International Bailout Brings Us Closer to
By Ron Paul
Last week Congress passed the war supplemental appropriations bill. In an affront to all those who thought they voted for a peace candidate, the current president will be sending another $106 billion we don’t have to continue the bloodshed in Afghanistan and Iraq, without a hint of a plan to bring our troops home. Continue
Russia plans Middle East summit: Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, has said that Moscow aims to hold a peace conference before the end of 2009 to help resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Chávez wants to end medicine patents: President Hugo Chávez has vowed to shake up the rules governing intellectual property rights on medicines and other products in Venezuela
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