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Haiti's Political and Economic Earthquake

This morning, as political and financial leaders from around the world convene at the World Economic Forum, one of the central issues under discussion will be a strategy for Haiti's recovery.

So you think you're open to Criticism. But really … are you?

*Criticism: An evaluation, both good and bad, based on prior knowledge. If I anyone offer someone criticism, they do it based on their own interest.

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Call goes out for 'Marshall Plan' to rebuild from Haiti's ruins

(CNN) -- As Haiti struggles to cope with the aftermath of last week's devastating earthquake, there was a call Wednesday for a modern-day Marshall Plan to build a new nation out of the country's ruins.

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World Food Programme has extensive in-country stocks of food, and some 200 staff on the ground, but the operating environment is extremely challenging due to the high levels of destruction caused by the earthquake and insecurity and looting that has followed.

Outsourcing… who cares?

It is very interesting to hear people's reaction to American companies outsourcing to Asia or other countries.

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Afghanistan struggles to keep girls' schools open

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — In late September, Julia Bolz got disturbing news about the first girls' school she'd helped build in Afghanistan.

Solar Showdown in California Tortoises' Desert Home

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- On a strip of California's Mojave Desert, two dozen rare tortoises could stand in the way of a sprawling solar-energy complex in a case that highlights mounting tensions between wilderness conservation and the nation's quest for cleaner power.

New cold weather turbines slated for Glenmore Wisconsin wind farm

Norderstedt (euro adhoc) – Chicago, 16 December 2009. Nordex USA, Inc. today announced an order for eight N100 wind turbines to be installed at a 20-megawatt wind farm in Glenmore, Wisconsin outside of Green Bay.

Campaign Cash From Wall Street Favored Representatives Who Opposed Finance Reform Bill

And members of the House who voted against the bill collected an average of about $39,000 from finance and credit companies since 1989, while members who voted in favor of the bill collected an average of $25,900.

Decades-old dioxins pollute river, divide US community

MIDLAND, Michigan (AFP) – The signs posted along Michigan's Tittabawassee River warning of dangerous dioxin levels don't really worry fisherman David Mitchell.

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