[osint] State of Fear

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/georgewill/printgw20041223.shtml Townhall.com State of Fear George Will (back to web version) | Send December 23, 2004 WASHINGTON -- In today's segmented America, Michael Crichton's new novel State of Fear might seem to be just reading for red states.

[osint] Dollar Falls to Record on View Bush Policy Won't Change in 2005

[Excerpt: ``The U.S. government is happy to see the dollar fall,'' said Shahab Jalinoos, a currency strategist in London at ABN Amro Holding NV. ``The big surge in the euro versus the dollar will continue into next year.'' ABN forecasts the dollar will drop to $1.43 per euro and to 90 yen by

[osint] Sunny Forecast

http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110375060242907500,00.html The Wall Street Journal December 23, 2004 REVIEW OUTLOOK Sunny Forecast December 23, 2004 The European Environmental Agency gave itself an early Christmas present this week. It came wrapped in an announcement that

[osint] Thomas Sowell: A huge election in Iraq

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/printts20041223.shtml Townhall.com A huge election in Iraq Thomas Sowell (back to web version) | Send December 23, 2004 The election coming up in Iraq may turn out, in the long view of history, to be even more important than our own recent

[osint] Rosneft to Buy Yukos Unit as Putin Cements Control (Update8)

[Excerpt: Rosneft will pay an undisclosed sum to acquire Baikal Finance Group, which on Dec. 19 won a $9.34 billion auction for OAO Yuganskneftegaz, Russia's largest petroleum exporter, Rosneft spokesman Alexander Stepanenko said today. OAO Gazprom, which is controlled by the Russian