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Sweden's Queen on "Fire Souls" -- Leaders in Child Protection

Jim Luce | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Mats AguréN, Aga Khan, Lucie Hrbkova, Latvia, Lithuania, Ecosoc, Axel Johnson Group, Amir Dossal, Brazil, Estonia, Jenny Bowen, Half the Sky China, Branding Strategies, Ann Veneman, Barbro E. Heinz Family, Fire Souls, Germany, Millennium Development Goals, Frances D. Alleman-Luce, Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Maja Svenonius, Charlotte Brandin, Childhood Anniversary Symposium, New York News
Jim Luce

Ten years ago, Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden reached the point where she could no longer witness the appalling conditions of children around the ...

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Mobile phone firm behind meteorite hoax

The Independent | Independent | Posted 10.27.2009 | Home

Read More: Latvia, Home News

A Swedish mobile phone operator acknowledged today it was behind an elaborate meteorite hoax in Latvia and pledged to reimburse the Baltic nation...

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"Meteorite" Crashes In Latvia

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Meteorite, Estonia, Wtf, Latvia, Meteorology, Meteor, Latvia Meteor, Latvia Meteor Conspiracy, Meteor Crushes in Latvia, Meteor Latvia, Meteorite in Latvia, World News

RIGA, Latvia — Scientists investigating a large crater initially believed to have been caused by a meteorite said a closer analysis Monday revea...

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Interview with Michael Hudson Who Advises Latvia To Default on Their Loans to Sweden

Max Keiser | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Imf, Latvia, Michael Hudson, World Bank, Sweden, Dr.Michael Hudson, Business News
Max Keiser

Latvia should not pay back its loans to Sweden says renowned economist Dr. Michael Hudson. I interviewed him after reading his piece; The Specter o...

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Counter-Factual History: McCain Is President and Bono Wins the Nobel Prize

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: Straits of Hormuz, Syria, Shanghai Treaty Organization, Mongolia, Vaclav Havel, Lithuania, Bono, Kosovo, China, Cold War, Robert Kagan, Putin, Iran, Nato, Joe Lieberam, Russia, Lech WałęSa, Czech Republic, Latvia, John McCain, Serbia, League of Democracies, Nobel Peace Prize, Colombia, Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama, Medvedev, Cnn, Poland, Georgia, Israel, Wolf Blitzer, Tawian, Lita, World News
Leon T. Hadar

"I have to admit that I'm beginning to miss George W. Bush," is the way former Republican Senator "Chuck" Hagel responded when being asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer to assess the foreign policy record of the administration of Republican President John McCain.

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Kirilenko, Hantuchova reach quarters at Korea Open

AP | Posted 11.24.2009 | Home

Read More: Seoul-South Korea, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Latvia, South Africa, Slovakia, Home News

Defending champion Maria Kirilenko of Russia advanced to the Korea Open quarterfinals on Thursday by beating Francesca Schiavone, who retired with an injury early in the second set.

Kirilenko was leading the third-seeded Schiavone 6-1, 1-2 in the second round when the Italian, who had taken a medical time-out in the first set with an apparent right thigh injury, retired.

Kirilenko will next play seventh-seeded Vera Dushevina of Russia, who beat Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia 7-5, 6-1.

Top-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia also advanced, defeating Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa 6-1, 6-1.

Hantuchova, who did not face a break point, will next face Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan, who saved a match point before eliminating fifth-seeded Alisa Kleybanova of Russia 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

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The IMF Destroys Iceland and Latvia

Nathan Lewis | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Imf, Latvia, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, Iceland, Imf Iceland, International Monetary Fund, Imf Latvia, World News
Nathan Lewis

It's not about "conservative" and "liberal." It's about us against the banker imperialists. The IMF should be abolished.

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Good riddance: Latvia casts off Britain's stags

The Independent | Independent | Posted 07.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Old Town, Riga, Latvia, Britain, Home News

On a hot summer's day in the Latvian capital, the only tourists sitting at the outdoor cafés in the main square of Riga's pretty Old Town are a few ...

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Labor, House Dems Stall Panama Trade Deal

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Panama-Trade-Agreement, International Monetary Fund, Employee Free Choice Act, Louise Slaughter, Congress, Obama Administration, Chamber of Commerce, Panama, Latvia, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

if the Wall Street boys thought they were just going to run the table on international economic policy in this administration, they had another thing coming.

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Latvian farmers weather economic storm

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.25.2009 | Home

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Photo: Akim Aginsky / Pulitzer Center Kristina Rizga of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting writes about how farmers are coping with the ...

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Full Show: April 20, 2009

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.21.2009 | Home

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Watch the show from Monday, April 20: A global economic reality check, Latvia’s economic slide, Iran’s president at the U.N. Racism Confe...

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Empty stores, offices tell tale of Latvia?s economic fall

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.21.2009 | Home

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Until the global recession, the former Soviet republic of Latvia was experiencing the kind of growth that some described as a miracle. Now, it has all...

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Piracy, protests and Estonian technology

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Poland, Zimbabwe, Estonia, Tanzania, Kenya, China, Lithuania, Mozambique, Latvia, Somalia, Home News

var quiz = {id: 29, questions: [ { id: 161, text: 'Pirates off the coast of Somalia seized an American-flagged ship and took the captain hostage Wedn...

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Baltic states preserve identities, but remain vulnerable

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Estonia, Latvia, Soviet Union, Lithuania, Home News

The Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, and have since all joined the European Union. W...

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What Next in Russia?

Peter Schechter | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Vladmir Putin, Nato, Russia-America-Talks, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Russian Oligarchs, Vice President Joe Biden, Putin, Foreign Policy, Latvia, Daniel Silva, World News
Peter Schechter

The United States needs to demand clear results from Moscow: meaningful cooperation on the Iranian nuclear issue, anti-terrorism, non-proliferation and the spread of nuclear materials.

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Latvia's government resigns amid economic crisis

AP | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

Read More: Latvia Economy Riots, Ivars Godmanis, Latvia, Valdis Zatlers, Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis, Godmanis Resigns, Latvia Government, Latvia Economy, Economy, Latvia News, Latvia Economy Collapse, Latvia Government Collapse, World News

RIGA, Latvia — Latvia's center-right coalition government resigned Friday after weeks of instability brought on by the country's economic collap...

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Latvians Riot As Country Faces Financial Meltdown

Readrussia.com | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

Read More: Latvia, Riga Riots, Riga, Latvia Economy, Latvia Financial Crisis, Latvian Riots, Latvia Economic Crisis, Latvia Riots, World News

Watching black-helmeted military police subdue protesters in the streets of Riga this Tuesday felt shocking on two distinct levels. For one thing, the...

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Nazis Not Being Prosecuted By Australia, Hungary: Report

AP | VERONIKA OLEKSYN | Posted 01.11.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Latvia, Lithuania, Nazi War Criminals, Australia, Nazis, Nazis Prosecution, Croatia, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Investigate Nazis, Estonia, Ukraine, Hungary, World News

VIENNA, Austria — Australia, Hungary and Lithuania are failing to investigate and prosecute suspected Nazi war criminals largely due to a lack o...

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