Fight the smears - Obama tries to swift-boat Republicans?

I was listening to Limbaugh most of the week, and I must admit not until this afternoon was I able to visit the “famous” www.fightthesmears.com website, set up by the Barrack Obama campaign.
The purpose of this website is clear - intimidation of the “rightosphere” and conservative talk radio. The website picks out specific blogs to [...]

Iraqis allege sex abuse at the British Embassy

Baghdad, Iraq (The Times London): An Iraqi cleaner and two cooks claim that a culture of sexual harassment, abuse and bullying exists at the British Embassy in Baghdad.
The middle-aged cleaner told The Times that a British contractor with KBR, the company hired to maintain the embassy’s premises, offered to double her daily pay if she [...]

Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop?

Eroding confidence stings bank shares
By Carter Dougherty

Monday, March 17, 2008
FRANKFURT:
Volatile markets and worried policy makers on Monday offered clear evidence that the months-long financial crisis linked to the U.S. mortgage market has turned into an acute crisis of confidence in the global banking system.
Stunned over the weekend by the emergency [...]