Country ... USA
Republican war on women ... the abortion debate
Republicans are against all abortion ... Mississippi Governor passes law to make it impossible for abortion clinic operate
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Country ... USA
Politics ... Mitt Romney
About tankers and the Republican connection to the oil industry< ... About the connections between Romney and Cheney
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Open file 2652
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Assassination, Society and Economy
Death of Yassir Arafat
The history of poison compiled by Rachow Maddow's team
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Open file 2653
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Country ... USA
Politics ... Mitt Romney
Rachel Maddow Show ... Reinventing Mitt Romney ... covering the tracks ... rewriting history
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Country .. USA
Politics ... Republican outreach less important than the 'base'
The base is important and has lots of money ... who really needs to reach out to Hispanics and African Americans!
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Shipping, Society and Economy
Mapping ships around the world
This website has data about ship statistics and descriptions worldwide
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Open file 2656
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Corruption, Society and Economy
The Fix ... in Sport
Investigating the international criminal network of gamblers that is undermining the integrity of professional football.
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Microfinance, Society and Economy
Social performance in microfinance
Is there Social performance overkill in microfinance?
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Ideas, Society and Economy
CONTEXT, A SIMPLE OVERVIEW OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
Notes for a presentation about TrueValueMetrics system. In this section Peter Burgess outlines many of the historic events that should be informing our understanding of economic history
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Company ... HSBC
Banking and illegal practices
HSBC to apologise for money laundering ...
US senate probe found there were lax controls and a 'pervasively polluted' culture at Europe's largest bank.
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Country ... Macau
Does power corrupt ... absolutely?
An interesting take on the state of Macau and its history ... so is Sheldon Adelson above the law?
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Little things, Society and Economy
Trying to remember
Best thing in the world: Maurice Cheeks helps out ... beautiful ... and then 'Chin down ... straight back'
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Country ... USA
Money in politics
How to get control of this awful situation
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Banking, Society and Economy
The LIBOR Scandal
For a very long time, banks and powerful organizations have operated as if the law does not matter
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Banking, Society and Economy
HSBC 'allowed drug cartels to launder money'
US senate probe has found that Europe's largest bank had lax controls that allowed money laundering for seven years.
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Banking, Society and Economy
The impact of the rate-rigging scandal
Counting the Cost ... How can public trust in Britain's banks be restored?
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Banking, Society and Economy
Dirty money thrives despite Mexico drug war
Features ...
Major banks are getting rich from money laundered by violent Mexican drug gangs, whistleblower says.
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Military, Society and Economy
The USA military in Africa
Obama's scramble for Africa ... US military operations on the continent have accelerated far beyond the more limited actions of the Bush years.
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Open file 2668
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Profit, Society and Economy
Profit and security at the London Olympics
G4S' failure to meet its Olympics contract is about profits rather than a lack of recruits.
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Open file 2669
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True Value Metrics
About Price
Price is a big part of money profit accounting with huge body of existing data
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Open file 2670
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Country ... USA
Presidential Campaign 2012 ... Mitt Romney
More and more on Mitt Romney ... tax returns ... overseas accounts ... not very convincing
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Open file 2671
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Country ... USA
Politics ... 2012 Presidential Campaign
Far Right is 'batty' ... but sometimes it gets very silly and dangerous
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Open file 2672
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Country ... Syria
Analysis: A deadly blow to Syria's regime
Features July 17, 2012 ... Bombing that killed senior Syrian security officials will breed more defections and mistrust at the highest levels.
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Open file 2673
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Military, Society and Economy
Attack of the Drones
People & Power ... As governments are increasingly relying on drones, what are the consequences for civil liberties and the future of war?
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Open file 2674
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News, Society and Economy
AlJazeera News ... July 29, 2012
These are some of the top news stories being reported on this date
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Country ... USA
America in denial: in healthcare ... We're number 29 (of 30)
US embraces policies and practices that place it at the bottom of advanced industrial nations for social outcomes.
