Sunday, December 23, 2007

Week ending 23 December 2007

News from 18/12/07 to 23/12/07

Inside Ebola's zone of death
This new strain is feared to kill more slowly than previously, leaving more time for the disease to spread. There is no vaccine and no cure. The only hope is to contain the lethal virus, but Ebola moves fast and is hard to track. If just one infected person boards a plane, this could become a global outbreak.

ECB Lends 348.6 Billion Euros, Easing Year-End Cash Drought
The European Central Bank loaned 348.6 billion euros ($501.5 billion) for two weeks to banks to bring down the cost of money at year-end.

Cashed-up China set to hunt down more US bargains


The coming collapse of the modern banking system



HOUSING - SIMPLE AS THAT


Russia’s Big Energy Secret
Putin wields gas as a weapon. But the reality is that Russia can barely meet its own growing demand.

Bush orders cuts in nuclear stockpile


The $750,000 note that won't buy a loaf of bread
Zimbabwe's currency is fast losing value as annual inflation hovers above 14,000 per cent. Officially, Z$750,000 is worth £12.50. But at this week's widely-used parallel exchange rates, it is worth about 8p.

U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007


$45 Trillion Gap Seen in US Benefits


Analysis: China's fuel oil reserves


Shopping giant falls as US crisis hits home
AUSTRALIA'S second-biggest shopping centre owner has joined the RAMS home loans provider as a casualty of the global liquidity crisis.


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Also of interest:
North American Union [YouTube]
A Christian Christmas in Snowy Iran
The Roundup Ready Gene—will it create world starvation?

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