fuel Subsidies, Oil, Petroleum, Business News

Even as it enriches Arab rulers, the recent oil-price boom is helping to fuel an extraordinary rise in the cost of food and other basic goods that is ...

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