Post by MacBeth on Feb 14, 2009 16:59:39 GMT -5
President Barack Obama | Address on Lincoln's 200th Birthday
www.truthout.org/021409A
On the occasion of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday, President Obama speaks in Springfield, Illinois, Thursday, February 12, 2009.
Blackwater Changes Name, Keeps on Ticking
www.truthout.org/021409B
The Associated Press: "Blackwater Worldwide is still protecting US diplomats in Iraq, but executives at the beleaguered security firm are taking their biggest step yet to put that work and the ugly reputation it earned the company behind them. Blackwater said Friday it will no longer operate under the name that came to be known worldwide as a caustic moniker for private security, dropping the tarnished brand for a disarming and simple identity: Xe, which is pronounced like the letter 'z.'"
Stimulus Plan Sets Strict New Limits on CEO Bonuses
www.truthout.org/021409C
Tomoeh Murakami Tse, The Washington Post: "The stimulus package Congress passed last night imposes new limits on executive compensation that could significantly curb multimillion dollar pay packages on Wall Street and goes much further than restrictions proposed by the Obama administration last week."
Tim Costello and Brendan Smith | WSF: Is Another World Possible?
www.truthout.org/021409D
Tim Costello and Brendan Smith, The Nation: "The recently concluded World Social Forum is a good gauge for assessing the state of the world's alternative social, economic and political movements. Organized in 2001 as a counterpoint to the World Economic Forum, the annual meeting of global and corporate elites held in Davos, Switzerland, the WSF brings social movement organizations and activists from around the world together around the idea that 'another world is possible.'"
Clinton to Find China's Economic Troubles Curb Its Leadership
www.truthout.org/021409E
Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Bloomberg: "When Hillary Clinton arrives in East Asia next week on her first trip as secretary of state, she will discover there are limits to what the US can expect of China, the region’s rising power."
Minnesota Senate Trial Judges Deliver Blow to Coleman
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Eizabeth Dunbar and Patrick Condon, The Associated Press: "The judges in Minnesota's US Senate trial said in a preliminary ruling Friday that Republican Norm Coleman has not yet shown a widespread problem with absentee voters being denied the right to vote."
Video Part I and II: President Barack Obama | Address on Lincoln's 200th Birthday Springfield, Illinois
www.truthout.org/021409A
On the occasion of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday, President Obama speaks in Springfield, Illinois, Thursday, February 12, 2009.
www.truthout.org/021409A
On the occasion of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday, President Obama speaks in Springfield, Illinois, Thursday, February 12, 2009.
Blackwater Changes Name, Keeps on Ticking
www.truthout.org/021409B
The Associated Press: "Blackwater Worldwide is still protecting US diplomats in Iraq, but executives at the beleaguered security firm are taking their biggest step yet to put that work and the ugly reputation it earned the company behind them. Blackwater said Friday it will no longer operate under the name that came to be known worldwide as a caustic moniker for private security, dropping the tarnished brand for a disarming and simple identity: Xe, which is pronounced like the letter 'z.'"
Stimulus Plan Sets Strict New Limits on CEO Bonuses
www.truthout.org/021409C
Tomoeh Murakami Tse, The Washington Post: "The stimulus package Congress passed last night imposes new limits on executive compensation that could significantly curb multimillion dollar pay packages on Wall Street and goes much further than restrictions proposed by the Obama administration last week."
Tim Costello and Brendan Smith | WSF: Is Another World Possible?
www.truthout.org/021409D
Tim Costello and Brendan Smith, The Nation: "The recently concluded World Social Forum is a good gauge for assessing the state of the world's alternative social, economic and political movements. Organized in 2001 as a counterpoint to the World Economic Forum, the annual meeting of global and corporate elites held in Davos, Switzerland, the WSF brings social movement organizations and activists from around the world together around the idea that 'another world is possible.'"
Clinton to Find China's Economic Troubles Curb Its Leadership
www.truthout.org/021409E
Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Bloomberg: "When Hillary Clinton arrives in East Asia next week on her first trip as secretary of state, she will discover there are limits to what the US can expect of China, the region’s rising power."
Minnesota Senate Trial Judges Deliver Blow to Coleman
www.truthout.org/021409F
Eizabeth Dunbar and Patrick Condon, The Associated Press: "The judges in Minnesota's US Senate trial said in a preliminary ruling Friday that Republican Norm Coleman has not yet shown a widespread problem with absentee voters being denied the right to vote."
Video Part I and II: President Barack Obama | Address on Lincoln's 200th Birthday Springfield, Illinois
www.truthout.org/021409A
On the occasion of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday, President Obama speaks in Springfield, Illinois, Thursday, February 12, 2009.