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...write that one of the major myths about American society is that we used to be prudent with our money and only recently did we go astray. What's the real history? Americans are speculative people. During and after the Civil War, for instance, there was a lot of stock market and commodities speculation - people trying to make a quick buck. But it was only when financial institutions picked up on that and provided the methods whereby you could buy now and pay later - that very simple concept - that things started to change structurally. Now Americans are more highly leveraged...
...pictures of the civil-rights movement from Emmett Till to Barack Obama...
...government lacking firm direction amidst an economic slowdown, he had pulled the government together and give "hope of a fair, just and united society under his One Malaysia banner," says political scientist Denison Jayasooria. Mr Najib saw to it that more non-Malays were employed in the civil service, started several new, government-managed, big-sized unit trust schemes allowing non-Malay participation. He even allowed unsold portions of the units reserved for Malays, to be offered to non-Malays after a stipulated time. (See pictures of former prime minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad...
...agents had been tracking the suspects, gathering information on them by way of phone taps and other forms of surveillance. Those arrested appear to be Australian citizens of Somali or Lebanese descent. An estimated 16,000 Somalis have found refuge in Australia since the beginning of their country's civil war 17 years ago. "Potentially this would have been, if it had been able to be carried out, the most serious terrorist attack on Australian soil," Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Tony Negus said. The alleged plan was to attack Holsworthy Army Barracks in Sydney's southwest...
...plan apparently included sending Australian citizens to Somalia to participate in the civil war. There al-Shabaab, which means "the youth," has been fighting to impose Shari'a (religious) law on the country. The group controls most of the southern part of Somalia and has been making growing inroads into the capital, Mogadishu. (See pictures of the pirates of Somalia...