It sounds as though the much ballyhooed United States stimulus deal will soon be passed, to the tune of somewhere between $819 billion and $838 billion. (Give or take a few billion.) It's hard for me to even mentally grasp that amount of money. For the sake of comparison, $800 billion would be enough to build approximately 12 million Habitat... >Read More

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Fires in Australia have erased entire towns. Stories of families being swallowed by the flames as they drove away have grabbed the attention of the world. As fires smoldered and sometimes raged across sections of the scarred landscape Tuesday, rescue officials in Victoria attempted to offer solace to hundreds burned out of their homes and frustrated...... >Read More

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Commandos are fighting to clear the last gunmen from two luxury hotels in Mumbai, more than 24 hours after a series of attacks across the city. The Taj Mahal hotel was nearly free of gunmen, officials said, but operations continued at the Oberoi-Trident hotel. Gunmen targeted at least seven sites in Mumbai late on Wednesday, opening fire indiscriminately...... >Read More

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When the quake struck, rather than overseeing an orderly evacuation, [Fan Meizhong] said he just shouted "Stay calm, it's an earthquake!" and ran for it without looking back to see if his pupils were following. "I ran towards the stairs so fast that I stumbled and fell as I went. When I reached the centre of the football pitch, I... >Read More

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Myanmar's military government has raised its estimation of the death toll from Cyclone Nargis to more than 22 thousand, with another 41 thousand missing. The cyclone is the worst to hit Asia since 1991, when 143 thousand died in Bangladesh. (Source: EuroNews) The White House said Wednesday that Myanmar had still not answered its offers of aid...... >Read More

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