January 2011
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The Longest Week: The Telegraph is reporting that... →
joshsternberg:
The Telegraph is reporting that China is planning on creating a mega-city of 42 million people. This is what infrastructural change looks like, and this is something to be followed.
City planners in south China have laid out an ambitious plan to merge together the nine cities that lie…
NickTurse: Pakistan begins assault on polio with... →
NickTurse: Photo: Food price spike shows reform... →
NickTurse: Photo: Picture of the Day: Shanghai in... →
NickTurse: RT @reuters: Brazil to reevaluate $6... →
NickTurse: Setbacks Plague U.S. Aid to Pakistan -... →
NickTurse: Photo: NewsObserver.com | Nation/World... →
The math is simple—and bleak. In Obama’s budget, Social Security costs $787.6...
– Can the Tea Party Really Cut Spending by 40 Percent? - Newsweek
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