12/02/2008
DOHA Outcome Not Bold Enough (Scoop.co.nz)
"What we need urgently is leadership and daring solutions to install a new economic global governance deal that redistributes wealth and justice, a deal which is within our grasp should our leaders choose to reach for it.
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12/01/2008
Paddy Ashdown: Corruption and terrorism will flourish without global governance (Independent)
There are three events which will characterise the coming age. The first is the transfer of power from the nations gathered around the Atlantic rim to those gathered around the Pacific, which will not be smooth. We are reaching the end of the period of hegemony of Western values in international affairs and we will have to start accepting new governmental concepts if we are to have a rule-based ...
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12/02/2008
Oxfam raps developed countries (The Peninsula)
DOHA: The negotiations at the four-day UN meet on financing for development have exposed deep divisions over the question of how to overhaul the international financial architecture, Oxfam International said.
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12/02/2008
European socialists see opportunity for polical gains due to financial crisis (Eu Business)
(MADRID ) - European socialist leaders meeting in Spain on Tuesday predicted electoral gains in the wake of the global financial crisis which has revealed the "failure" of the policies of their rivals on the right.
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12/02/2008
European socialists see opportunity for polical gains due to financial crisis (Eu Business)
(MADRID ) - European socialist leaders gathered at a two-day meeting which wraps up Tuesday in Spain said they believe they are poised to make electoral gains in the wake of the global financial crisis which has revealed the "failure" of the policies of their rivals to the right.
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12/01/2008
NEW LEADER OF FRANCE'S SOCIALISTS CALLS FOR NEW ECONOMIC MODEL (The Tocqueville Connection)
MADRID, Dec 1, 2008 (AFP) - The new leader of France's opposition Socialist Party, Martine Aubry, called Monday for the establishment of a new economic model in the wake of the global financial crisis.
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12/01/2008
Tall order in a time of 'peace' (The Japan Times)
NEW DELHI — The U.S.-sparked global financial meltdown is just the latest sign that the world is at a defining moment in history. Given the global ace of political, economic and technological transformation witnessed the last two decades, the next 20 years are likely to bring equally dramatic change. Yet the world cannot remain saddled with outmoded, ineffective institutions and rules. With the ...
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12/01/2008
Obama OKs Clinton to Cabinet (The Washington Times)
President-elect Barack Obama unveiled his national security team today, nominating Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and choosing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to stay on as Pentagon chief.
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12/01/2008
Turner does it again! Praises KGB, condemns U.S. (WorldNet Daily)
WASHINGTON – CNN founder Ted Turner, who has previously insulted Christianity and warned of imminent cannibalism as a result of global warming , is now praising the KGB and characterizing the U.S. entry into Iraq as "naked aggression."
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12/01/2008
UN chief stresses world need to confront development emergency while facing financial crisis (People's Daily)
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon opened a four-day international conference on financing for development in the Qatari capital Doha on Saturday, highlighting the importance to confront development emergency. In his keynote address at the plenary session of the UN-sponsored Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, Ban ...
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