California has a special place in the American psyche. It is the Golden State: a playground of the rich and famous with perfect weather. It symbolises a lifestyle of sunshine, swimming pools and the Hollywood dream factory. But the state that was once held up as the epitome of the boundless opportunities of America has [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Will California become America’s first failed state?
October 7, 2009Dollar’s Slide Gives Rise to Calls for New Reserve
October 7, 2009By Frank Ahrens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The U.S. dollar continued its six-month slide Tuesday amid a growing international chorus that wants the dollar replaced — or at least supplemented — as the world’s reserve currency, a move that would end the greenback’s six decades of global dominance.
The dollar has come under attack from [...]
Iran, Bosnia-Herzegovina call for promotion of ties
October 7, 2009ISNA – Tehran Service: Islamic Parliament 1388/07/15 10-07-2009 News Code :8807-00044
TEHRAN (ISNA) – Iran and Bosnia-Herzegovina are willing to expand mutual relations in politics, culture, economy and parliamentary cooperation. Parliamentary friendship group of Iran and Bosnia Herzegovina held meeting with the Muslim member of the Bosnia Herzegovina Presidency, Haris Silajdzic in Sarajevo.
Silajdzic calling for expansion [...]
