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Follow  |   Public Spot created by katewoods the 17/09/2008  |  Visited : 13026  |  Channel: News, Politics, Society,   |  Abusive content
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katewoods says : one good idea would be to have 1 computer for the kids, in a common area.

‘You assume your child isn’t being reckless’

On New Year’s Day in 2002 we had a family dinner. As I was clearing the table before I put the apple pies out for dessert, Alicia said she wasn’t feeling well and asked to go upstairs. I said: “Sure, go ahead.” Later, when she didn’t respond[...]

women.timesonline.co.uk   |   the 05/11   |   Add or View Comment
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katewoods says : Nato, nato!

Nato offers to include Russia in defence planning

Move comes within 24 hours of White House saying it was scrapping proposed missile shield facilities in Poland and Czech Republic

guardian.co.uk   |   the 18/09   |   Add or View Comment
katewoods says : when they started building up the army, all became corrupted.

South Africans start voting in national and provincial polls

“I’LL never betray our fallen leaders,” the old man said proudly as he came out of the polling booth in Mpumalanga, one of South Africa’s nine provinces, shortly after dawn on Wednesday April 22nd. “I will always vote for the African National[...]

economist.com   |   the 23/04   |   Add or View Comment
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katewoods says : transparent image of America?

Barack Obama on torture and the CIA

“WE HAVE been through a dark and painful chapter in our history,” said Barack Obama on Thursday April 16th, as he released memos issued by the Office of Legal Counsel during the previous administration. Dark indeed. The memos lay out, in bland legalese,[...]

economist.com   |   the 20/04   |   Add or View Comment
katewoods says : go go Obama!

Political cartoons by Kevin Kallaugher

KAL's cartoon

economist.com   |   the 12/04   |   Add or View Comment
katewoods says : but when he said the turks should integrate the EU, not everyone was glad.

Barack Obama's charm offensive in Turkey

IT WAS sealed with an embrace. Barack Obama concluded a wide-ranging address before the Turkish parliament on Monday April 6th by kissing the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the cheeks. That appeared to please the parliamentarians, as did the[...]

economist.com   |   the 07/04   |   Add or View Comment
katewoods says : harsh task.

Barack Obama announces his new strategy for Afghanistan | A perilous mission

UNVEILING America’s new strategy for Afghanistan on Friday March 27th, Barack Obama conceded that the situation in the country is “increasingly perilous” and announced a narrower strategy for his soldiers to pursue. After an exhaustive series of[...]

economist.com   |   the 30/03   |   Add or View Comment

A new effort to sort out America's wretched banks

WILL it be second time lucky for Tim Geithner? On Monday March 23rd, six weeks after being heckled for a maddeningly vague bank-rescue plan, America’s beleaguered treasury secretary at last gave details of a public-private partnership to invest in the[...]

economist.com   |   the 24/03   |   Add or View Comment
katewoods says : mmm...why does he not dissolve the otan instead that is causing troubles with Russia?

Barack Obama reaches out, afresh, to Iran

BARACK OBAMA is making a determined effort to engage Iran. On Friday March 20th the president of America released a videotaped message to the Islamic Republic, offering a “new beginning” in relations between the two countries. In the recording, timed[...]

economist.com   |   the 20/03   |   Add or View Comment
katewoods says : Still for 1 hundrend bucks a night is quite expensive.

Hotel rates are falling in the costliest cities

HOTEL prices, just like houses and shares, are falling. The average room this year cost less than during 2008 in ten of the 12 most expensive cities surveyed by Hogg Robinson Group, a British corporate-travel firm. Abu Dhabi and Bangalore have so far[...]

economist.com   |   the 17/03   |   Add or View Comment
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