Tuesday, May 5, 2009
US troops urged to share faith in Afghanistan
4 May, 2009
US soldiers in Afghanistan have been filmed with local language Bibles and urged to be "witnesses for Jesus" despite anti-proselytising rules.
Al Jazeera's James Bays reports.
China has 'canceled US credit card': lawmaker
WASHINGTON (AFP) — China, wary of the troubled US economy, has already "canceled America's credit card" by cutting down purchases of debt, a US congressman said Thursday.
China has the world's largest foreign reserves, believed to be mostly in dollars, along with around 800 billion dollars in US Treasury bonds, more than any other country.
But Treasury Department data shows that investors in China have sharply curtailed their purchases of bonds in January and February.
Representative Mark Kirk, a member of the House Appropriations Committee and co-chair of a group of lawmakers promoting relations with Beijing, said China had "very legitimate" concerns about its investments.
"It would appear, quietly and with deference and politeness, that China has canceled America's credit card," Kirk told the Committee of 100, a Chinese-American group.
"I'm not sure too many people on Capitol Hill realize that this is now happening," he said.
The Republican lawmaker said that China was justified in concerns about returns from finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were bailed out by the US government due to the financial crisis.
Kirk said he was the first member of Congress to tour the Bureau of Public Debt, which trades bonds, and was alarmed at how much debt was being bought by the US Federal Reserve due to absence of foreign investors.
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All ways thirteen
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments - Day 113
...The Doctor Thirteen story in the back-up pages of Tales of the Unexpected #1-8 (collected as the trade paperback Doctor Thirteen: Architecture and Morality) tells the story of Doctor Thirteen, a classic DC character whose position as a skeptic began to look pretty foolish when DC took him from his out-of-continuity back-up stories and began to have him interact with the rest of the fantastical DC Universe...
Bloody Sunday victim and campaigner buried
...Thirteen other civilians died on the day and the outcome of the Saville Inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings is expected to be published in the form of a 5,000-page report this autumn...
Swine Flu Pandemic “Imminent”
...There are thirteen suspected cases here in Washington state, with the number suspected to grow as the flu spreads from human to human. The WHO states that we are passed the point of banning travel or closing borders, but it is time to practice “vigilance.”...
Asia sets up multi billion dollar emergency fund
...Finance ministers from thirteen Asian countries have announced efforts to create a 120 billion US dollar emergency currency pool...
"Loner" shoots 13 dead at Azerbaijan college
...Thirteen people were killed at a university in Azerbaijan Thursday when a gunman went from floor to floor firing on teachers and students after the bell rang for morning classes...
Uranium International Corp. Enters Letter Agreement to Purchase Thirteen Exploration Licences Covering Eight Uranium Deposits in Sweden
...Uranium International Corp. ("Uranium International") (OTC Bulletin Board: URNI) has entered a Letter Agreement to purchase a total of thirteen exploration licences covering eight uranium deposits held by Continental Precious Minerals Ltd. ("Continental") in Sweden...
Thirteen Hitler Watercolors Outpace Their Estimates at Auction
...Thirteen watercolors by Adolf Hitler have sold for £95,589 ($126,791) at an auction house in Shropshire, England, the Times (London) reports...
Strip searching a thirteen-year-old: Constitutional?
...The Chief Justices are attempting to decide whether a strip-search of a 13-year old girl suspected of carrying Ibuprofen was unconstitutional...
Thirteen year-old revealed as winner of Apple's billion app contest
...Apple on Friday revealed the name of the winner of its billion app countdown contest. It's Connor Mulcahey, a 13 year-old who hails from Weston, Conn...
British swine flu cases rise to 13
...The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Britain has risen to 13...
13 swine flu cases confirmed in Canada
Confirmed Swine Flu cases in Spain now 13
New Zealand records 13 confirmed swine flu cases, 104 suspected cases
Police 'misuse' anti-terror laws
...Dear confirmed that the union was submitting the accounts of thirteen journalists who allege that they were assaulted by police to the Independent Police Complaints Commission...
Review - Killing Freud
The book comprises thirteen chapters (some previously published in scholarly journals) with notes, bibliography and index.
Egypt balloon crash injures 13 foreign tourists
...Thirteen foreign tourists were injured on Saturday when their hot air balloon crashed in the Egyptian temple city of Luxor, medical and security officials said...
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