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A German Example
When it comes to Islam, Germans are not any friendlier to the religion than are Americans. The issue of Muslim integration, or rather the said lack of it, is big on the German Agenda and immigration is not an easier subject there either. That is why reading that Onasbruck University has started seminars for imams…
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Still Rather Small
It shouldn’t be news when a wealthy person donates money to a cause, and in many ways it isn’t. Yet, once in a while the cause is the highlight. Pierre Omydyar, founder of eBay, will through the Clinton Global Initiative invest $55-million in technology to promote government transparency and also to help people rise out…
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Too Far In The Other Direction?
Less than a month after the demise of Lehman Brothers Iceland’s banking sector had a meltdown in September 2008. Geir Haarde the then prime minister nationalized the 3 largest banks in an effort to stabilize the situation but the Atlantic Island nation ended up with billions of dollar in debt instead. Haarde was ousted in…
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