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Books
Issues about the dysfunctional global system
Backstabbing for Beginners: My Crash Course in International Diplomacy
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UN, Society and Economy
Example of corruption and incompetence
The Oil-for-Food Scandal ... What happened, and who's to blame.
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Open file 2678
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TrueValueMetrics
Value Chain
Value Chain in the energy sector
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Democracy, Society and Economy
Representation, Taxation, Freedom, Happiness etc.
CHARLEY REESE’S FINAL COLUMN in the ORLANDO SENTINEL! ... 545 vs 300,000,000 PEOPLE
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Country ... Syria
Delaying the Syrian endgame
July 2012 ... There are four compelling arguments for allowing Russia to prevent liberal intervention in Syria.
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Country ... USA
Politics ... Presideential Campaign 2012
AJE Inside Story Is Mitt Romney too rich for US voters?
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Guns, Society and Economy
Guns in the USA
Obama on the murders in Colorado
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Country ... USA
Politics ... Presidential Campaign 2012
Flail Whale for the Romney Campaign ... Justin Beaver and his car ... and then its back to the Romney Tax Returns
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Open file 2684
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Arms Trade, Society and Economy
Big profits and low risk of being held to account
Mick Ranger ... an arms dealer who sold rifle used in Hungerford massacre jailed for trafficking deadly missiles
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Country ... Somalia
Where are Somalia's missing millions?
Inside Story ... As a leaked UN report blames leaders for unaccounted aid money we ask if there is political will to tackle corruption.
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Gun tragedy in Colorado, USA
Gun tragedy in Colorado ... what response should there be. Guns really do kill ... More on gun tragedy ... part of this is religion and the idea of a civic state and a good society
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Banking, Society and Economy
More criticism of modern banking
The last province of the empire ... London's status as a hub of unfettered international finance makes it uniquely adaptable, and uniquely vulnerable.
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Arms Trade, Society and Economy
Big profits and low risk of being held to account
Mick Ranger ... an arms dealer who sold rifle used in Hungerford massacre jailed for trafficking deadly missiles
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Banking, Society and Economy
The role of the City of London
Ed Balls ... UK Shadow Chancellor ... Don't cripple the City - London can lead the recovery
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Banking, Society and Economy
The case of HSBC ... July 2012
U.S. Vulnerabilities to Money Laundering, Drugs, and Terrorist Financing: HSBC Case History ... HSBC Exposed U.S. Financial System to Money Laundering, Drug, Terrorist Financing Risks
... Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing and Releases Report
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Country ... USA
Guns, Society and Evonomy
Does the US need stricter gun control laws? ... As the US mourns the victims of another seemingly indiscriminate shooting spree, we discuss how it will affect gun laws.
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Country ... Sierra Leone
Environment and Corruption
Africa Investigates ... Sierra Leone: Timber! ... A story of corruption that is stripping the west African country bare.
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Ultra rich, Society and Economy
Super rich hiding up to $32 trillion offshore
Up to $280bn is lost in tax revenues as wealthy individuals park financial assets in offshore tax havens.
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Metrics, Society and Economy
Shared Value
Shared Value is a corporate strategy, to fulfill it's systemic mandate sustainability needs more than business on side, argues Mark Kramer
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Initiatives ... Collective Impact
Action, Society and Economy
Collective Impact is an initiative to help get multiple actors to do things that support one another and multiply impact
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Open file 2696
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Metrics, Society and Economy
Why Do We Measure? An Ecosystem Perspective
ANDE Metrics: A panel discussion at the Aspen Institute
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Metrics, Society and Economy
Aspen Institute conference ANDE
David Roodman is the author of Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance (interviewed by Randall Kempner, Executive Director of ANDE)
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Media, Society and Economy
Banking is a problem ... or is it?
AIG is still a subject that needs serious analysis. This is not seriousa, but it is interesting!
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Open file 2699
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Ideas , Society and Economy
Ideas from LaRouche
Economic analysis by LaRouche makes for interesting reading, but the conclusions usually are disconnected somehow from practical reality
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