Yet I remember how the press (at least the BBC reports, since I was in Africa and we got most of our reports from the BBC) saw him as the devil incarnate who would lead the US into a war with the USSR.
Like Truman, his legacy looks better from a distance.
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Bill Gates points out that the misuse of funds from his organization that gives out vaccines is less than 5percent, but that millions are alive because they got vaccines.
To put it into perspective: Here, the going rate is 20percent, and one reason that the "Broadband" scandal blew up is that they were siphoning off more, causing Lozada to refuse to give in to the darks side.
And where do you think Mubarak got his money,
"...Christopher Davidson, professor of Middle East politics at Durham University, said Mubarak, his wife, Suzanne, and two sons were able to accumulate wealth through a number of business partnerships with foreign investors and companies, dating back to when he was in the military and in a position to benefit from corporate corruption.
He said most Gulf states required foreigners give a local business partner a 51% stake in start-up ventures. In Egypt, the figure is commonly nearer 20%, but still gives politicians and close allies in the military a source of huge profits with no initial outlay and little risk..."
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Michael Oher, the quiet giant, gives his side of the story.
The power of an "I love you".
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I wondered why all that stimulus money wasn't put into hiring men to rebuild America's infrastructure.
Was it because the feminists prevented it?
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Cholera, first in Boston, now in NYCity.
It's suspected to be the same strain as in Haiti.
the key point:
"...While cholera can spread swiftly where sanitation is poor and clean drinking water is unavailable, the possibility of transmitting the disease in New York is considered low..."
=================The UKGuardian also has the latest Wikileaks scandals:
WikiLeaks: Treasury 'slow to act in blocking terrorist finance'
America accused the(UK) Treasury of blocking attempts to close down "terrorist financiers" operating in Britain and being more concerned with protecting the interests of the City, leaked documents show.
Chinese weapons fall into hands of insurgents
Chinese-made weapons have fallen into the hands of insurgents fighting Coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan because of China’s failure to enforce export controls on arms to Iran, the leaked cables show.
Middle East tension 'could to lead to nuclear war'
Exclusive: rogue states in Middle East and Asia developing missiles capable of striking outside region, briefings show.
and StrategyPage has the background on the US vs China spacewar that were in "leaked papers". Their podcast on the Middle east can be found HERE.
yes, and if you want the details, you can find the wikileaks data on the Pirate bay
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Hmmm...RalphPeters seems more optimistic than usual about the Middle East uprisings, even more optimistic than most other commentators, and he points to modern communications as the reason.
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And the "Your tax dollars at work" headline of the day:
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