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Sons of the Mau Mau

Frankie Martin | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Female Genital Mutilation, Luo Taliban, Africa, World Bank, United Nations, Waki Report, Imf, Kofi Annan, Kenya Election Violence, Barack Obama, Globalization, World News, Raila Odinga, Tribalism, Mwai Kibaki, Bush Administration, Sabaot Land Defense Force, United States Foreign Policy, Kikuyu, Mau Mau Rebellion, Poverty, Kenya, Mungiki, World News
Frankie Martin

Kenya must tackle the roots of its election chaos. These include poverty, tribalism, and the failure of the country to live up to the vision of its first president, Jomo Kenyatta.

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The Hypocrisy of the West

Ben Cohen | Posted 03.08.2009 | World

Read More: Chile, Poverty, Global Economy, Third World, Brazil, World Bank, Economic Crisis, Capitalism, Nicaragua, Global Economic Crisis, Third World Countries, Economic Stimulus Package, Zimbabwe Hyperinflation, Imf, Global Financial Crisis, World News
Ben Cohen

The Third World exists in a precarious state of neo colonial dependency and cannot follow our path out of economic disaster because we insist they don't.

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Why Obama Must Drop Daschle

Andy Ostroy | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Raytheon, President Obama, Alston & Bird, International Monetary Fund, Tim Geithner, William Lynn, Tom Daschle, Imf, George W Bush, Obama Cabinet, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Administration, Tom Daschle Health Secretary, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Let's face it, there's plenty of folks who can fill Daschle's post. He's an extraneous piece of the Obama puzzle.

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IMF Confident It Will Remain Funded Through Recession

Financial Times | Chris Giles | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: International Monetary Fund, Switzerland, Davos, Financial Crisis, Imf, John Lipsky, Europe, World Economic Forum, Business News

The International Monetary Fund expressed confidence on Friday that its members will ensure the Fund remains adequately funded and able to support any...

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UK Will Be Hardest Hit By Global Recession: IMF

The Independent | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Uk, Global Recession, Uk Recession, The Independent, Economy, International Monetary Fund, United Kingdom Recession, Imf, British Recession, Europe, Uk Hardest Hit, World News

World economists predicted today that the UK would be hit harder than any other developed nation by the worst recession in more than 60 years. The In...

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Will Obama Have To Bail Out Britain?

Ron Galloway | Posted 02.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Banking Crisis, Citicorp, Imf, Barack Obama, Economy, Royal Bank of Scotland, Economic Crisis, 100 Days, Business News
Ron Galloway

Barak Obama had a fine day on his Inauguration Day. The British economy? Not so much.

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Nepal's Political Crisis Deepens

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

Read More: India, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, World Bank, Prime Minister Prachanda, Black Market, Political Chaos, Government, Politics, Beijing, The Future, Imf, Marxism, Looting, Asia, Himalayans, Nepal Monarchy, Poverty, Terrorism, Karl Marx, Kathmandu, Maoism, Communism, Delhi, Nepal, Mao, Rebelling, Lenin, Mao Zedong, China, World News
Subhash Ghimire

More than 80% of Nepalese live in villages with very little access to health, education and other modern amenities. Lands seized by Maoists during the decade long war from 1996 to 2006 have not been returned to the owners.

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IMF Backs Obama's Economic Stimulus Plan

Wall Street Journal | Bob Davis | Posted 01.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Imf, IMF Obama, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, IMF Obama Stimulus Plan, Obama Stimulus Plan, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund's top economist generally endorsed the incoming Obama administration's approach to economic stimulus, an...

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Time for global civil disobedience?: Five things to Advance the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Kumi Naidoo | Posted 01.10.2009 | World

Read More: Women, 60th Anniversary Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Obama, Zimbabwe, Poverty, Mugabe, NATO War on Terror, Darfur, World Bank, National Security, Cholera, Imf, Congo, Civil Disobedience, Sustainability, World News
Kumi Naidoo

Today is day of celebration for the progress we have made in the 60 years since the Declaration was signed. However, the litany of abuses does not afford us a second of self-congratulation.

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South America: Recession Can Be Avoided

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: South, Treasury Department, Balance of Payments, Venezuela, Stabilization Fund, America, Opec, World Bank, Economy, Reserves, Brazil, Ecuador, Imf, Bolivia, Business News
Mark Weisbrot

There is good reason to believe that South America, in particular, can weather this storm with minimal damage if it adopts the right macro-economic policies.

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Friday Talking Points [55] -- "Bretton Woods II"? Not Quite.

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Loan, Russ Feingold, Mormon, Proposition 8, Economy, World Bank, New Years, Redistribution of Wealth, Imf, Iraq, Obama, Plan B, President-Elect, Sarah Palin, Putin, Bush, Lieberman, Automakers, Paulson, Rnc, Economic Summit, Senator, Sarkozy, Bailout, Sofa, Bretton Woods II, Midotw, New Hampshire, Tax Cuts, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Taxpayer Money, Treasury, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Status of Forces, Mount Washington Hotel, Reid, Detroit, Taxes, Palin Clothes, Oath, Bretton Woods, Socialism, Speakeasy, Feingold, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Constitution, Mddotw, Chris Weigant, Rahm Emanuel, Palin, Georgia, Harry Reid, President-Elect Obama, Secretary, Politics News
Chris Weigant

I have to begin here today by stomping all over a cutesy term the media has come up with for the upcoming economic "summit" George W. Bush is holding ...

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Brown positive about Gulf contributions to IMF

AP | JANE WARDELL | Posted 12.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil, Imf, International Monetary Fund, Gordon Brown, Middle East, Ukraine, Business News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday he expects oil-rich Gulf states to pledge money to the Internatio...

