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Closing bank account will cost you, group finds

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 18:50
Want to close your bank account? It could cost you as much as $55....

Closing bank account will cost you, group finds

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 18:50
Want to close your bank account? It could cost you as much as $55....

Brazil prosecutors seek payment from Shell, BASF

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 18:50
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazilian prosecutors said Wednesday that they asked a court to force oil company Shell and the world's largest chemical company, BASF, to immediately pay $500 million into a compensation fund for hundreds of workers who may have been contaminated at an agricultural chemicals plant....

Europe worries stalk Wall Street; Dow loses 161

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 18:50
Fearing a financial rupture in Europe, investors around the world fled from risk Wednesday. They punished stocks and the euro, and the yield on a benchmark U.S. bond hit its lowest point since World War II....

Palast in London with Warren Ellis to launch Vultures' Picnic: June 26

Greg Palast - Articles - Thu, 2024-11-28 18:50

Greg Palast, Warren Ellis, Anna Chen, Laurie Penny
London - 26 June - ULU 'The Venue' at 7pm - 9 pm

Greg Palast will be joined by special guests Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Crooked Little Vein), Anna Chen (Madam Miaow Says - Blog), Laurie Penny ( of The New Statesman, Penny Red), John Hilary (War on Want) and Nick Dearden (Jubilee Debt Campaign)

… for the launch of the UK edition of Palast's new book,
Vultures' Picnic: A Tale of Oil, High Finance and Investigative Reporting…

In association with Jubilee Debt Campaign, Greenpeace and Occupy London.

Seats are very limited, so reserve yours here now.

A minimum donation of £10 gets you admission and a signed copy of Palast's new book, Vultures' Picnic.
£5 minimum donation for admission only.

Vultures’ Picnic is an eye-opening, heart-pumping, mind-blowing experience that should not, MUST not, be missed. - Nomi Prins

Download and read Chapter 1: Goldfinger.
Or you can pre-order Vultures' Picnic here.

If you have friends in London make sure they don't miss this.

See you in London,
Greg

For media requests and review copies contact: olivershykles(at)gmail.com

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Freed French reporter: rebels treated me well

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 18:50
SAN ISIDRO, Colombia (AP) -- A French journalist released to a humanitarian delegation by leftist rebels Wednesday said he was treated well during a monthlong captivity that began when he was trapped in a firefight....

Mubarak's sons face new charges of insider trading

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 18:50
CAIRO (AP) -- Hosni Mubarak's two sons were accused Wednesday with insider trading in a new case opened just three days before they and their elderly father are to hear the verdict in a separate trial on charges of corruption and complicity in killing protesters during last year's uprising....

11-year-old played dead to survive Syria massacre

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 18:50
BEIRUT (AP) -- When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali el-Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home, soaking his clothes with his brother's blood to fool the killers into thinking he was already dead....

Israel's Barak: Weigh 'unilateral action'

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 18:50
JERUSALEM (AP) -- There are signs the Israeli government is considering taking unilateral action if peace talks with the Palestinians remain stalled, a move which could involve a withdrawal from parts of the West Bank along the lines of a 2005 pullout from the Gaza Strip....

Iran: 'Flame' virus fight began with oil attack

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 18:50
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Computer technicians battling to contain a complex virus last month resorted to the ultimate firewall measures - cutting off Internet links to Iran's Oil Ministry, rigs and the hub for nearly all the country's crude exports....

Iran: 'Flame' virus fight began with oil attack

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 18:50
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Computer technicians battling to contain a complex virus last month resorted to the ultimate firewall measures - cutting off Internet links to Iran's Oil Ministry, rigs and the hub for nearly all the country's crude exports....
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