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The Forgotten Torture Chambers, Walls and Economics of the Occupation (Pulse of the Twin Cities) A few weeks ago I attended an event commemorating Palestinian Prisoner’s Day at Al Far’a Refugee Camp in the Tubas area. us.rd.yahoo.com
Credit Card Overhauls Seem Likely (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance) Proposed regulations changes are strongly opposed by the credit card industry, which has long beat back any regulatory constraints. us.rd.yahoo.com
Backing off on the gas (San Diego Union-Tribune) Anthony Squires knows exactly what he wants to do. us.rd.yahoo.com
P R Ravi Mohan and T Gopinath: Why India`s different from the US (Business Standard India) One of the points made about the US sub-prime crisis is that its roots lie in the enhanced efforts towards financial inclusion in the form of bringing sub-prime borrowers within the ambit of the financial services industry. us.rd.yahoo.com
Feast and famine (Guardian Unlimited) By the third century BC, the hungry young city of Rome needed more grain than the surrounding countryside could provide, and relied on imports from Sicily and Sardinia. As the city grew, more productive land was needed. The options were trade and conquest. us.rd.yahoo.com
Andrew Simms: The New Green Deal aims to cut fossil fuel use and create green-collar jobs (Guardian Unlimited) Andrew Simms: A translation of Roosevelt's 1930s policy aims to tackle climate change, unemployment and the credit crunch us.rd.yahoo.com
Hurt or help: Scotts Valley to study Target economics (Santa Cruz Sentinel) SCOTTS VALLEY -- Karen Diamond has been selling candles, clothing and gifts at a small store in Felton for 16 years. us.rd.yahoo.com
Study: ’07 tourists spent $309 million in Hot Springs area (NWAnews.com) HOT SPRINGS — Visitors spent more than $309 million — nearly $850,000 a day — in Garland County in 2007, according to a study released Monday by the Hot Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition) us.rd.yahoo.com
Delhi hub of trading activity in the country, says report (Outlook India) With retail and wholesale trade firms cornering 49 per cent share of total business activities against national level of 42 per cent, Delhi continues to remain a hub of trading activity in the country. us.rd.yahoo.com
The Battle for Catholic Voters (Time.com via Yahoo! News) With the economy and Iraq topping voter concerns, abortion has receded into the political background. As a TIME poll shows, that has put the Catholic vote up for grabs us.rd.yahoo.com
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