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I'm posting this proclamation in celebration of Hispanic Heritage month! Just imagine how paltry our wonderful collection of media here would be without us Hispanics and Latinos. The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 15, 2011 Presidential...

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BBC news editors have posted on their blog that 2011 is proving to be one of the most turbulent years on record, something we here at CDG pointed out earlier this year. News editors are working "flat out" to cover all the wars, uprisings, riots, Norway attacks, economic collapse and natural...

The BBC have published an astonishing article today claiming the current financial and economic crisis is no ordinary recession but something much more sinister, the fall of western civilization and the rise of the East. Both Europe and the US are entering a new recession, according to the BBC...

These two men may look young by Western standards, but they are 31 and 21 years old. They have just been sentenced to die. These pictures show the terrified friends' last moments together as they sit crying and sweating with fear as their sentences are read. They will later be dressed in striped...

Sigmund Freud, one of my favourite scientists, was well aware that economic success did not make people happy. Most psychoanalysts and therapists today would agree. The founder of psychoanalysis thought only the realization of a deep childhood desire could provide such satisfaction. But...

...the global economic recovery will suffer and there are even feears of another recession in the US. http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/06/euro-zone-crisis The moment Greece declares bankruptcy the euro will sink and the European Union will be ripped apart. The United...

At least 800 people have drowned as they tried to escape war torn Libya in the two months since the civil war started, UN officials said on Tuesday. The dramatic claim was made just days after it emerged that 61 people drowned after another ship sank despite being spotted and given...

Portugal is in dire straits, the country is virtually bankrupt and has asked the EU for bailout. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/portugal-finally-asks-eu-for-bailout-20110407-1d4pi.html Too many countries in the EU are now on life support and instead of improving recession...

By Blake Ellis, staff reporterMarch 23, 2011: 12:58 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A devastating earthquake strikes Japan. A massive tsunami kills thousands. Fears of a nuclear meltdown run rampant. Bloodshed and violence escalate in Libya. And U.S. companies selling doomsday bunkers are...

World oil production has entered terminal decline. Asian countries like China are experiencing a temporary economic boom, creating their own oil-based economies. But this will only last for a few more years. Depletion of oil will push inflation and that in turn will initiate a chain reaction...

China is now the second-largest economy in the world. Chinese economy is growing at an exceptional rate while the rest of the world is still battling with the consequnces of the Great Depression. Demand for food and energy is growing exponentially, pushing gobal food prices higher and higher...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that civil wars and widespread social unrest may break out because the global recovery is built on unstable foundations. IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn (pictured) has highlighted ‘dangerous’ imbalances that threatened to derail a global...

One of convicted US fraudster Bernard Madoff's sons has committed suicide in his New York apartment, a family lawyer has said. Mark Madoff, 46, was found hanged in Manhattan on the second anniversary of his father's arrest. Mark Madoff and his brother Andrew were both being...

Large empires come and go - we know this from our history lessons. European Countries are collapsing one after the other like dominoes. More shock today as it was announced that Belgium's debt reached 100% of annual national income. :unreal...

Each year at least 35,000 people are killed in road accidents in Russia and around 215,000 are injured. That's about 24.6 deaths per 100,000 population, compared to 14.7 in the US, 10 in France and 6 in Sweden. Economic damages are about 6 billion US dollars...

Welcome to Ireland: Thousands of new homes remain unoccupied in the so-called "ghost estates" after Ireland's property bubble burst and threatens to pull the rest of Europe down. Experts predict Spain and Italy may be next. Read more & discuss...