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TSA: Pat-Downs for All Travelers From 14 Nations
All travelers flying into the U.S. from 14 nations considered high risk will be patted down and have carry-on luggage searched under new security procedures starting Monday, the Transportation …
An American World of War: What to Watch for in 2010
According to the Chinese calendar, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. We don't name our years, but if we did, this one might prospectively be called the …
US, UK Close Yemen Embassies Over Al-Qaeda Threats
San'a, Yemen- The U.S. and Britain closed their embassies in Yemen on Sunday in the face of al-Qaida threats, after both countries announced an increase in aid to the …
Must 2010 Be 1994?
Washington - As they enter this difficult election year, Democrats seem ready to engage yet again in a debate they never seem to tire of: whether winning demands "moving …
Goldman’s Offshore Deals Deepened Global Financial Crisis
New York - When financial titan Goldman Sachs joined some of its Wall Street rivals in late 2005 in secretly packaging a new breed of offshore securities, it gave …
Lessons of the Gaza Freedom March
At 8 a.m., on Wednesday, December 30, I took my seat on a bus in downtown Cairo that was about to head for Gaza. The evening before, Medea Benjamin, …
Egypt: Rooftops Empower the Poor
Cairo - In one of the poorest and most populous neighborhoods of Cairo, Hussein Soliman and his family live in a small apartment that is a model of …
Escape From Pottersville: Strengthening Banking in the Public Interest
Returning our business to community banks is a great start. However, community banks are not suffering from a lack of customers so much as from a lack of the …
Mortgage Foreclosures Still Swamping Federal Efforts to Help
Washington - Banks and other lenders are still foreclosing on Americans' homes at a rate that's outpacing the Obama administration's main effort to stem the crisis. In fact, while …
Mega Giant Corporations Are Very Bad for America
The following is an excerpt from the first chapter of “Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction,” published by Wiley Press.