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IMF Creates $100 Billion Fund To Aid Crisis Fight

Wall Street Journal | BOB DAVIS, MARCUS WALKER and JOHN LYONS | Posted 11.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Finance, Economy, International Monetary Fund, IMF Loan, IMF Bailout, Imf, Recession, Business News

The International Monetary Fund will offer as much as $100 billion in a new kind of loan to countries that are battered by the financial crisis, makin...

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IMF Could Run Out Of Firepower

Financial Times | Alan Beattie | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

Read More: International Monetary Fund, Imf, Imf Running Out of Firepower, Ukraine, Business News

With its $2bn (£1.3bn, €1.6bn) rescue loan to Iceland and $16.5bn to Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund has started to dip into an arsenal th...

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IMF director gets to keep job despite affair

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 11.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Imf, International Monetary Fund, IMF Chief Affair, Business News

WASHINGTON — The head of the International Monetary Fund will keep his job despite having an affair with a married subordinate, the agency's exe...

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IMF Comes To The Rescue Of Iceland, Pakistan

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: International Monetary Fund, Pakistan, Wall St Crisis, Credit Crisis, Imf, Wall Street, Iceland, Business News

Iceland, whose economy has been crippled by the credit crisis, will unveil an IMF-led rescue package: The IMF is expected to contribute just over $1b...

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IMF Chief Embroiled In Sex Scandal

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Imf, International Monetary Fund, Imf Sex Scandal, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Imf, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal, Debt, Finance, Business News

WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund, a key institution in the global financial crisis, has hired a law firm to investigate whether its ...

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Iceland Looks For Overseas Help In Dire Financial Crisis

Reuters | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Finance, Interdependence, Economy, Imf, Credit Crunch, Credit Crisis, Iceland Financial Crisis, Iceland, World Economy, Business News

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland looked for help from new partners on Monday to dig it out of a crisis that has overwhelmed its once-flourishing financia...

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Gordon Brown's Trumpet

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Gordon Brown, Nobel Prize, Economy, Treasury, World Concert, Krugman, Federal Reserve, Imf, Paul Krugman, Brown, Oboe, Trumpet, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

The first sound was a muffled rat-a-tat as the rise in housing prices in the first half of the millennium's new decade triggered concern about a bubbl...

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Gov't eyes plan to take ownership stakes in banks

AP | HARRY DUNPHY and TOM RAUM | Posted 11.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Imf, Global Meltdown, Financial Crisis, Developing Countries, Developing Nations, Business News

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told international leaders on Sunday that isolationism and protectionism could worsen the spreadin...

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IMF: Global Financial System On The "Brink Of Systematic Meltdown"

Reuters | Lesley Wroughton and Francois Murphy | Posted 11.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Financial Crisis, Imf, IMF Meeting, International Monetary Fund, Business News

The IMF warned on Saturday that the global financial system was on the brink of meltdown, while France and Germany pushed ahead with a pan-European cr...

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Behind Wall Street's Collapse

Walden Bello | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Bailout, Wall Street, Rosa Luxemberg, Cdos, Wall Street Bailout, International Monetary Fund, Argentina, Reaganism, Collatorized Debt Obligations, International Financing Review, Klaus Schwab, Internet Bubble, Imf, Stock Market, Dean Baker, Great Depression, World Economic Forum, Financialization, Technology-Stock Bubble, Economic Bubble, Bankruptcy, Golden Age of Contemporary Capitalism, Brazil, Fannie Mae, U.S. Treasury Department, Recession, Financial Collapse, Freddie Mac, Subprime Mortgages, Ben Bernanke, Neoliberal Restructuring, China, Business News
Walden Bello

In a nutshell, the Wall Street meltdown is not only due to greed and to the lack of government regulation of a hyperactive sector.

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The Economic Shock: An Interview With Naomi Klein on the Current Crisis

Wajahat Ali | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Naomi Klein Interview, Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine, Economy, Naomi Klein Economy, Section 8, International Monetary Fund, Free Market Finance, Imf, Fannie Mae, Clinton Administration, Bush Administration, Freddie Mac, Argentina Federal Debt, Chile Federal Debt, Laissez-Faire, Shock Economics, Free Market Ideology, Politics News
Wajahat Ali

"There are a lot of things the taxpayers have a right to ask of Wall Street in exchange for these bailouts." (Klein)

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We Are Winning: An Interview With Battle In Seattle Director Stuart Townsend

Brad Listi | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: New Releases, WTO Riots, Third World, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Michelle Rodriguez, Presidential Election, Global Trade, Imf, Sean Penn, Woody Harrelson, Seattle Riots, Stuart Townsend, Battle in Seattle, Movies, Barack Obama, Cinema, Celebrity Endorsements, Patriotism, Seattle, Brad Listi, World Trade Organization, Filmmaking, Ray Liotta, Make Trade Fair, Channing Tatum, Andre Benjamin, Charlize Theron, Wto, Home News
Brad Listi

A lot of people feel like they've lost their voice during the last eight years. This movie is a clear illustration of the fact that you do count... Things can be different. If Obama runs the country like he's run his campaign, we're in good shape.

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Large Bank Collapse Projected In US By Former IMF Chief

Reuters | Posted 09.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Next Bank Collapse, Depression, Bank Collapse, Investment Banks, International Monetary Fund, Kenneth Rogoff, Bank Run, Imf, Banking Crisis, IMF Chief, Recession, Business News

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The worst of the global financial crisis is yet to come and a large U.S. bank will fail in the next few months as the world's b...

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