Latvia’s currency crisis fears spread

Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Europe, Financial, Arc, Baltic Nations, Baltic Sea, Budget Cuts, Contagion, Crisis Fears, Currency Crisis, Darkness, Eastern Europe, Economists, European Economy, Financial Crisis, Fragility, Global Financial Crisis, Latvia, Neighbors, Neighbours, Sunday Herald, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, Worries

Worries are intensifying that Latvia’s financial crisis will spread to its Baltic Sea neighbors and to Eastern Europe, economists say.
The situation is revealing fragility at the edges of the European economy and reportedly has sparked fears that a currency crisis could spread to fellow Baltic nations Lithuania and Estonia.
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The War on Terror is Over

Posted by Matt in January 29th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Terrorism, Al Arabiya, Al Arabiya News, Al Arabiya News Network, Al-Qaeda, Array, Darkness, Dubai United Arab Emirates, Elements, Freedom, Global Struggle, Islamofascism, National Struggle, Terrorist Organizations, United Arab Emirates, United Emirates, War On Terror, White House

In his first White House televised interview, with the Al Arabiya news network based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, President Obama buried the lead: The war on terror is over.
Yes, the with-us-or-against-us global struggle — the so-called Long War — in which a freedom-loving West confronts the undifferentiated forces of darkness comprising everything from Al [...]

Darkness at the End of the Tunnel

Posted by Matt in June 24th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Nuclear, 15s, bombs, Counterrevolution, Darkness, Deputy Prime Minister, Eastern Mediterranean, Exercise, Iran, Israel, Israeli Attack, Israelis, Military Affairs, Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Program, Rehearsal, Shaul Mofaz, Targets, Technology

Israel has just carried out a major aerial exercise, putting a hundred or so F-15s and F-16s into the skies over the eastern Mediterranean, evidently a rehearsal for a strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. The move follows the statement earlier this month by Shaul Mofaz, Israel’s deputy prime minister, that an Israeli attack on Iran’s [...]

Escape from North Korea

Posted by Matt in June 4th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Brother And Sister, Brother Sister, Checkpoints, China, Chinese Border, Chopping Board, Collapse, Darkness, Desperate Choices, Exclusive Report, Execution, Exodus, Immigrants, Informants, Journey, Korea Government, Kwan, North Face, North Koreans, North-Korea, Obstacle Course, Perilous Journey, Refugees, Safe House, South-Korea, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Tors, Tumen River, Underground Railroad, Wall Border

So many people have defected from North Korea that the government is now building a wall along the Chinese border. This exclusive report follows one family’s dangerous exodus.
At a safe house in China, a brother and sister collapse into each other arms. For months, ‘Uncle Jung’ has been trying to smuggle his sister and her [...]