09.19.08
Reuters: Satellite images show ethnic cleanout in Iraq
Satellite images taken at night show heavily Sunni Arab neighborhoods of Baghdad began emptying before a U.S. troop surge in 2007, graphic evidence of ethnic cleansing that preceded a drop in violence, according to a report published on Friday.
Reuters - Satellite images show ethnic cleanout in Iraq
09.15.08
Financial meltdown spreads, McCain oblivious
American International Group Inc, thrown a $20 billion lifeline by New York state officials, came under fresh pressure for survival on Tuesday as ratings agencies downgraded the insurer’s debt and the global financial sector meltdown spread.
AIG in focus as financial meltdown spreads | Reuters
Would John McCain like to take back his comments from the Republican primaries that the economy overall is in good shape? Let’s see…
Guess not! How, you ask, can a candidate to be president simultaneously acknowledge that the financial sector is in meltdown, but yet that the “fundamentals of our economy are strong”?
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