Top American intellectual sees no significant change of US foreign policy under Obama
As civilised people across the world breathed a sigh of relief to see the back of former US president George W. Bush, top American intellectual Noam Chomsky warned against assuming or expecting significant changes in the basis of Washington's foreign policy under President Barack Obama.
Gordon Brown urged European Socialist leaders last week to appoint Tony Blair as the European President. “Get real”, he told them, “This is a unique opportunity to get a strong progressive politician to be the president.”
I had a long conversation with my favorite physician, who has operated on me twice successfully. He is an incredibly kind person without an ounce of greed or pretense. Like other physicians I have spoken to, he spoke eloquently about the terrible times he consistently has with private health insurance companies.
Free Enterprise: Unsustainably Subsidized by Your Government
Political Views
By MWC News
Sunday, 01 November 2009
Free enterprise, also called free market, is an economy governed by the laws of supply and demand, not restrained by government interference, regulation or subsidy.
More than 34 people have been killed and 45 others wounded after a suicide bomber targeted workers queuing for their salaries in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad.
Iran wants the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to establish a panel to undertake a technical review of a UN-backed plan requiring it to ship most of its uranium abroad for further processing.
Leaders from nearly 180 countries hope to finalise the outline of a plan to provide billions of dollars a year to fight climate change, in their final round of talks before a conference in Copenhagen next month.
The Palestinians have accused the US of destroying any chance of peace talks after backing Israel over the building of illegal settlements on occupied land.
Hundreds of former Chilean military conscripts have offered to reveal details of crimes they committed and witnessed during the late General Augusto Pinochet's rule.