Kim Jong-un, the son of the ruler of North Korea. Or so we think.Photograph: Yonhap/AFP/Getty Images
Kim Jong Il Appears To Head Home After Latest Hush-Hush Trip To Beijing — L.A.
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North Korea’s Leader Appears To Be Heading Back Home
Posted by War News Updates Editor on August 29th, 2010
Kim Jong-un, the son of the ruler of North Korea. Or so we think.Photograph: Yonhap/AFP/Getty Images
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Comments OffBringing green power to the poor
Posted by UpdatedFrequently on August 12th, 2010
Many in the under-developed world who live in poverty are not linked into an energy grid. Living without a steady source of power means they have to spend a good part of their time gathering energy sources for cooking, light and heat.
Posted in World News Tags: Bakery, Charcoal, Cook Stove, Cooking Light, Dollar A Day, effects on the environment, Emergence, Energy Grid, Energy Projects, Energy Sources, Financial Health, Firewood, Green Energy, Kerosene Lamp, Led Lamp, Light Charcoal, Ophelia, Productivity Benefits, Sources Of Energy, Steady Source, West Africa Comments OffThe Emergence Of Ecuador As A Criminal State
Posted by Bookyards on February 3rd, 2010
Ecuador Emerges As Hub For International Crime — Deutsche WelleEcuador is emerging as a focus for transnational criminal groups, according to US and European officials. Colombian and Mexican drug traffickers as well as Chinese and African human traffickers use it as a business hub.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the inter-governmental body responsible for combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism, is expected at its meeting in February in Abu Dhabi to include Ecuador on its high-risk jurisdiction list at the request of G20 finance ministers.
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My Comment: You know you have a problem when the President of Ecuador receives financial support from narco guerrilla/terror groups.
But while the focus is on Ecuador, the US has also been implicated in providing cover for criminal organizations.
Posted in World News Tags: Abu Dhabi, Business Hub, Combating Money Laundering, Criminal Groups, Criminal Organizations, Deutsche Welle, Emergence, European Officials, Financial Action Task Force, Focus Groups, G20 Finance Ministers, Governmental Body, Guerrilla, High Risk, Human Traffickers, International Crime, Jurisdiction, Mexican Drug Traffickers, President Of Ecuador, Terror Groups, World News Comments OffWhy America And China Will Clash — A Commentary
Posted by Bookyards on January 19th, 2010
From The Financial Times:
Google’s clash with China is about much more than the fate of a single, powerful firm.
Posted in World News Tags: American Policymakers, Assumptions, Censorship, China Government, Economic Power, Emergence, Fate, Financial Times, Giant, Google, Harbinger, Political Liberalisation, Reason, Tiananmen Massacre, World News Comments OffPoverty levels rise again in the UK
Posted by UpdatedFrequently on December 3rd, 2009
The annual report from the UK’s Joseph Rowntree foundation has just been released. This year, the Foundation says that poverty in the UK continues to rise.
Posted in World News Tags: Bbc, Co Author, Collecting Records, Emergence, Fact That Some People, Foundation Points, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Julia Unwin, Kenway, Last Decade, Poverty In The Uk, Poverty Levels, Property Repossessions, Report Said That, Root Cause, S Joseph, Tax Credits, Turning Point, Two Million, Women In The Workforce, World News Comments Off
