Last Updated: Monday, September 1, 2008 20:29 GMT Russia-Cuba ties worry U.S. U.K. Pound Falls Versus Dollar to Lowest Level Since April 2006
Climate Scientists: Use Spaceships To Block Out The Sun
Global warming alarmists, who have routinely dismissed evidence that the Sun is the main driver of climate change, are now calling to block out the celestial body that supports all life on Earth in a set of bizarre new proposals to "geo-engineer" the planet.
• Sun Makes History: First Spotless Month in a Century
• Scientists issue warning that technology to beat global warming may backfire
Amid rising tensions over Georgia, U.S. officials are increasingly concerned that Russia is moving to rebuild one of the most dangerous features of the old Soviet Union's security structure -- its alliance with Cuba.
• Arms supply to Georgia must be stopped - Russian FM
The week that buried the new world order
The fall of the Berlin Wall seemed to herald the end of the Cold War and the emergence of a single superpower. A resurgent Russia's actions in Georgia have shattered that illusion
The British pound fell to the lowest level since April 2006 against the dollar after Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said the U.K. faced the worst economic slump in 60 years.
• Greenback likely to rally further
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
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