Gates: U.S. would support Afghan peace talks with Taliban
10.10.08
posted by pondy
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the United States would be prepared to reconcile with the Taliban if the Afghan government pursued talks to end the seven-year conflict in that country. The Taliban has been battling a U.S.-led coalition since it was toppled from power in 2001 for harboring Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network.
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Warren Buffett: US Recession to be "Long, Deep"
05.24.08
posted by jason
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When Warren Buffett speaks about the economy, people tend to take notice. So his comments of today should make those already nervous about the state of the US economy shutter. He said the United States was "already in recession" and added: "Perhaps not in the sense that economists would define it" with two consecutive quarters of negative growth.
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