«ΘΕΡΙΖΕΙ» ΛΟΓΩ ΚΡΙΣΗΣ Νο 1 απειλή για την Ευρώπη η φτώχεια

Με κοινή τους δήλωση χθες, Παγκόσμια Ημέρα κατά της Φτώχειας, οι πρόεδροι της Επιτροπής Υπουργών, της Συνελευσης, του Κογκρέσσου Τοπικών και Περιφερειακών Αρχών και του Φόρουμ των ΜΚΟ του Συμβουλίου της Ευρώπης, δεσμεύθηκαν να συνεργαστούν, για να διαμορφώσουν και να εφαρμόσουν μέτρα, για την εξάλειψη της ακραίας φτώχειας στην Ευρώπη, στο πλαίσιο της προστασίας των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων.

Η ραγδαία αύξηση του αριθμού των πτωχών, στην Ευρώπη και στον κόσμο, συνιστά απειλή, για τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα και την κοινωνική συνοχή, υπογραμμίζεται, στην κοινή αυτή δήλωση.

Κίνα: Επιβράδυνση της ανάπτυξης στο 7,4%, το γ’ τρίμηνο

Η ανάπτυξη της κινεζικής οικονομίας επιβραδύνθηκε το τρίτο τρίμηνο του 2012, με τον ετήσιο ρυθμό της να διαμορφώνεται στο 7,4% που είναι ο χαμηλότερος μετά τη μεγάλη χρηματοπιστωτική κρίση, αλλά υπάρχουν προοπτικές μίας δειλής ανάκαμψης από το τελευταίο τρίμηνο του έτους.

The Large Families that rule the world

Some people have started realizing that there are large financial groups that dominate the world. Forget the political intrigues, conflicts, revolutions and wars. It is not pure chance. Everything has been planned for a long time.

Some call it "conspiracy theories" or New World Order. Anyway, the key to understanding the current political and economic events is a restricted core of families who have accumulated more wealth and power.

We are speaking of 6, 8 or maybe 12 families who truly dominate the world. Know that it is a mystery difficult to unravel.

We will not be far from the truth by citing Goldman Sachs, Rockefellers, Loebs Kuh and Lehmans in New York, the Rothschilds of Paris and London, the Warburgs of Hamburg, Paris and Lazards Israel Moses Seifs Rome. 

Lenin and Marx portraits removed from Pyongyang's central square

North Korea has removed the portraits of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin from the main square of Pyongyang. The portraits of the communist leaders along with the image of the leader of the North Korean revolution Kim Il Sung had been decorating the building of North Korea's Ministry for Foreign Trade for decades. The faces were hanging there even after the Korean Workers' Party replaced references to Marxism-Leninism with the idea of ​​Juche during the 1980s, said Kommersant-online.

South Korean agency Yonhap was the first to have reported the disappearance of the portraits. The agency referred to fresh photos of the Kim Il Sung Square. According to experts, the disappearance of the portraits of Marx and Lenin may be another indirect sign of the changes, which 29-year-old Kim Jong Un started in the country after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il.

Experts say the young Kim often appears in public in a relatively informal atmosphere, such as visiting a local theme park. He became the first North Korean leader, who raised the curtain above his personal life, announced his marriage and started to appear in public with his wife.

Εντείνονται οι αποσχιστικές τάσεις σε διάφορες χώρες της Ευρώπης

Εντείνονται οι αποσχιστικές τάσεις σε διάφορες χώρες της Ευρώπης. Από την Σκοτία και την Καταλονία μέχρι τη Φλάνδρα και το Τιρόλο. Συνήθως είναι οι πλούσιες περιοχές που θέλουν το «διαζύγιο».

Επικυρώθηκε στις 15 Οκτωβρίου η συμφωνία μεταξύ Μεγάλης Βρετανίας και Σκωτίας σχετικά με τη διεξαγωγή δημοψηφίσματος για την ανεξαρτητοποίηση της Σκωτίας. Το δημοψήφισμα θα διεξαχθεί τον Οκτώβριο του 2014 και θα καλεί τους ψηφοφόρους να απαντήσουν ΝΑΙ ή ΟΧΙ στην αποχώρηση της Σκωτίας από το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο.

Η ΡΩΣΙΑ ΘΑ ΑΥΞΗΣΕΙ ΤΙΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΙΚΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΔΑΠΑΝΕΣ ΚΑΤΑ 59% ΜΕΧΡΙ ΤΟ 2015

Η Ρωσία σχεδιάζει να αυξήσει τις δαπάνες για την άμυνα της κατά 59%, σε σχεδόν 3 δις. ρούβλια ($ 97 δισ.) το 2015, από $ 61 δις. το 2012, είπε ο επικεφαλής της Επιτροπής για την Άμυνα της κρατικής Δούμα, την Τετάρτη στο RIA Novosti.

«Οι στοχευμένες αμυντικές δαπάνες ως ποσοστό του ΑΕΠ θα ανέλθουν στο 3,2% για το 2013, στο 3,4% για το 2014 και στο 3,7% για το 2015», λέει ο πρόεδρος της Επιτροπής για την Άμυνα Vladimir Komoedov, όπως είναι εισηγμένες στο συμπέρασμα της Επιτροπής για το προσχέδιο του προϋπολογισμού 2013-2015.

Obama takes offensive against Romney in debate rematch

By John Whitesides and Samuel P. Jacobs

HEMPSTEAD, New York | Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:46am EDT

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama launched aggressive attacks against Republican rival Mitt Romney on jobs, energy and Libya in their second debate on Tuesday as the Democrat tried to reclaim the momentum in a tight White House race.

Obama was much sharper and more energetic than in their opening debate two weeks ago, when his listless performance was heavily criticized and gave Romney's campaign a much-needed boost in the run-up to the November 6 election.

The president scolded Romney for accusing him of trying to take political advantage of the attack by Islamist militants in Libya last month that killed four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.

Will Higher Tax Rates Balance the Budget?

As the U.S. debt and deficit grows, some politicians and economist have called for higher tax rates in order to balance the budget. The question becomes: when the government raises taxes, does it actually collect a larger portion of the US economy?

Global homeland security market worth $197 billion this year

The world global homeland security market is estimated to be worth US$197.9 billion in 2012 and is set to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 3.55% over the next ten years, to reach its peak of US$280.6 billion by 2022, according to a new report.

The report, entitled the Global Homeland Security Market 2012-2022, states that the demand for homeland security equipment is anticipated to be driven by internal security threats such as terrorism, illegal border infiltration, piracy, drug trafficking, cyber espionage and critical infrastructure security, among several other factors. 

Interview with Economist Joseph Stiglitz 'The American Dream Has Become a Myth'

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Women pose for photos near a homeless man during New York Fashion week this month.

The finance industry is to blame for the growing divide between the rich and poor in the United States, says Nobel Prize-winning economics professor Joseph Stiglitz. In an interview with SPIEGEL, he accuses the industry of preying on the poor and buying government policies that help them get richer.

At Columbia University, which is located just blocks from Harlem in Manhattan's West Side, wealth and poverty are closer together than they are in many places in New York City. This is where American economist and 2001 Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz works as a professor. The Gary, Indiana native has spent years examining social inequality. His first personal experience with the issue came when, as a young boy, he asked why his nanny wasn't caring for her own children. Later, as the World Bank's chief economist, he studied the phenomenon on a global level. In June, he published a book on the topic entitled "The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future," which has just been released in German as well. In a SPIEGEL interview, Stiglitz discusses how wealth disparity is dividing America and how Europe can best overcome the euro crisis.

SPIEGEL: Professor Stiglitz, how do you expect the next President of the United States to tackle the problem of unequal distribution of wealth?

Stiglitz: First, he has to recognize that there is a problem at all. Watching inequality grow is like watching the grass grow. You don't see it happening day by day, but over a period of time it becomes visible.

SPIEGEL: What is the scale this inequality?

Stiglitz: In the last decades, income and wealth disparity have grown dramatically in this country. Let me give you an example: In 2011, the six heirs to the Walmart empire commanded wealth of almost $70 billion, which is equivalent to the wealth of the entire bottom 30 percent of US society.

SPIEGEL: The US has always thought of itself as a land of opportunity where people can go from rags to riches. What has become of the American dream?