Death in the Atlantic: The Last Four Minutes of Air France Flight 447 – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in February 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Disasters, Accidents, Air Flight, Air France, Air France Flight, Civil Aviation, Crash, Final Four, Flight International, Four Minutes, France News, History Of Aviation, International Flight, News International, Online News, Paris, Reconstruction, Rio, Safety Problems, Spiegel, Spiegel Online

The crash of Air France flight 447 from Rio to Paris last year is one of the most mysterious accidents in the history of aviation. After months of investigation, a clear picture has emerged of what went wrong. The reconstruction of the horrific final four minutes reveal continuing safety problems in civil aviation.
Death in the [...]

How the US is attacking Taliban funding | GlobalPost.Com

Posted by Matt in January 21st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Asia, Afghan, Afghanistan, Corruption, Defense Inspector General, Department Of Defense, Department Of Defense Inspector General, Development Contracts, Finance, General Accounting Office, Government Agencies, Reconstruction, State Department, Taliban, United States Government

The United States government is widening its investigation into reports that U.S. aid and development funds in Afghanistan are being diverted to the Taliban, GlobalPost has learned.
A number of U.S. government agencies are investigating corruption related to military and development contracts, including: the Department of Defense Inspector General, the State Department Inspector General; the General [...]

How the US is attacking Taliban funding | GlobalPost.Com

Posted by Matt in January 21st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Asia, general, Afghan, Afghanistan, Corruption, Defense Inspector General, Department Of Defense, Department Of Defense Inspector General, Development Contracts, Finance, General Accounting Office, Government Agencies, Reconstruction, State Department, Taliban, United States Government

The United States government is widening its investigation into reports that U.S. aid and development funds in Afghanistan are being diverted to the Taliban, GlobalPost has learned.
A number of U.S. government agencies are investigating corruption related to military and development contracts, including: the Department of Defense Inspector General, the State Department Inspector General; the General [...]

Loan Crisis Looming in Eastern Europe?

Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Europe, Asia Crisis, Banking Crisis, Brink, Central And Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Currency Reserves, Eastern Europe, Ebrd, Economists, Emerging Europe, European Bank For Reconstruction And Development, Fallout 2, Financial Crisis, Forbes, Foreign Currency, Global Financial Crisis, guardian, Neighbors, Npls, Peg, Reconstruction, Risk Loans, Western Banks

Some €180 billion in loans are ‘at risk’ in Central and Eastern Europe. If they went bad, could Western banks afford it? Should the West intervene now?
Nobody knows just how fast these “at-risk” loans are turning into NPLs, just that they are. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which warned of a potential [...]

From the ruins, Chinese begin to rebuild lives

Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, 5 Million, beijing, China Daily, Chinese Century, Communist Government, Earthquake, Economic Superpower, Lehman Brothers, Magnitude, Mianyang, Oded, Ohio State University, Open Response, Outrage, Reconstruction, shanghai, Sichuan, Three Decades, University China, Xinhua News Agency, Yang Yang

Like Su, China is already trying to look ahead after the magnitude-7.9 earthquake. Reconstruction has started, even as the communist government attempts to feed and shelter about 5 million people left homeless by the massive disaster.
Shopkeepers who lost years of investment are plotting how to get their businesses running again. The government’s open response may [...]