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Atlas Air Worldwide posts higher 3Q earnings

Cargo hauler Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. reported sharply higher third-quarter profit Monday, helped by stronger demand and reduced costs.

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Hemorrhagic Death: Victims in Ukraine, USA, Norway, and Hong Kong, mirror deaths experienced by victims of the 1918 Spanish flu
Source: The Flu Case

New reports from Iowa and North Carolina are raising concerns that the deadly H1N1 swine flu mutations that have been confirmed by the WHO in Ukraine, Norway and elsewhere have already reached the United States.

A spiritually correct economy requires justice more than charity
Source: Examiner

Justice, not charity, is the only real path to end world hunger and create the needed balance and trust, which are pre-requisites for peace.

Taxpayer Bailout Funds Being Spent Overseas?
Source: ABC News Blogs

Here is a question: You, as a taxpayer, now own a stake in General Motors. 50 billion dollars of taxpayer money was invested in the company. Now, if the company decides it is in the best interest of their bottom line to invest some of that money overseas, would you be upset?

Obama to Lift HIV/AIDS Travel Ban
Source: AOL

It appears that President Obama is doing everything in his power to enforce laws against the majority of Americans.

Ill-Conceived Healthcare Ranking Makes for Unhealthy Debate
Source: Wall Street Journal

During the health-care debate, one damning statistic keeps popping up in newspaper columns and letters, on cable television and in politicians' statements: The U.S. ranks 37th in the world in health care.

World Reaction to a Nobel Peace Prize Surprise: A Variety of Views
Source: The New York Times

A variety of views from around the world about the selection of President Barack Obama for the Nobel Peace Prize are shared in this New York Times article.

Muslim Religion spreads quickly across the globe
Source: YouTube

Short informative video on the spread of the Muslim Faith world wide. Look deeper and you will see the unintended effects of abortion on demand have had on our nations ability to support its culture without an infusion of fresh blood from immigration.

Ethical Profits: Green Investing Is Paying Off
Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE

Eco-friendly investments have outperformed some of the world's most important stock indices this year. This has made green investing an attractive proposition, especially with a growing number of world leaders promoting environmentally safe technologies.

At Least 46 Journalists Reported Killed So Far in 2009
Source: Reuters

At least 46 journalists have died while reporting the news in 21 countries this year.

Some at U.S. diplomatic posts earn less than $1 a day - CNN.com
Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A new State Department report says some local employees hired by U.S.

Worldwide swine flu cases go over 5,000
Source: Yahoo! Health

The highest number of cases has been reported in the United States with 2,600 infections, including three deaths, and Mexico with 2,059 cases, including 56 deaths. The global total stood at 5,251, the latest data posted on the WHO website showed.

FT.com / Companies / Retail & Consumer - Starbucks to cut 6,700 jobs amid falling sales
Source: FT.com

Starbucks is to close more stores, sell a newly delivered $45m corporate jet and cut headquarters staff and worker benefits as it battles a slump in sales that has tracked the broader collapse in global discretionary spending.

London Stock Fraud Leads to Six Arrests
Source:

"Through complex commercial and stock market operations, as well as falsifications, the arrested managed to make the value of the shares of a firm on the stock market increase, without deposits to back it up, and profited from the subsequent sale of the shares," says a police rep …

Watch yourself... Google's watching you
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Beware of tripping over, sunbathing topless, cheating on your partner in public... - if there's a Google van passing by, the evidence will be forever set in a 360-degree photographic panorama and posted online for all to see.

Join in Helping Families Around the Globe
Source: MarketWatch.com

"I'm so glad that this World Children's Day I have the opportunity to share my passion for RMHC with thousands of others online." World Children's Day at McDonald's is a month-long, worldwide annual fundraising effort to benefit RMHC and other children's charities.

U.S. Economy not Stopping Family Traditions of Giving to Needy Kids Worldwide
Source: www.demossnewspond.com/occ

Operation Christmas Child - The World's Largest Christmas Project - to Help More Than 8 Million Children in 100 Countries

15 reportedly killed in US-led Pakistan attack
Source: Associated Press - Google

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Women and children were among 15 people killed in an attack Wednesday involving U.S.-led forces in a Pakistani village near the border with Afghanistan, officials and a resident said.

Wrigley products HARAAM for Muslims worldwide
Source: askmuslims.blogspot.com

Wrigley products HARAAM for Muslims worldwide

Where The Hell Is Matt? Dancing
Source: wherethehellismatt.com

Watch the whole thing and Smile!

The World's 10 Best Places to Live
Source: MSN

New York, London and Paris are internationally renowned cities but consultants at Mercer Consulting have picked Zurich, Switzerland, as the best place to live in the company's annual survey.

Week in wildlife 2
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Sarawak, Malaysia: Aman, a 20-year-old orang-utan whose eyesight was restored after 10 years of blindness

The Global Banking Addiction

The addiction to fiat money is huge. The value of this wealth on paper that circles the globe is difficult to estimate. The Bank for International Settlements guesses at $600 trillion dollars deduced by wading through tomes of data.

2007 Was Tenth Warmest For U.S., Fifth Warmest Worldwide
Source: Science Daily

The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. in 2007 is officially the tenth warmest on record, according to data from scientists at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.

Profit at U.S. regional banks tumble, evaporate
Source: The Washington Post

Lending to people with weak credit has rocked U.S. banks of all sizes as defaults on risky subprime loans rise, sapping the U.S. economy while rattling financial markets worldwide.

Our First Step to Reduce Global Warming
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Global warming caused by the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans in recent decades. It is our responsibility to save our mother Earth. We can reduce global warming by doing our bit to save our mother Earth.

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