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ECB FOCUS-Europe rates to lead U.S. as global power shifts

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FRANKFURT, March 31 (Reuters) – After following the Federal Reserve’s lead for over a decade, the European Central Bank is poised to launch a series of interest rate hikes before the U.S. central bank for the first time in the ECB’s history.

March 31st, 2011 | Posted in Economy,Featured,Ron Paul News | Read More »

Libya: The Rebels Retreat

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The second Libyan rebel advance didn’t last very long. Sparked by the withdrawal of Qaddafi’s forces from Ajdabiya last weekend under devastating allied air strikes, and spurred on by the belief that they would somehow sweep westward to Qaddafi’s stronghold of Sirt, and on to Tripoli, the rebels chased their retreating foes on Monday to within fifty miles of Sirt.

March 31st, 2011 | Posted in Featured,World News | Read More »

Wal-Mart CEO Bill Simon expects inflation

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U.S. consumers face “serious” inflation in the months ahead for clothing, food and other products, the head of Wal-Mart’s U.S. operations warned Wednesday.

March 31st, 2011 | Posted in Business,Featured | Read More »

Japan plant radioactivity 10,000 times standard

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TOKYO – Officials with the company that operates Japan’s tsunami-stricken nuclear plant say radioactive contamination in groundwater underneath a reactor has been measured at 10,000 times the government health standard.

March 31st, 2011 | Posted in Environment,Featured | Read More »

Japan’s Nuclear Rescuers: ‘Inevitable Some of Them May Die Within Weeks’

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Workers at the disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan say they expect to die from radiation sickness as a result of their efforts to bring the reactors under control, the mother of one of the men tells Fox News.

March 31st, 2011 | Posted in Featured,Health | Read More »

Oil climbs to highest since 2008 on Libya conflict

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NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil rose to a 30-month high on Thursday as fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi pushed back rebels from key areas in eastern Libya.

March 31st, 2011 | Posted in Economy,Featured | Read More »

Could Declining House Values Spark The Next Taxpayer Rebellion?

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You might think property taxes have declined 30%, paralleling declines in housing values. But nope–property tax revenues have shot up 27% just since 2006.

March 30th, 2011 | Posted in Economy,Featured | Read More »

Israeli minister proposes Gaza artificial island

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JERUSALEM, March 30 (Reuters) – Israel is considering building an artificial island with sea and air ports off blockaded Gaza, as a long-term solution to shipping goods into the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave, the transport minister said.

March 30th, 2011 | Posted in Featured,World News | Read More »

Obama Raises American Hypocrisy To A Higher Level

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What does the world think? Obama has been using air strikes and drones against civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and probably Somalia. In his March 28 speech, Obama justified his air strikes against Libya on the grounds that the embattled ruler, Gadhafi, was using air strikes to put down a rebellion.

March 30th, 2011 | Posted in Featured,Politics,Ron Paul News | Read More »

Kucinich: ‘We are not lapdogs for the president’

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In a recent House debate on the president’s war powers, Congressman Dennis Kucinich delivered a fiery, impassioned speech in support of ending the Afghanistan war, now the longest in America’s history.

March 30th, 2011 | Posted in Featured,Politics | Read More »

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