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Will Silver Prices Explode - Again?
Back in March 2009, I wrote about a pending surge in the price of silver and noted, as one of the bases of my opinion, that prices were then in heavy backwardation. The prediction was correct. Some... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, gestures during her first press conference since she was released from house arrest in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. Suu Kyi, freed from seven years of house arrest on Saturday, told thousands of wildly cheering supporters Sunday that she would continue to fight for human rights and the rule of law in the military-controlled nation.
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 The New York Times 
Aung San Suu Kyi's Party Weighs Support of Myanmar Sanctions
BANGKOK — The party of Myanmar’s leading dissident, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, appeared ready on Tuesday to reaffirm its support for the continuation of Western sanctions against the country,... (photo: AP)
Fantasy land is the area of Disneyland which Walt Disney said, "What youngster has not dreamed of flying with Peter Pan over moonlit London, or tumbling into Alice's nonsensical Wonderland.  The New York Times 
Disney Looking Into Cradle for Customers
LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Company has started an ambitious and risky march toward the one corner of childhood it does not already dominate: newborns. Related Times Topic: Walt Disney Company... (photo: Creative Commons / Thomas Hawk)
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Barack Obama at Lincoln Memorial  The New York Times 
Obama and U.S. Business Sheath Weapons for Now
For Bruce Josten, the feisty top lobbyist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, it got personal last fall on a Sunday talk show when President Obama’s spokesman invoked his name. “They called... (photo: Public Domain / BrokenSphere)
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These rare-earth oxides are used as tracers to determine which parts of a watershed are eroding. Clockwise from top center: praseodymium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium, and gadolinium. Wall Street Journal
China Moves to Strengthen Grip Over Supply of Rare-Earth Metals
By JAMES T. AREDDY SHANGHAI—China is building strategic reserves in rare-earth metals, an effort that could give Beijing increased power to influence global prices... (photo: Public Domain / Peggy Greb, US department of agriculture.)
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Hamid Karzai at SCO Summit The New York Times
Karzai Seeks End to NATO Reconstruction Teams
MUNICH — President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan called Sunday for the speedy dismantling of NATO-run provincial reconstruction teams, the first time he had made such... (photo: Creative Commons / Magnus Manske)
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2011 Egyptian Protests Cardboard in the Chinese Language Huffington Post
Egypt Protests: Government Agrees To Major Demands In Talks On Sunday
SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES CAIRO — Egypt's vice president met a wide representation of major opposition groups for the first time Sunday and agreed to allow freedom of... (photo: Creative Commons / Essam Sharaf)
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Hong Kong residents crowd around a stand selling traditional new year greetings called "red packets" which the gift-givers fill with money at a market in Victoria Park in Hong Kong Thursday, Feb. 6, 1997. Tomorrow begins the Chinese celebration of the lunar new year, which for 1997 is the year of the ox. The market was crowded with last-minute shoppers. The New York Times
In Hong Kong, a Precipice of Waste
HONG KONG — Retailers, manufacturers and economists love it: the annual consumption splurge that accompanies the Lunar New Year across vast parts of Asia. A blog... (photo: AP / Vincent Yu)
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McDonald's burgers - Fast Food Inquirer
Higher food prices here to stay—analysts
WASHINGTON—From McDonald's burgers in the United States to sugar in Bolivia and chilis in Indonesia, food prices across the globe are soaring. But consumers and... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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Demonstrators on Army Truck in Tahrir Square, Cairo Date: 29 January 2011. Huffington Post
Egypt Protests: Anti-Mubarak Activists Bruised, Tired, Hungry
CAIRO - After nearly two weeks of going head-to-head with Egypt's authoritarian regime, anti-government protesters are bruised, battered, sleep-deprived and hungry. But... (photo: Creative Commons / Ramy Raoof)
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