Archive for June, 2010
20 Statistics on the U.S. Economic Crisis
The Economic Collapse | By Michael Snyder The U.S. Economic Collapse: Top 20 Countdown So just how bad is the U.S. economy? Well, the truth is that sometimes it is hard to put into words. We have squandered the great wealth left to us by our forefathers, we have almost totally dismantled the world's greatest manufacturing base, we have [...]
India-France Joint Military Exercises
Times of India | 1 June 2010 India, France to hold joint air combat exercise next month NEW DELHI: Six Indian Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, two IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft and a IL-78 mid-air refueller will be leaving for France for a joint air combat exercise with the French Air Force next month. The exercise, Garuda-IV, will be held at the [...]
Japanese P.M. Hatoyama to resign over U.S. refusal to vacate Okinawa base
China Daily | Agencies | 1 June 2010 Japanese leader faces mounting calls to step down "]TOKYO - Japan's embattled prime minister faced growing pressure Tuesday from within his own party to resign ahead of July elections over his broken campaign promise to move a US Marine base off the southern island of Okinawa. Prime Minister Yukio [...]
IMF-Imposed VAT Will be Disastrous for Pakistan
Afpakwar | By Arshad Zaman | 31 May 2010 A well-known authority on public finance, Richard Musgrave, used to say that taxation is the art of plucking the maximum feathers, with the minimum squawks. The proposed value added tax (VAT) in Pakistan has already created more squawks than any other budget proposal, and is unlikely to yield any [...]
German President Horst Koehler Resigns Over Afghanistan Remarks
Guardian | By Kate Connolly (in Berlin) | 31 May 2010 German president Horst Köhler quits over Afghanistan gaffe Abrupt resignation over 'misunderstandings' adds to pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel Jump to: Statement by President Horst Köhler (tr. by Afpakwar) Erklärung von Bundespräsident Horst Köhler Germany's president, [...]
