I have the Moscow Times in my RSS feeds because it is one rare example of an excellent english newspaper from a decidedly non-western perspective. Is Obama or McCain Better for Russia? If Barack Obama is elected U.S. president on Tuesday, he will join President Dmitry Medvedev in becoming the first post-baby boom leader of …
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This could be the most important interview you read/hear in your lifetime. From Denmark… translated, with the Director of Crisis Management at the International Energy Agency. The situation on the oil market is worrisome in the sense of there being more demand than supply. It only gets better from there.
“Heatwaves and biofuel demand in Europe and US to fuel bread, pasta and beer price rises” Finfacts (Irish Business news portal) The combination of heatwaves in Europe and the US, low global grain stocks and an increase in production of biofuels has seen wheat prices rise to 10-year highs and may lead to big increases …
