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Disappearing Island Nation Forced To Buy Land Overseas To Save Citizens
The entire population of the island nation of Kiribati could soon be forced to relocate to a 5,000-acre plot of land in Fiji, said Kiribati President Anote Tong on...
China Boosts Military Spending By 11.2 Percent
China announced this week that its military budget would rise 11.2 percent this year, on top of the 12.7 increase from the previous year. With the new budget, China’s...
Vote Me, And I’ll Cut the High Number of Foreigners in France: Sarkozy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said there are too many foreigners in France, cautioning that the system for integrating immigrants is at risk of breaking down. On a televised...
China Now Owns A $17 Billion Stake In North America’s Energy Industry
China is slowing gaining a foothold into the US and Canada oil and natural gas industry, said a report by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, as Chinese companies...
Lehman Brothers Emerges From Bankruptcy With $1.6 Billion Advisory Bill
Former US financial giants Lehman Brothers has finally exited from bankruptcy protection after its stunning collapse during the peak of the 2008 financial crisis, and will begin paying off...
2011 Disasters Cost At Least $380B, The Costliest By Far: UN
The 2011 natural disasters, such as the twin earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, was by far the costliest, with the United Nations disaster risk reduction agency UNISDR estimating...
Sports Personalities Are Paid Millions, So Why Can’t We Accept Fat Corporate Paychecks?
That is the argument presented by eminent Harvard professor and the former chief IMF economist Kenneth Rogoff. A self-confessed basketball fan, Rogoff argues that the public acceptance of fat...
TEPCO Shareholders Demand $67 Billion From Company Executives To Compensate Fukushima Victims
Shareholders at Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc (TEPCO) want executives at the utility company to pay out over 5.5 trillion ($67.4 bilion) back to the company, said a report...
Cotton Prices Soar After World’s Second-Largest Producer Ban Exports
The Indian government, the world’s second largest producer of cotton behind China, has unexpectedly announced an immediate ban on all of its nation’s cotton exports – a move that...
Infographic: Is Your Job Killing You?
According to the American Institute of Stress, occupational pressures and fears are far and away the leading source of stress for American adults, with more than 40 percent of...


