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U.S. Embassy, Slovenia.  
   

U.S. Embassy, Slovenia.

Who wants to face the nightmare?

November 2nd 2008
An extract from the International Herald Tribune, Commentary by Roger Cohen. "...Its now clear that our credit system the world over was rotten all the way through, a giant house of cards maintained by the ingenious connivance of banks, rating agencies and insurance companies in a monumental heist. The only buyers anyone trusts any more are governments. No wonder Alan Greenspan says hes in a ... read more
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Italian Flag Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more
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