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Garbage piled up on a street in central Athens on Thursday because of a municipal worker strike
Greece is facing extraordinary financial troubles. Read about the crisis here.
photo by George Billard
Daniel Pauly, a professor at the Fisheries Centre of the University of British Columbia, warns that the global fishing industry has drastically depleted the number of fish in the oceans. Read and listen to an interview about this important issue here.
Download the 2009 Arab Human Development Report
Imtiaz Ali currently works at the U.S. Institute for Peace
Network 20/20 member Imtiaz Ali appears on a Charlie Rose roundtable with Hussain Haqqani, Joe Klein, and Steve Coll.
See it here
Ann Lee
“The conventional wisdom these days is that American banks, on government life support, are destined to lose their dominant place in the global financial universe. Nothing could be further from the truth.”
So argues Network 20/20 member Ann Lee in this Newsweek column. Read It here
The dream of affordable automobile transportation is unleashed in India. The Tata Nano sells for $2,500.00
Can India’s highways, not to mention its environment, handle what is to come of this? Read about it here.
Forget Iran, Iraq, and North Korea—Bush’s “Axis of Evil.” As economic calamity meets political and social turmoil, the world’s worst problems may come from countries like Somalia, Russia, and Mexico. And they’re just the beginning.
Read the rest of Niall Fergusons analysis here.
Is Wall Street to Blame?
The world holds its breath…read about the financial crisis here.
Bill Moyers interviews Andrew Bacevich.
This is a fascinating interview with Andrew Bacevich discussing why the U.S. system is foundering. Watch it here.
Inflation has spiraled out of control under the leadership of Robert Mugabe. Read about it here.
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