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15.12.2008, 18:49
Moscow’s Father Frost mansion has already received more than 3,000 letters. But this year a lot more adults than usual have sent their New Year wish lists to the Russian Santa. In times of financial crisis, they’re asking him to call in a credit, get them
16.12.2008, 09:16
Peru officials have called on people to switch to guinea pigs as the main course in their Christmas feast this year. The low-fat, low-cost rodent meat is to replace traditional turkey and pork.
16.10.2010, 01:30
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The tide of fear against Socialism is on the rise in America. At a time when the economy is so rough, why this debate over capitalism vs. socialism?
21.10.2010, 22:14
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The European Parliament has voted for a budget increase that would cost UK taxpayers an additional 900 million pounds next year.
03.03.2010, 00:49
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Violence breaks out as students at the flagship school of the University of California protest stiff tuition hikes.
23.10.2010, 00:52
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Finance ministers from the G-20 nations will meet in South Korea to address the global financial crisis. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to push his plan aimed at rebalancing the world economy.
23.10.2010, 02:59
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The US has long regarded itself as an exceptional nation, a beacon of democracy and progress throughout the world. Yet the statistics don’t exactly match the rhetoric.
30.04.2010, 13:37
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Greece faces years of painful cuts to salaries in return for a multi-billion-dollar bailout from the International Monetary Fund and the EU. The Greek finance minister called it a “choice between collapse or salvation.”
08.02.2010, 03:19
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For 40 years the US was the dominant economic power, but today China and India are emerging and there is a complete change internationally, former World Bank president James Wolfensohn told RT at Davos.
16.02.2010, 20:33
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou met with Russian leadership on Tuesday. Cooperation on major gas and oil pipeline projects dominated talks.
Published: 15 December, 2008, 06:45
As the economic downturn starts to hurt Americans, one card maker from New York is cashing in on the misery. He’s creating some less than cheery Christmas cards, and they're flying off the shelves.
