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By Agence France-Presse

Latin American leaders agreed here on the creation of a regional currency, the Sucre, aimed at scaling back the use of the US dollar.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23743.htm

Iran to completely drop dollar from foreign exchange

Iran's Trade Promotion Organization has announced a near future plan to completely exclude the US dollar from the country's foreign revenues and reserves.

https://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108867&sectionid=351020102

'Iran and Russia propose oil trade without USD'

Venezuela's president has said that countries including Venezuela, Russia and Iran have proposed the US dollar should be replaced as the currency used for oil trade.

https://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108972&sectionid=3510213

How China is Torpedoing the U.S. Dollar

The dollar's been struggling to retain its value - and now it's about to get worse thanks to China. This report shows you how China is undercutting the dollar and the two best ways for investors to turn this in their favor.

https://www.moneymorning.com/2009/10/18/china-u.s.-dollar/

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rudkla - 19. Okt, 06:17

Samstag, 17. Oktober 2009

Military Children in Crisis

Stacy Bannerman, Truthout: "A seven-year-old second-grader attempted suicide while his father was serving yet another tour in Iraq. Seven years old. Seven. His mother was one of half a dozen military spouses I have spoken with about soldiers' kids who have attempted suicide during their fathers' deployments. She trembled when she told me."

https://www.truthout.org/101709C

https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Stacy+Bannerman

rudkla - 17. Okt, 22:15

White House "Ordered" Lawmakers to Amend FOIA in Order to Conceal Torture Photos

Jason Leopold, Truthout: "The Obama administration will likely drop its Supreme Court petition challenging the release of photographs showing US soldiers abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan now that lawmakers are set to pass legislation authorizing the government to continue to keep the images under wraps."

https://www.truthout.org/101709A

https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=abuse
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jason+Leopold

rudkla - 17. Okt, 22:10

Presidential Power Grows

David Swanson, TomDispatch.com: "Presidential power has been on a pathway of expansion beyond what the Constitution outlined, and what a government of, by, and for the people requires, since George Washington was president. That expansion, which hit the highway after World War II, got a turbo boost during the co-presidency of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney."

https://www.truthout.org/1016091

What's Obama's Score on Mideast Peace?

Ira Chernus, Truthout: "Barack Obama: a. Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for pointing the world toward peace b. Hardly deserves the Prize, since he has no concrete achievements yet to merit it. The right answer? Take your pick."

https://www.truthout.org/1016093

https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Nobel+laureate
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https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Constitution
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+Swanson
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ira+Chernus

rudkla - 17. Okt, 09:34

Resisting Injustice in Guantanamo: The Story of Fayiz Al-Kandari

Andy Worthington, Truthout: "Fouad al-Rabiah was a humanitarian aid worker caught up in the chaos of Afghanistan following the US-led invasion in October 2001, and his own protestations of innocence came to an end when he was subjected to some of the notorious 'enhanced interrogation techniques' used in Guantanamo. These were torture techniques reverse engineered from those taught in US military schools to train US personnel to resist interrogation if captured, and were modeled on techniques used on captured US pilots during the Korean War to produce false confessions."

https://www.truthout.org/1016095

https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Fouad+al-Rabiah
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rudkla - 17. Okt, 09:29