Sex Trafficking in South Africa: World Cup Slavery Fear – TIME

Posted by Matt in January 11th, 2010 | no comment

After driving them eight hours north to Bloemfontein, the recruiter sold them to a Nigerian drug and human-trafficking syndicate in exchange for $120 and crack cocaine. “[The recruiter] said we could find a job,” Sindiswa recalled, “but as soon as we got here, she told us, ‘No. You have to go into the streets and [...]

More carnage is on the way for Britain, warns IMF

Posted by Matt in April 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Britain, Economy, Financial, Banks, British Economy, Carnage, Debts, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions, Global Downturn, Global Financial Crisis, Global Financial Stability, Global Financial Stability Report, International Monetary Fund, Loans, Losses, Red Ink, Three Times, Tide

Banks are only a third of the way through the tortuous process of writing down their toxic debts, the International Monetary Fund warned.
The deepening global downturn and rising defaults will push bank losses on soured loans to an extraordinary £1.9trillion, three times current levels, the Washington-based Fund said in its Global Financial Stability Report.
Including all [...]

Hezbollah missile stock ‘tripled’

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

Published in Middle East, Missiles, Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, hezbollah, Lebanon, Lebanon War, Missile, Missiles, Stock, Three Times

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has said the Lebanese Hezbollah movement now has three times as many missiles as before the 2006 Lebanon war.
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Oil to hit $400 a barrel by 2018

Posted by Matt in June 5th, 2008 | 1 comment

Published in China, Oil, 1990s, Admiral, Caucasus, China, Chinese Economy, Countries, Energy Efficiency, Energy Prices, Gdp, High Quality, India, Nationalisation, Oil Fields, Oil Prices, Productivity, Quality Infrastructure, Russia, Three Times, Venezuela, World Gdp

“The big story is productivity in China,” he asserts, noting it is an incredible 9%, or three times the level of productivity in the US during its 1990s peak. Admiral Owens attributes this to the country’s high-quality infrastructure. It will allow the Chinese economy to soon become the second-largest in the world, with a GDP [...]

India’s missile power lifts off

Posted by Matt in May 22nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in India, Missiles, Aggressors, Agni Iii, Agni Iii Missile, beijing, China Russia, Cruise-Missiles, Flight Test, Israel, Medium Range Missiles, Neighbors, New Delhi, Nuclear Warhead, Pakistan India, Range Ballistic Missiles, Tactical Missiles, Three Times

The spread of long-range ballistic missiles took a step forward on May 7 with India’s successful flight test of its Agni-III missile that can carry a nuclear warhead as far as Beijing.
But the difference between this and other missile developments is that India’s missiles — like those of the United States, Britain, France and Israel [...]

Russian Nuclear Missile Submarine Patrols Decrease Again

Posted by Matt in April 28th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Ballistic Missiles, Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists, Cold-War, Decline, Deterrence, Nuclear Missile Submarine, Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapon, Posture, Russia, Russian Nuclear Missile, Russian Patrol, Ssbn, Submarine Patrols, submarines, Three Times

The number of deterrence patrols conducted by Russia’s 11 nuclear-powered ballistic missiles submarines (SSBNs) decreased to only three in 2007 from five in 2006, according to our latest Nuclear Notebook published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
In comparison, U.S. SSBNs conducted 54 patrols in 2007, more than three times as many as all the [...]