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Jamaican Army Deployed Ahead of Tax Increase 'Jamaica's government put police and the army on alert to prevent violent demonstrations as it prepared to announce tax increases on gasoline, cigarettes and other consumer items on Thursday. Police and soldiers were deployed at what the government called "strategic" locations across the Caribbean island to quell any violent protests. Finance and Planning Minister Audley Shaw was expected to announce the tax increases during a budget debate later on Thursday.' Read more...

Saturday, 25 April 2009 Federal Reserve Agrees 'Stress Tests' are a Sham 'The "stress tests" were supposed to triage those banks worth saving from those which were already too far gone to save. But as Nouriel Roubini, FDIC chief Sheila Blair, Nobel Economist Paul Krugman, former S&L regulator William Black and many others said, the "stress tests" are a sham. Well, they've been proven right. The Fed said today that - instead of letting the insolvent banks fail - which is what virtually all of the independent experts are recommending, the Fed will rescueall banks which fail the stress test.' Read more... New Flu Kills 68 in Mexico, Reaches US 'The outbreak of a new flu virus which has killed sixty eight people in Mexico has now reached the US, infecting at least eight Americans. Top US health officials in the State of California have announced that at least eight Americans have been infected by the new strain of the 'largely mysterious' swine flu and the number is expected to rise. Schools and educational centers in the Capital Mexico City were closed and hospitals were put on alert earlier on Thursday with the Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova telling reporters "We're dealing with a new flu virus that constitutes a respiratory epidemic that so far is controllable".' Read more...   Friday, 24 April 2009 Every Youngster to Carry Out 50 hours Community Service by Age 19 'Schools will be offered new assistance starting in September to enable their pupils to undertake the voluntary service in their local communities. If the new target is not reached, Gordon Brown will consider making voluntary service a compulsory part of the secondary school curriculum.' This is just a stepping-stone to compulsory service to the state.  Read more...