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Relations between India and China Flare Up Over Border Dispute
India was upbeat when Li Keqiang, China’s new premier, announced that New Delhi would be the destination for his first foreign trip since taking power: it was seen by some as a potential milestone in more co-operative relations between the … Continue reading
VIDEO REPORT by the AEI: How the USA is truely doing in Afghanistan today
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Tagged Afghanistan, progress, USA, video
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US Dollar Rises amid Positive Signs on the US Economy Creating More Jobs than Previously Expected
The dollar rose sharply against the Japanese yen on positive signs on the US economy as job creation in March and April increased more than expected. It rose more than 1 per cent against the yen and initially wiped out … Continue reading
VIDEO REPORT: Estonia’s President Advises Latvia on Joining the EU
Latvia hopes to become the 18th EU member state to join the euro. Estonia became the 17th country to adopt the single currency in 2011. The FT’s Nordic and Baltic correspondent Richard Milne spoke to the President of Estonia, Toomas … Continue reading
INFO-GRAPHIC: When America’s Health is Compared to its Peer Countries…
Image source: http://www.bestmasterofscienceinnursing.com America’s Health Disadvantage The United States spent $2.6 trillion on health care in 2010 – more than any other country in the world. Yet based on research from a collaborative effort within the National Academy of … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, health, Life expectancy, United States
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Global Military Spending Down 0.5% in 2012
STOCKHOLM — Global military spending dipped slightly in 2012 due to belt-tightening and cuts in war spending by the United States, Canada, Australia and several European countries while it rose in China and Russia, a Swedish-based peace research institute said … Continue reading
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Tagged United States, Middle East, China, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Western world, United Arab Emirates, World military spending, peace research institute, sipri yearbook, international peace research
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China’s Defense Budget Increases by 10.7% for 2013
China is to increase its defense budget by 10.7 per cent this year. The rise continues a trend of double-digit hikes over the last 20 years. The authorities said military spending will reach 90 billion euros for 2013. Despite the huge cash … Continue reading
VIDEO REPORT: Speaker Lawrence Lessig: We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim
There is a corruption at the heart of American politics, caused by the dependence of Congressional candidates on funding from the tiniest percentage of citizens. That’s the argument at the core of this blistering talk by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig. … Continue reading
Alan Greenspan himself Now Says It’s Time To ‘End The Fed’
For a long time, gold standard advocates in the United States have had differing viewpoints about whether a new gold standard system might take place with existing institutions, such as the Federal Reserve, or whether it would take place with … Continue reading
New Study Shows Iraq War has Costed $2.2 Trillion (and climbing) w/ +190K Lives Lost
WASHINGTON — The U.S.-led war in Iraq claimed 190,000 lives and will cost the U.S. government at least $2.2 trillion, according to the findings of a project at Brown University released Thursday. The Costs of War report, released ahead of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown University, Catherine Lutz, Cost of War, deaths in iraq, George W. Bush, Iraq, Iraq War, Middle East, number of deaths in iraq, Politics, United States, Victoria Nuland, violence in iraq
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