Global News Stream 11/20/08
EU Farm Ministers Agree to Agricultural Reforms
European Union farm ministers have agreed to agricultural reforms that include cuts in some subsidies and shifting more money into rural development. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the measures have angered some European farmers with other critics saying they will hurt farmers in developing countries.
Russia close to economic collapse as oil price falls, experts predict
Russia faces possible devaluation of the rouble and a severe drop in living standards next year
Chinese Want To Buy the Big 3 Automakers
It appears that the Chinese car makers SAIC and Dongfeng have plans to acquire the Big 3:
Gerald Celente Predicts '08 Panic
Watch Gerald Celente predict the Economic Collapse. Video collage from 2007.
Global News Stream 11/18/08
Premier of Iraq Is Quietly Firing Fraud Monitors
BAGHDAD — The government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is systematically dismissing Iraqi oversight officials, who were installed to fight corruption in Iraqi ministries by order of the American occupation administration, which had hoped to bring Western standards of accountability to the notoriously opaque and graft-ridden bureaucracy here.
Pirates Hijack Oil Tanker In Brazen Attack
(CBS/AP) Somali pirates hijacked a supertanker hundreds of miles off the Horn of Africa, seizing the Saudi-owned ship loaded with crude and its 25-member crew, the U.S. Navy said Monday.
Lou Dobbs: U.S. Govt. Helping to Fund Iran Nuclear Projects
CNN's Lou Dobbs talks about US scientists involved in Iran's Nuclear Program.
Global News Stream 11/17/08
John Bolton and Co. get grilled by the Brits. (video)
Syria's Bargain: Populism vs. Global Standing
New Republic: Why Damascus Won't Stop Harboring Terrorists, No Matter How Hard We Try
Iraq's Cabinet approves U.S. security pact
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi Cabinet on Sunday approved a security pact that would set the terms for U.S. troops in Iraq.
