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China's yuan 'set to usurp US dollar' as world's reserve currency
The Chinese yuan is preparing to overtake the US dollar as the world's reserve currency, economist Nouriel Roubini has warned. http://snipurl.co m/iad6q US Backing for World Currency Stuns Markets US... ...
Obama says Iran war not off the table
President Barack Obama says the US has not taken military action against Iran over its nuclear program off the table ahead of the Israeli premier's trip to Washington. http://www.pr esstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=95 022&sectionid=351020101 ElBaradei:... ...
U.S. Stirs a Hornet's Nest in Pakistan
By ERIC MARGOLIS If this continues, at some point patriotic Pakistani soldiers may rebel and shoot the corrupt generals and politicians on Washington's payroll. Equally ominous, a poor people's uprising... ...
Health Care Lobby Won Billions in Stimulus
Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post: "When President Obama won approval for his $787 billion stimulus package in February, large sections of the 407-page bill focused on a push for new technology... ...
Ex-CIA Official: Agency Brass Lied to Congress About Interrogations
Jason Leopold, Truthout: "Claims that Democrats were fully briefed on the Bush administration's torture program have been leveled as recently as last December by Vice President Dick Cheney and in books... ...
New 'Prisoner Abuse' Photographs Emerge Despite US Bid to Block Publication
By Alex Spillius in Washington Graphic photographs of alleged prisoner abuse, thought to be among up to 2,000 images Barack Obama is trying to prevent from being released, emerged yesterday. http://informa tionclearinghouse.info/art icle22624.htm Some... ...
US-Latin American Relations: A Time of Rising Militarism, Protectionism and Pillage
By James Petras Obama's relentless pursuit of military-driven empire building while in the midst of an ongoing and deepening domestic economic depression forms the basis for understanding Washington's... ...
We Wouldn't Want to Inflame Anti-American Sentiment
http://www.commondreams.or g/view/2009/05/14-8 Why Doesn't Obama Want Us to See What's in the Photos?http://www.commondr eams.org/headline/2009/05/ 14-5 Goliath's Vulnerability Is the Truth http://www.commondre ams.org/view/2009/05/14-4 'Ugly'... ...
Reinventing demons
In These Times by Jeremy Bigwood At an April 7 press conference, President Barack Obama’s special advisor for the Summit of Americas Jeffrey Davidow announced the administration’s new plan to provide... ...
Obama threatens to limit U.S. intel with Brits
The Obama administration says it may curtail Anglo-American intelligence sharing if the British High Court discloses new details of the treatment of a former Guantanamo detainee. http://washingt ontimes.com/news/2009/may/ 12/obama-threatens-to-limi t-us-intel-with-brits/ F rom... ...