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Obama: Trilateral Commission Endgame

Expert on Structured Finance and Derivatives: Rampant Fraud and Ponzi Scheme Caused Crisis Janet Tavakoli is one of the foremost experts on structured finance and derivatives. Tavakoli made an outstanding presentation to the IMF last week on the fraud which led to the financial crisis.

ANALYSIS - Group of Seven fights irrelevance in new world order After decades in charge, the club of rich, industrialised nations is fast losing sway as a share of global economic power shifts towards big developing countries.

World Bank and IMF join global attack on the dollar Now, just this week, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have begun adding their voices to the international choir calling for a new global reserve currency:

US economic decline forges new world order The crisis is redrawing the world map of economic power as the influence of US consumer spending declines and major emerging markets like China and India take the lead, finance chiefs said.

FBI Data-Mining Programs Resurrect "Total Information Awareness" Like a vampire rising from it's grave each night to feed on the privacy rights of Americans, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is moving forward with programs that drain the life blood from our constitutional liberties.

‘US won’t make Israel disclose nukes’ US President Barack Obama will not pressure Israel to publicly disclose its suspected nuclear weapons program, nor will he pressure the Jewish state to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty, the Washington Times reported on Friday.

EU embryonic Home Office set up in secret talks under Lisbon Treaty Plans for an embryonic EU “Home Office” to organise intelligence sharing and lead the fight against terrorism and crime were agreed in secret talks last week, The Sunday Telegraph has learned.

In Health Care Today, It's Electronic All the Way Imagine that you see a new mole and don't like the looks of it so you take a picture of it using your cell phone and e-mail it to your family doctor for an opinion.

World Bank could run out of money 'within 12 months' The World Bank is close to running out of money, its president, Robert Zoellick, has disclosed.

Iran agrees to ship enriched uranium to Russia for refinement Iran agreed in principle Thursday to ship most of its current stockpile of enriched uranium to Russia, where it would be refined for exclusively peaceful uses, in what Western diplomats called a significant, but interim, measure to ease concerns over its nuclear program.

Obama economist jokes: Strategy is communism The Obama administration formulates its economic policies from the playbooks of communist philosophers Karl Marx and Leon Trotsky, joked White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee.

Nato commander warns of conflict with Russia in Arctic Circle Competition for resources in the Arctic Circle could provoke conflict between Russia and Nato, a newly appointed commander at the alliance warned yesterday.

Ted Williams' Severed Head Abused In Cryonics Facility: Former Exec Alcor Life Extension Foundation of Scottsdale, Ariz., issued a statement on its Web site denying the allegations and promising legal action.

'You don't know who you're messing with': Vatican priest caught in red light district after police chase The court in Rome heard that Father Burgazzi was a priest who worked at the Vatican's State Department and was also a master of ceremonies at St Peter's Basilica.

Moon crash will create six-mile plume of dust as Nasa searches for water A Nasa spacecraft will deliberately crash into the Moon next week on a mission that could enhance the prospects of establishing a manned lunar base.

Lockerbie papers say US secretly paid witness Scottish detectives discussed secret payments of up to $3m made to witness and his brother, documents claim

CSTO force begins military exercises Thousands of troops from Russia and four other ex-Soviet nations began military exercises in southern Kazakhstan on Friday, the first of its kind for the newly formed NATO-style rapid-reaction force.

EU mulls carbon tax to fight climate change European Union (EU) finance ministers on Friday discussed the idea of introducing a carbon tax across the 27-nation bloc as a way to help fight climate change.

Wi-Fi signals used to see through walls Scientists at the University of Utah in the United States have found a way to harness Wi-Fi signals to 'see' through solid walls

The Singularity is not yet here, but its annual conference is, uniting futurists and their man-machine dreams. Technology futurists love to talk about the Singularity as the point in time when technology starts to progress so rapidly that machine intelligence melds with and surpasses human intelligence. It is to futurists what the Rapture is to fundamentalist Christians.

IMF plans $7 billion loan for Iraq The International Monetary Fund said on Saturday it was "confident" about agreeing a loan with Iraq, which is seeking seven billion dolllars (4.8 billion euros) to cover its budget deficit.

Lisbon Treaty will give European Union a president -- and it may be Tony Blair Ireland voted strongly in favor of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, overturning a previous, shock No vote and taking a key step towards ending the 27-nation bloc's deadlock, ministers said on Saturday.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed to have Jewish past

Police departments back anti-terror citizens Tattle Tale Program Big city police chiefs are backing an anti-terrorism community watch program to educate people about what behavior is truly suspicious and ought to be reported to police.

The Use of Photographs in Psychological Operations Though not strictly a legal consideration, there is a potency to photographic images that can make them weapons in the struggle for popular opinion as a foundation and an adjunct to military operations.

Test of laser from C-130H melts hood of car New video released by the Air Force and Boeing Co. show what happens when a C-130H Hercules aims the Advanced Tactical Laser at the hood of car.

Why gold if deflation is the threat?