Nicolas Sarkozy

                   

Toward a National Journalism Foundation (Federal bailout of Drive-By Media)

freerepublic.com
2 hrs ago
        

Amid so much talk of federal bailouts for the banking and auto industries, what would a national bailout plan for journalism look like? If you were given $700 billion to save journalism, how would you use it? How would you fix...

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OFF THE BOARD: The world economy: handle with care

mcgilltribune.com
9 hrs ago
        

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the measures that came out of this past weekend's Group of 20 Summit didn't live up to the ambitious rhetoric that preceded it. The meeting of world leaders-billed by many as a "Bretton Woods II"-will...

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The G20 Summit: Disappointing Punt to Next Spring

seekingalpha.com
4 hrs ago
        

Jonathan O'Shaughnessy submits:The G20 Summit was first proposed by the UK and France during the first waves of the global economic meltdown. It was long anticipated as a coming together of the major nations in the world to...

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U.S.-Afghan rift builds around Karzai's overture to Taliban (McClatchy Newspapers)

yahoo.com
14 hrs ago 161 related
        

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents rejected an offer of talks from Kabul Monday and threatened for the first time to strike a target in the West, suggesting many years of violent...

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UBS joins Goldman in canceling bonuses for top executives

iht.com
22 hrs ago 94 related
        

UBS said Monday that its top executives would get no bonus this year, as public scrutiny of bankers' compensation intensifies amid the taxpayer rescue of the financial sector. It followed by one day a similar announcement from...

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Obama goes viral

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22 hrs ago 1 related
        

Barack Obama's democratic Internet strategy has just gone viral. The New York Times reports that Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, the leader of Israel's conservative Likud party, has borrowed the look, feel and features of Obama's...

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French MP kills woman, shoots himself dead

thenews.com.pk
23 hrs ago 1 related
        

METZ: A French member of parliament, said to be disturbed over losing his job as a town mayor, shot a woman dead Monday before turning the gun on himself, officials said. Jean-Marie Demange, of President Nicolas Sarkozy's...

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Georgia: A Tiny Village Emerges as a Potential Flashpoint

eurasianet.org
16 hrs ago
        

BY MOLLY CORSO The tenuous security situation in the Georgian village of Perevi has exposed a conundrum for both Georgia and European Union. Both want Moscow to fully withdraw its forces from the town, but they have been forced...

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Suspected ETA military chief arrested

tiscali.co.uk
yesterday 137 related
        

By Claude Canellas BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - The suspected military leader of Basque separatist group ETA has been arrested in France, dealing a severe blow to the organisation, French police said on Monday. Garikoitz...

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French rail strike to increase travel disruption

telegraph.co.uk
yesterday 121 related
        

Visitors to France could face transport chaos this week as train drivers plan to join Air France pilots in a walk out over labour reforms. Workers from six different rail unions are planning to walk out this week Photo: GETTY...

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