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Venezuela’s Corrupt Banking

Venezuela, one of the richest countries in terms of oil, is facing serious banking crisis. The country has witnessed a decrease in the value of its currency by 17% during the last several years and is currently four and a half times cheaper than the US dollar.
The country is led by the despot president who has been a long standing leader of the oil-rich South American state. His methods of ruling are quite similar to the ones of Middle More

Coalition government news hogs UK papers

The Independent on Sunday this week took it’s time (and many column inches) to rip apart the minutiae of our Government’s recent failings. This isn’t a bad thing - let’s face it, the Coalition Government is an easy target for scrutiny, especially as of late.
But despite the incredible goings on and civil unrest across Northern Africa and the Middle East recently, these events barely got a mention. The front cover of the paper devoted itself solely to the big More

Is it really that hard to verify facts?

One bugbear which has bothered serious writers and journalists of integrity since time began is the lack of care certain hacks display in their work.

I’m not even talking about those who spread malicious lies about people (particularly celebrities) without checking out the facts - at least that has a purpose even if it is unethical and nasty, and while we should always look down on such attempts in the media we do sometimes have to admire the audacity of More

The lesson of the Liberal Democrats - don’t make promises you can’t keep!

If there is one thing that politicians must learn when they are campaigning for an election, it is that they should never make a pledge or a promise to do something or prevent something from taking effect unless they are completely sure that future circumstances will not prevent them from achieving those goals.

In the case of Nick Clegg, a man who speaks five fluent foreign languages, it is difficult to see how he could not have anticipated the economic More

Legal Aid Cuts in England and Wale

What has been an established practice is the use of legal civil aid for individuals to resolve their disputes in courts. Alternatively, those individuals were also granted additional help should they prefer to refer the matter to alternative dispute resolutions means - like arbitrary decisions and specified judgements by tribunals. This has been a good practice for a British person who feels being a subject to lack of justice and wrong treatment. These legal aid funding programmes have been initiated More

Berlusconi’s Bunga Bunga

The 74-year-old Italian Prime Minister is among those people who would stay in history as stable leaders - the prime minister has been the head of the government for quite a lot of time and no matter what his opponents were trying, he remained there enjoying the support of the Italians and being able to achieve his political goals. However, the newest affair that intrigued the Italians (and probably many have already read the jokes about it in the freebies More

Politics - bios22

CHAMOVA, Mariya Dobreva (Sapundzhieva) was born on 3 October 1928 in Panagyurishte. She finished high school in her home town and after that she majored in law at SU “St. Kliment Ohridski”. She worked as a jurist in Metropolitan municipal council, department “State property” and in Ministry of home trade. On her initiative in 1990 was founded Patriotic women‘ s association “Rayna Knyaginya” in Sofia for popularizing the history and the culture of her home town. Contacts with women‘ More

Is Communist China the New Big Economic Power

These days if you are looking for an ipod for sale or cheap prices on electronics, chances are it will be coming from China. China has taken the title of the second biggest economic power in the World, a position that was formerly held by Japan. The world must now proudly or not admit that a communist country is the second leader behind US when it comes to economic power. Over the last five years Japan has been a very weak performer, with an economic growth of just over 1.50% annually, thus leaving room for its rival China to take over. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for China makes up for $1.34 Trn, while Japan came out second place with $1.30 Trn.

China registered a constant growth of 9% in the past few years, which makes many economic experts seal down the fact that China will also stay as second for a long time from now on. Japan would have to literally move mountains until it could catch up with such an economical growth. Many analysts also foresee China becoming a world leader, and surpassing the US in the next 15 years or so, if its economy will keep to such a constant growth. Other pessimistic economic analysts foresee a downfall of US from the ladder of economical leading even sooner (by 2020).

China has for a number of years embarked on a policy of economic growth and development in order to sustain its socialist ideals and to aid its people. In the exports field, China out rules any other country on the map, and this is proven by economical analyses and data sheets. Africa receives the highest investing from China (as it is well known, Africa is poor on the outside but thoroughly rich in resources within). China consumes the most energy, but also makes the highest investments in resources like copper and iron. It’s banking systems and its top companies are considered very stable, while China also holds the title of the largest automobile market in the World.

French health care – the ideal system?

The French system of health care is largely complex, but is based on a simple principle. That is, the more ill you are, the less you are required to pay. It creates a system whereby the majority of the French people will pay for their medical care for minor illnesses or accidents that do not require major treatment (like hair removal ?). All of this helps to fund the health care for those who require more serious medical treatment, especially More

New Policy Shift in Egg and Sperm Donation

Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/22/fertility-eggs-sperm-donors

The Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in Britain have planned a revamping of the existing Egg and Sperm donor policy of the nation. This initiative is basically a bid to stop childless couples from going abroad to seek treatment to find a solution for infertility. A huge number of childless British couples are going to Spain, Cyprus, and other countries for treatment and the government is worried that many of the fertility clinics in these countries are More