Friday, 29 August 2008


Biggest Newspaper In Holland Says Dutch Intelligence Helped Prepare Imminent Attack On Iran
The biggest Newspaper in the Netherlands today devotes its front page to news that the Dutch intelligence agency has helped the CIA prepare for an air attack on Iran which it now believes is imminent.


Palin currently being investigated for abuse of office 
The Associated Press reports, "More recently, she has come under the scrutiny of an investigation by the Republican-controlled legislature into the possibility that she ordered the dismissal of Alaska's public safety commissioner because he would not fire her former brother-in-law as a state trooper."

Newspapers ‘Dying’: Sun-Times Columnist
"It's been a tremendous experience, but I'm going to be honest with you, the profession is dying."

• Israel clears troops who killed cameraman
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How the Chicago Boys Wrecked the Economy 
Michael Hudson is a former Wall Street economist specializing in the balance of payments and real estate at the Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan Chase & Co.), Arthur Anderson, and later at the Hudson Institute (no relation). 

• UK's sterling slips to new multi-year low versus buck