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Warfare’s effect and risk is unique to the person. Populations face war as individuals.
Two members of the Al Qaeda group claiming responsibility for the attempted Christmas Day bombing were released from Gitmo in 2007.
The White House decries newly proposed settlements in East Jerusalem which Israel says are not covered by its proposed construction moratorium.
China executed a British citizen early this morning for smuggling heroin despite claims the man was severely mentally ill.
Newt Gingrich says that during the 2010 midterm elections Republicans will run on repealing any healthcare legislation made into law.
Pirates have taken a U.K. flagged chemical tanker off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden and can be expected to demand a ransom.
A U.S. judge has ruled that the BitTorrent search engine ISO Hunt is illegal because it celebrates copyright violation.
Grant money is sought to preserve an attendance log that Robert Frost kept while he was teaching at a grammar school in Methuen, MA.
Scientists believe that the “hunger gene” which tells the brain when the body needs food can act when we’re already full.
Researchers have created solar panels tiny as glitter specks which could be placed anywhere to power the future.
European companies have built China the world’s fastest train which took its maiden voyage last weekend.
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AIG’s former head counsel is crossing his fingers that our economy isn’t headed for a double dip.
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Ernie Patrikis, former AIG head council, argues that credit default swaps have been unfairly attacked.
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What would have happened if the government had let the giant fall? Former head counsel Ernie Patrikis explains.
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AIG’s former head council Ernie Patrikis thinks society should take the blame.
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Ernie Patrikis on the misperceptions of Hank Greenberg.
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A conversation with the White & Case partner and former council of AIG.
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Would Wikipedia or Google do a better job? Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi weighs in.
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Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi is worried that businesses are being overly cautious.
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It was partly the forecasters’ attempts to protect their credibility that put us in this dilemma, says Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi.