Pakistan
says no war with India, US leads diplomatic efforts Pakistan again said on
Saturday that it does not want war with India,
as the international community tries to defuse
tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours
after Islamabad moved troops to the border.
Pakistan
cancels troops’ leave over India tension Pakistan’s
army has cancelled leave and ordered troops to report
to duty because of tension with old rival India
over last month’s militant attacks in Mumbai,
a military official and soldiers said on Friday.
Analyst:
One Third Of Banks Could Collapse In 2009 Financial analyst
Ralph Silva of TowerGroup told CNBC this morning
that he expects no less than one third of banks
to fail in 2009 and that anything up to a thousand
could collapse if they don't merge.
Group
attacks riot police as Athens protests flare
Shots were fired at an anti-riot van in Athens
on Tuesday and youths damaged a police car as
some 2,000 students marched in protests that have
rocked the capital since police killed a teenager.
When
Trust Runs Out Every society and
every institution rests heavily on trust. There
is active trust, the result of “trust, but
verify.” I call this stage one trust. Then
there is stage two trust, which I call default trust:
“Trust, and assume that someone else has verified.”
Clinton
may obstruct Obama ‘change’ The designated US secretary
of state is expected to appoint Middle East envoys
from a group of shady and pro-Israeli diplomats.